& Juliet at Cadillac Palace Theatre

Coming to Illinois on Friday 13th December 2024, Chicago is proud to host the jukebox musical with unique scriptwriting, the show from West End, & Juliet, in the city's ultimate theater spot for the dramatic arts, Cadillac Palace. Utilizing the best possible hardware and amazing stage and seating construction, Cadillac Palace is just as fresh as the play that is soon to be presented within its walls.

The musical, being one of the newest additions to theater and premiering less than a decade ago, highlights all of the potential that contemporary staged plays could accomplish. The play's narrative, which revolves around our main female lead breaking free from the expectations set by others of what manner a girl should live her life is a stark difference from the plot we know in the original play; instead of her story ending in tragedy, Juliet and the women in the story decides on a free choice to live their own lives, and on their own at that.

Shakespeare’s classic play naturally revolves around love as the plot's main theme, especially both the positive and negative aspects of true romance. The reinvention of Juliet’s history in ‘& Juliet’ however is a showcase of empowerment and living life on your own terms, while still placing emphasis on the choices which you make. The two differing tropes which arise from writings that were written in two entirely disparate decades embody the extent which the dramatic arts and the stage's performances have adjusted from the past decades.

The new play is easily able to introduce to the viewers the aforementioned developments through Shakespeare and his wife Anne Hathaway, who at several times throughout the course of the jukebox musical rewrite the play based on their opinions and what should happen to Juliet and her friends. These disagreements mixed with the other segments of Juliet's coming-of-age story prove to be not just riveting, but also very educational as the musical connects the generational gap that is present in both the previous Romeo & Juliet and the current ’& Juliet’.

Whether a fan of the original play by Shakespeare or a new theater buff, ‘& Juliet’ is a must-watch for any theatergoer. The spectacular show is a masterclass on how to put an innovative spin to make a forgotten play and its individuals much more relatable for audiences of any background.

Seats to ‘& Juliet’ are now available for attendees via the links above. You may reach the links that can be found above this page.