& Juliet at Eccles Theater

Appearing in Utah on Thursday 19th June 2025, Salt Lake City is having a production of the jukebox musical with post-modern scriptwriting, '& Juliet', in the district’s premier stage venue for the dramatic arts, George S. and Dolores Dore Eccles Theater. Utilizing advanced technology and amazing interior architecture, George S. and Dolores Dore Eccles Theater is just as up-to-date as the show that will be produced inside its halls.

The reimagined play, being one of the newest additions to theater and premiering not more than 10 years ago, is a pioneer of the possibilities that contemporary theater has to offer. The play's narrative, which revolves around Juliet beating the odds of the dictated societal norm of what manner a girl is required to act is a huge difference from the story we have knowledge of in Romeo and Juliet; instead of her story ending in tragedy, Juliet and the women in the story decides on a conscious way to live their own lives, and independently at that.

William Shakespeare's classic play naturally focuses on love as the plot's dominant subject, especially both the positive and negative aspects of true love. The reinvention of Juliet’s life in the jukebox musical on the other hand is a showcase of a woman's strength and taking control of your own fate, all the while putting emphasis on the decisions which women make. The two varying concepts which stem from writings which were created in two totally unalike time periods show how much the dramatic arts and the stage's performances have improved from the past times.

The new play is effortlessly able to present to its audience these two varying perspectives by using the characters of Shakespeare and his wife Anne Hathaway, who at key moments throughout the two acts of the musical keep suggesting their own versions of what they think should ensue for the female cast of characters. These arguments interspersed with the other scenes of Juliet and her friends in Paris are said to be not just amusing, but also outright instructive as the play links the generational gap which is apparent in both the original Romeo & Juliet and the ongoing ’& Juliet’.

Whether an enthusiast of the classic play by Shakespeare or a brand new viewer of contemporary theater, this play should be on top of the list for any theater fan. The unbelievable play is not afraid to put a unique angle to make a classic play and its cast of characters quite delightful for audiences of any age.

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