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    Once in Chicago, a scandalous 'Romeo and Juliet' where the lovers were really in love

    by Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune Nov 06, 2019 3 minutes

    On Friday, Chicago Shakespeare Theater opens its marquee autumn production: Director Barbara Gaines' new staging of that most popular of Shakespearean dramas, the bane of every middle-schooler's reading list, "Romeo and Juliet." This time around, Edgar Miguel Sanchez and Brittany Bellizeare are to essay the roles of the star-crossed young lovers.

    Neither of those actors is a teenager. Like Hamlets, Romeos and Juliets are flexible of ideal age, not just from production to production but also from scene to scene.

    Over the years, there have been made productions of this

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