The Kiss - Francesco Hayez
After my virgin expedition into the Los Angeles theatre scene on Valentine’s Day, I went to see Romeo and Juliet at The Met Theater, downtown. After spending years seeing Shakespeare “adapted for a modern audience” (completely unnecessarily), I was relieved this was intended to be more traditional. That’s what made me jump at these tickets in the first place, and I wasn’t disappointed.
I’m a student of literature and therefore pretty fussy when it comes to hearing it performed. Juliet (Megan Goodchild) was lovely, and Romeo (Frederik Hamel) was suitably Mark-Hamilton-in-Star-Wars to my liking, to convey the utter teenage madness and angst the characters must have gone through to be so in love at the age of 13. Click here to read more.. »