‘Romeo + Juliet’ review: ‘Heartstopper’ star Kit Connor shines in hollow Broadway show
nypost.com& Juliet” has been running for two years. And on Thursday night, seven blocks away at Circle in the Square Theatre opened its companion piece — “Romeo &.”OK, director Sam Gold’s, nntz-nntz, party-hardy production of William Shakespeare’s tragedy is actually called “Romeo + Juliet,” swiping the youthful “+” from Baz Luhrmann’s 1996 movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes.
Ampersand, schmampersand.But, without question, Kit Connor’s Romeo is the sole reason to get thee to the theater. What an impressive, heart-stopping Broadway debut from the young British star of Netflix’s “Heartstopper.”Any staging of this play worth its salt forces the audience, for a time anyway, to buy into the star-crossed lovers’ ill-fated romance.
That they are naive teens, their hormonal friends are killing each other over an ancient family feud and the story is set over a whirlwind five days, always makes the effort an uphill battle.
Connor’s soft touch, generosity of spirit and easy facility with the classical language is why we almost rally around the pair.
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