Oh yeah, the Friar's accent. That bothered me too. A very random choice, with no upside that I could see. I only got to watch the last few scenes in tech rehearsal, but had the same overall positive impression as you. Jason Bowen is always solid.
Note that they sort of stole that death-scene timing from Baz Luhrman (who almost certainly stole it from some other stage production).
I just realized that you are not on my email list, so you may or may not have seen my R&J launch announcements. My GN adaptation came out a few weeks ago. Supposedly ASP was arranging with Porter Sq Books to sell it at the concession stand -- did you happen to notice if it was there?
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Note that they sort of stole that death-scene timing from Baz Luhrman (who almost certainly stole it from some other stage production).
I just realized that you are not on my email list, so you may or may not have seen my R&J launch announcements. My GN adaptation came out a few weeks ago. Supposedly ASP was arranging with Porter Sq Books to sell it at the concession stand -- did you happen to notice if it was there?