Josie

I just got my NYCB spring season brochure and was STUNNED to see that "Romeo + Juliet" had been scheduled on the exact same days as the Mark Morris Dance Group's new "Romeo and Juliet, On Motifs of Shakespeare" also playing at Lincoln Center. I have had my tickets for MMDG's shows (2 nights in fact, to see both casts) for months and can't understand how NYCB thinks this could be good for either organization. MMDG aside, their show is being produced by Great Performers at Lincoln Center, how did the umbrella of Lincoln Center or the NYCB board allow this happen? It's just crazy to me... so I thought I would ask BalletTalk and see if anyone had any ideas on how this could be good. Perhaps they were forced to choose those dates because of the PBS broadcast but it just seems way too coincidental to assume it was accidental. Would anyone here actually see both productions? If anything, it sounds like a logistical nightmare for all those folks that have purchased to one and accidentally go to the wrong theater.