Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet at The MET Theatre
The MET Theatre (1089 N. Oxford Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90029)
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- $20.00
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- $10.00*
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The last date listed for Romeo and Juliet was Sunday April 5, 2009 / 3:00pm.
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Goldstar Member Tips
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Joseph Bustos on What to Wear
Casual
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Richard Schenkman on Where to Park
We went on a Sunday afternoon, and free street parking was plentiful.
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Joseph Bustos on Other
There are no breaks so need to drink or eat before the show
Goldstar Member Reviews
Goldstar Member
Jill Holden as Nurse shines as the real star of this production. She is a great joy and brings the story to life for the audience. Equally fine are Romeo and Mercutio. Please be aware that we saw the understudy for Mercutio and thought he was brilliant! This is a wonderful production and should be seen by everyone, especially those not familiar with Shakespeare. Bravo! Brava!Written on Mar 09 2009
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Hollyday
There were some highlights in this production: the Nurse, the Friar and, at times, Juliet. But overall, this production was as basic as it gets, with nothing new about it - a straight Shakespeare presentation. I really wanted to like it and was looking forward to a new spin to this play, but overall, it felt like a high-school production that ran too long, too dry, and really made it difficult to appreciate Shakespeare's work. This one just didn't cut it.Written on Mar 18 2009
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Jorge
The acting was mediocre, for some terrible, and overall it was just boring. I was not drawn in like in other plays. The set up of the stage was terrible. I know it is a small place but lets get more creative. Romeo stumbled over his lines like 5 times! Worse yet, the theater did not provide an intermission. Overpriced for what one gets.Written on Mar 20 2009
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Richard Schenkman
This production has much to recommend it... speed, passion, and a surprising amount of humor. There are several standout performances, including Mercutio, Juliet's maid, and Juliet's father. The friar is excellent as well.Written on Mar 16 2009
There is also some thrillingly well executed swordplay, especially considering the scale of the production.
But the production is nearly undone by an notably weak Romeo (with a mysterious and distracting accent), and an uneven Juliet, who are both also too old for the parts.
Still, for the opportunity to see a fully-staged production in an intimate setting for the price of a movie, I recommend this production, especially to parents of children 7 and up to whom you want to introduce Shakespeare.
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When director and esteemed Shakespearean scholar Louis Fantasia pondered what he could do to make a staging of Romeo and Juliet more interesting than some of the other productions of the play that he’d seen, he discovered that Romeo and Juliet as often produced had drifted away from the play that Shakespeare had actually written.
The text, set in 14th Century Italy, is “more Gothic than Renaissance.” Beyond the ballroom and balcony scenes, there’s “another half” of the play that is often glossed over. There’s more to it than “pretty people speaking the King’s English.” There’s an undercurrent of foreboding and the ever-lurking threat of death throughout. “The Folio has no act breaks,” meaning the play is “fast-paced.”
Fantasia, in his new mounting of Romeo and Juliet at the MET, intends a radical approach towards the material: to present the play in the manner that Shakespeare actually wrote it. On a stage set designed to resemble an Elizabethan theater and using costumes of the latter Gothic period, Mr. Fantasia’s staging of the play focuses on the sweep and scope of events that spiral out of control, racing two young lovers to their tragic end with the passion “like fire and powder/which as they kiss consume.”
About the Ticket Supplier: MET Theatre
The MET Theatre has built a reputation for producing varied works, ranging from the experimental and raw to the traditional and classic. Productions have included Sam Shepard's Curse of the Starving Class, Murray Mednick's Scar (starring Ed Harris) and Beth Henley's Control Freaks (starring Holly Hunter, Carol Kane and Bill Pullman).