Romeo Juliet 1996 May 2026

Turn up the volume. And try not to cry when the choir kicks in. What’s your favorite scene? The pool scene? The elevator? Mercutio’s drag performance? Let me know in the comments!

If you were a teenager in the late 90s, you had one poster on your wall: Leonardo DiCaprio shirtless, blonde hair slicked back, holding a pistol while a cigarette dangled from his lips. Or maybe it was Claire Danes in silver angel wings. romeo juliet 1996

The play is about teenage passion—fast, reckless, and all-consuming. And no movie has ever captured that feeling better than two kids falling in love behind a priest’s back while a gas station explodes behind them. Turn up the volume

Turn up the volume. And try not to cry when the choir kicks in. What’s your favorite scene? The pool scene? The elevator? Mercutio’s drag performance? Let me know in the comments!

If you were a teenager in the late 90s, you had one poster on your wall: Leonardo DiCaprio shirtless, blonde hair slicked back, holding a pistol while a cigarette dangled from his lips. Or maybe it was Claire Danes in silver angel wings.

The play is about teenage passion—fast, reckless, and all-consuming. And no movie has ever captured that feeling better than two kids falling in love behind a priest’s back while a gas station explodes behind them.