The popular 1996 Shakespearean romance drama “Romeo + Juliet” recently turned 25, and its director, Baz Luhrmann, is sharing with TODAY how he feels about the movie a quarter century later. Luhrmann, ...

Not originally cast as Juliet, Danes actually replaced Natalie Portman-- who is earning Oscar buzz for her portrayal of Jacqueline Kennedy in Jackie -- after she was forced to drop out when executives ...

On one side are the Montagues: Free-wheeling guys in Hawaiian shirts that flap over bare chests and piles of religious jewelry. Their opponents are the Capulets: Sleek-looking panther types, clad in ...

It was 1996 that Baz Luhrmann's reimagination of William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet hit cinemas. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes in the title roles it banked over $147 million at the box ...

Well, lots of places, actually. Especially at the movies. One of William Shakespeare’s most revered plays, written somewhere around the 1590s, follows the romance between two Italian youths from ...

In this activity students will listen to "Mercutio" from Prokofiev's ballet score for Romeo and Juliet and experiment with creating musical themes for different characters. They will also listen for ...