Romeo & Juliet Friday, Mar. 5, 8pm Sangamon Auditorium, UIS 206-6160 $37, $20, $11

Diehard love

Award-winning Guthrie Theater and The Acting Company join together for a national tour with a co-production of Shakespeare’s romantic tragedy of innocent young lovers who fall victim to family hatred and a cruel destiny. Swords clash, everlasting love is promised and a treacherous sleeping potion is swallowed in the greatest love story of all time. In this stirring new production, young love has never been so delightful or dangerous. Directed by James Kerr of London’s National Theatre.