The Paramount Theatre's Summer Classic Film Series had a baby and they've been keeping it under wraps. They named it the Winter Film Series and it's been taking place under the radar. If you happened to miss the Mel Brooks tribute and the Tim Burton double feature, you can still get all fantastical whilst oozing romanticism with their nod to Australian director Baz Luhrmann this Saturday and Sunday.
Paramount Gets Baz-y with Romeo + Juliet and Moulin Rouge!
Review: Austin Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet at Zilker Hillside Theatre [Theatre]
Let us begin with a succinct review for Austin Shakespeare’s production of Romeo and Juliet, currently playing for Free at Zilker. Ready? Here it is: WOO-HOO! Though that’s all you really need to know, here’s a little more for you stickler-for-details types.
Preview: Austin Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet [Theatre]
Beginning this Thursday, Austin Shakespeare offers up the latest twist on the young romantics, as the 24th annual FREE Shakespeare in Zilker Park season opens and runs through June 7th, playing at the Sheffield Hillside Theatre (across the parking lot from Barton Springs). This bicultural interpretation, directed by Ann Ciccolella, is set in Central Texas in the 1940’s and looks at the story through a Mexican-American lens, including some dialogue delivered in Spanish.

