The genesis of Romeo and Juliet lay in a 1964 Canadian TV special for which Kenneth MacMillan had choreographed the famous balcony scene for dancers Lynn Seymour and Christopher Gable.

The balcony scene in Hartford Stage's "Romeo and Juliet," with Carmen Berkeley and Niall Cunningham. (T Charles Erickson) This is a “Romeo & Juliet” where the parents are not distant, soulless ...

Romeo and Juliet solidify their love at first sight in the balcony scene and then, after their secret marriage, when her doting Nurse (Tommy Dorfman) arranges an assignation.

After Juliet’s symbolic “fall” from the balcony, seduced by Romeo who stands symbolically amongst the fruit trees in the garden below, the two bewitched lovers descend into an idolatrous ...

Indeed, Frecknall’s cunning staging of the balcony scene brings Juliet powerfully down on to the stage floor rather than leaving her virginally alone up above, a choice that accentuates this ...

Broadway review by Adam Feldman . There’s a comic-relief scene at the end of Act IV in Romeo and Juliet that is nearly always cut. Juliet’s family has just discovered what they believe to be ...