CURTAIN CALL: New spins on old favorites

Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet continues to exert its evocative hold over modern audiences, and Ray Bradbury's smoke-and-mirrors novel gets updated with puppets.

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CURTAIN CALL: New spins on old favorites

POSTED: Tuesday, March 6, 2012, 1:00 PM

Each week, Michael Gold breezes past those big-name theater companies to turn a spotlight on Philly's indie stages.

A pair of star-crossed lovers meet by chance, with a violent, bitter feud threatening to tear them apart. It’s an oft-told story, but Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet continues to exert its evocative hold over modern audiences. To Lantern Theater Company’s credit, its version eschews the gimmicks too frequently employed to spark contemporary interest in Shakespeare’s work (looking at you, A Midsummer Night’s Rave). Instead, artistic director Charles McMahon hopes to give theatergoers a fresh perspective by focusing on the play’s emotional turn from romantic comedy to tragic drama.

Through April 1, $20-36, St. Stephen’s Theater, 923 Ludlow St., 215-829-0395, lanterntheater.org.

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