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Aria is tot 22 oktober te zien in de nieuwe theatervoorstelling Romeo & Juliet die zich in de setting van de jaren 20 afspeelt in Jersey City. Bronx News12 nam een kijkje achter de schermen, bezoek hun website voor de video.

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>A new take on Shakespeare’s “Romeo And Juliet” is being performed in Jersey City. In this version produced by professional theater company The Curtain, the classic tragedy is set in the 1920s Jazz Age.
“It was this kind of important inflection point in society where you had a real youth movement,” says director Sean Hagerty on his reasoning for choosing to set the play about young love during this period.
It stars Aria Shahghasemi (CW’s “Legacies”) as Romeo. Italian actress Anita Pomario makes her American stage debut as Juliet.
“I see her as someone who is trying to understand who she is. And when she does and someone tells her that she can’t be that, she is brave enough to die for it,” says Pomario of her character.
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Shahghasemi has also been diving into character analysis of Romeo.
“I think that’s probably a lot of what Romeo is struggling with – of the idea that there’s a name he has to maintain and uphold and the name and maintenance is putting pressure on him and not allowing him the freedom that he craves,” says Shahghasemi.
The performance with a minimalist set is taking place in a black box space with the audience seated on three sides of the performers. The actors occasionally enter and exit through the audience. It is being staged at Nimbus Arts Center in downtown Jersey City. The play is a collaboration with Nimbus Dance, a modern dance company. Some of its dancers perform in the production.
The Curtain’s “Romeo And Juliet” is scheduled to run through Oct. 22.

Aria zal te zien zijn in de nieuwe productie van het theaterstuk ‘Prayer for the French Republic’ in New York City, de eerste voorstellingen beginnen op 19 december.

Manhattan Theatre Club is again producing Joshua Harmon’s Drama Desk-winning work following its world premiere Off-Broadway last year.

When Joshua Harmon’s Prayer for the French Republic arrives on Broadway later this season, many of the cast members from last year’s Off-Broadway world premiere at New York City Center Stage I will return.

Reprising their performances will be Betsy Aidem (Leopoldstadt), Lucille Lortel and Drama Desk winner Francis Benhamou, Ari Brand, Molly Ranson, and Nancy Robinette They will be joined by new company members Emmy nominee Anthony Edwards (ER, Top Gun) and Aria Shahghasemi (Legacies) with additional casting to be announced.

Again produced by Manhattan Theatre Club and directed by Tony winner David Cromer, previews will begin at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre December 19 prior to an official opening January 9, 2024.

The play begins in 1944 with a Jewish couple awaiting news of their missing family, and follows five generations of a French Jewish family in its examination of history, home, and the effects of an ancient hatred. The Off-Broadway run won 2022 Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Off-Broadway Play.

“Joshua Harmon tells a powerful story about facing adversity with grit, humor, and courage,” said MTC Artistic Director Lynne Meadow in an earlier statement. “I’m so proud that MTC is producing the Broadway premiere of this moving, brilliant, and timely play.”

Additional creative team members will be announced.