Broadway Access Review -
&Juliet

General:

• I would definitely recommend ear defenders/earplugs for this show if you are noise sensitive

• I won’t go on about accessible humor here, I did that in my Shucked review, but this show used a lot of the same tools so the humor is super accessible

• The majority of projections take place high up on the stage, making it a separate eyeline from the actors, so motion from it is much easier on the eyes

• People in the front row may get conversed with during the pre-show and may have some glitter tossed on them during “Domino”

• When you enter the theater there is music playing (it’s not too loud and it’s instrumental) - this music also plays during intermission

Pre-Show:

• About ~5 min to show time actors slowly come out on stage (lights stay up)

  • & Juliet sign flashes to life with neon colors when one actor hits the jukebox

  • Another actor turns on the back wall lights with a little flash but they’re so small it’s not really noticeable

Act I:

• Opening - the &Juliet flashes neon a lot with carnival lights in the center

• Shakespeare entrance - moving arc lights on audience and back wall flashing/interchanging lights on audience

• Verona projection flashes just before One More Time

• Show Me The Meaning Of Being Lonely - vibrating bass when bed comes out

• Domino -

  • when May says “bass drum” there are vibrations

  • when the set goes out, there are lots of interchanging/moving/flashing downlights (they don’t really have a strobe effect but are flashing regardless - I personally didn’t find it straining)

• May mentions “Paris” - LEDs flash around the proscenium. These lights tend to move directionally and you often don’t notice them, but can sometimes have a strobing effect, especially when bright

• After “your carriage awaits” - more flashing lights

• When the carriage goes - quick moving projection and occasional flashes of the LEDs around the stage

• When Juliet takes out camera - LEDs around stage get brighter and faster

• Blow (the ball scene) - SO many white strobes and interchanging/moving lights. And some moving bright arc lights directed at the audience. It’s a rave basically

• Francois’ watch causes occasional accidental strobe

• End of Confident - flashing and moving downlights on beat

• Teenage Dream - quickly changing lights

• /Break Free - alternating arc lights (these aren’t super flashy) but then also has flashing and moving downlights as well (on top of the quickly changing lights where the projections are)

• I Kissed A Girl - lots of flashing followed by flashing &  moving lights (I wrote “after ––” and I don’t know what the second word says, I seem to remember this is later in the song) 

• After the “I will – Shakespeare!” line, there are sudden flashing lights, loud geyser things go off once (think pyrotechnics but steam), and lights on the audience

• When Juliet & Romeo are in the same room for the first time, there are tons of white strobes

Act II:

• The act starts with a loud noise crescendo followed by the lights going down

• Juliet’s shiny blue shirt causes accidental strobe

• BAR and Je T’aime signs (BAR is just above height level and Je T’aime is in the sky) are neon

• Since U Been Gone -

  • tiny white lights flash on beat during first chorus

  • moving downlights on stage during the second

• One More Try - when the moon starts to descend, there are blue twinkle lights pointed at the audience

• Problem/Can’t Feel My Face

  • projections are bright red and quite flashy

  • significant bass vibrations

  • flashes from red to blue when Romeo appears

  • moving arc lights down onto the audience

  • later in the number there are flashing red and white lights that have a full strobe effect

  • full white strobes at the end of the song

• Boy Band scene

  • lots of flashing lights on the audience but it doesn’t get strobey until the middle of the song

  • the mics are occasionally accidental strobes

• Roar

  • low bass vibrations

  • flashing white lights during the first chorus, followed by a full white strobe, moving arc lights on the audience, and interchanging downlights

  • confetti falls everywhere as she rises

  • full white strobes at the end of the number

• Can’t Stop The Feeling

  • flashy projections, lights on the audience, and flashing LEDs around the stage (none of this feels strobey, but it is very flashy) & confetti at the end

• Roar (reprise - after bows) - moving arc lights on audience and full white strobes at the end

• When Anne & Juliet point at the “&Juliet” sign, it flashes neon