It’s the “Romeo & Juliet” we need today. “Romeo & Juliet” by William Shakespeare, directed by Melia Bensussen, runs through May 18 at Hartford Stage, 50 Church St., Hartford.

Yet this “Romeo and Juliet,” directed by Jamie Lloyd (“ Sunset Boulevard,” “ The Effect ”) and running at the Duke of York’s Theater through Aug. 3, is no straightforward crowd-pleaser.

LONDON — Olivia Hussey, the actor who starred as a teenage Juliet in the 1968 film "Romeo and Juliet," has died, her family said on social media Saturday. She was 73.