‘& Juliet’s’ Charts New Course for Bard and Jukebox Musicals

onStage Pittsburgh: Corey Mach was on a balcony in Charlotte, N.C., last week, looking out at a cloudless sky and talking about coming to Pittsburgh as William Shakespeare in the hit musical & Juliet. Mach is on tour with the show that boasts nine Tony Award nominations, songs by prolific hitmaker Max Martin, and a new twist on Romeo and Juliet. This version of the tragic love story takes off from an intervention by The Bard’s wife, Ann Hathaway, setting up a less tragic course for Juliet.