Mercutio is Romeo's best friend. Mercutio likes to have a good laugh, is optimistic, loyal and a good friend. When Romeo is depressed because of his unrequited love for Rosaline, it is Mercutio ...

This project is made possible by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Major funding is also provided by The Joseph & Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, Dana and Virginia Randt, the LuEsther ...

Romeo has been telling us how beautiful Juliet is, has been admiring her from ... quality that I discovered in Briere’s soliloquy on Mercutio’s death. There was a formality to the scene ...

The rest of the cast comprises Yasmin Wilde (Friar Lawrence), Natasha Lewis (Nurse), stage debutant Asheq Akhtar (Lord ...

Olivia Hussey Eisley, best known for playing Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, has died. She was 73. The news was announced via her official Instagram account ...

Broadway's newest production of "Romeo + Juliet" modernizes the century-old play with a sensual twist, to mostly success.

While Romeo often gets the chance to gush over his crush with his pals Benvolio (Taheen Modak) and Mercutio (the fantastic ...

Both Romeo and Juliet have terrible premonitions on the ... When the shit hits the fan, though - when his best friend, Mercutio (Gabby Beans), is murdered by Juliet's cousin, Tybalt (Tommy Dorfman ...

“Romeo + Juliet,” which opened Oct. 24 ... of Our Teeth”) is a clear standout from the cast. Beans, who is both Mercutio and The Friar, is one of several actors who play multiple roles.

Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet meet at a masquerade ball ... The fact that Romeo doesn't want to fight causes his friend Mercutio to die, who is killed by Tybalt. In response, Romeo kills ...

night, patience vs. impetuosity, chastity vs. bawdry, and so on. Every character has its foil: Romeo and Mercutio, Juliet and Roasline, Benvolio and Tybalt, Friar Laurence and the Nurse.