Articles tagged with: Christopher Sheard
Juliet shines sun-bright in American Players’ earthy view of Shakespeare tragedy
![Juliet shines sun-bright in American Players’ earthy view of Shakespeare tragedy It's love at first sight for Juliet (Melisa Pereyra) and her Romeo (Christopher Sheard). (Carissa Dixon)](https://chicagoontheaisle.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Its-love-at-first-sight-for-Juliet-Melisa-Pereyra-and-her-Romeo-Christopher-Sheard.-Carissa-Dixon-125x125.jpg)
Review: Care as we may for the oft love-struck young swain in Shakespeare’s great tragedy “Romeo and Juliet,” it is Juliet whose desperate predicament holds our hearts in thrall. A successful staging requires, above all else, an irresistible Juliet, radiant indeed as the eastern sun, and American Players Theatre’s affecting summer run boasts just such a blazing star in Melisa Pereyra. ★★★★