Everyone, once in their lifetime must have come across Romeo and Juliet and enjoyed the play. ... Depending on the size of the acting stage, one can figure out the amount of interaction there will be between the actors and viewers. ... Although plays are just a reenactment, A good play is one the viewers can sympathize with and accept as real and not acted. ... The play ran for approximately 55 minutes which I feel was not enough time to capture Romeos true essence for the loss of Juliet. ... Romeo was crazy it's a given fact but I wanted the actor to show why Romeo was crazy and act...

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For the simple fact that Penny performed this play as a one-woman act, one could say that the play "New York Values" took on the characteristics of a monologue and the comical gestures in the play made it seem like a stand up comic show. When I first heard of the play, I was thinking "oh my goodness, here goes another one of those long "Grease" musical, open and close the curtain type plays", but I was so completely ahead of myself. Watching this play was not like watching your typical musicals or traditional "Romeo and Juliet" type plays. ... Although lighting and sound (music) were vital...

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I have only seen the movie Romeo and Juliet and observed Hamlet but yet to all my surprise it did not make me go wow that's the best I have seen ever. ... I don't think the play would have worked so perfectly if the set was a minimal one and not as extraordinary as the one present. ... As said that Shakespearean texts are blank I think it is great to add one with out ruining the text. ... Also another scene which I enjoyed was the drunken Christmas scene which was acted out perfectly. That scene also caused many laughs with a few funny lines which where said in the text. 5...

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