Romeo and Juliet Musical: The People vs. Friar Laurence, the Man Who Killed Romeo and Juliet

After sending Shakespeare spinning in his grave for two sidesplitting summers with Hamlet! The Musical, Chicago Shakespeare Theater and Second City Theatricals reunite to present a hilarious spoof of Shakespeare’s most famous love story starring Keegan-Michael Key and Nicole Parker of Fox’s “MAD TV.”

The Second City’s Romeo and Juliet Musical: The People vs. Friar Laurence, the Man Who Killed Romeo and Juliet, a rowdy re-dux of Shakespeare’s classic, lays the ultimate blame for Romeo and Juliet’s fated demise at the feet of Friar Laurence. Grilled, Court-TV style by an aggressive attorney, the clergyman is forced to recount the entire tale of the fated pair in an effort to prove his innocence.