Melia Bensussen’s production of “Romeo and Juliet,” at Hartford Stage from April 17 through May 18, focuses on the theme of youth versus their parents.

In Canadian Stage’s production of Romeo and Juliet, now playing in Toronto’s High Park until Aug. 31, director Marie Farsi leans into teenage angst.

Hartford Stage’s latest take on “Romeo and Juliet” is as focused on life as it is on the ill-fated lovers’ tragic deaths, according to director Melia Bensussen, who is also the theater’s ...