'Romeo and Juliet' Stage a Thirty Year Comeback

The New York Shakespeare Festival is back this summer with the legendary romantic tragedy ‘Romeo and Juliet.’ The play will be held at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park. The play, set to open on June 5, was last at Central Park in 1968. Michael Grief, who also worked on ‘Rent’, will direct the Shakespearian tragedy. The play will be performed for five weeks.