Romeo and Juliet
New Production Live

Music: Sergei Prokofiev
Choreography: Alexei Ratmansky after Marius Petipa
Cast: The Bolshoi Principals, Soloists and Corps de Ballet
Running time: 150 minutes

In Verona, Romeo and Juliet fall madly in love while their respective families, the Montagues and the Capulets, are caught in a bitter rivalry ending in heart-wrenching tragedy.

Alexei Ratmansky, former artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet, stages the company’s premiere of his production with dramatic urgency and a fresh retelling of Shakespeare’s beloved classic. His brilliant and detailed adaptation set to Prokofiev’s romantic and cinematic score, reignites the story of literature’s most celebrated star-crossed lovers like no other classical ballet choreographer today.