EditorialLorna Courtney, center, as Juliet, in “&Juliet,” at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre in New York, Oct. 26, 2022. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialLorna Courtney as Juliet and Ben Jackson Walker as Romeo in “& Juliet,” at the Stephen Sondheim Theater in New York, Oct. 26, 2022. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialStephen Sondheim, backstage at a production of his play “Passion,” at the Plymouth Theater in New York, May 9, 1994. (Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times)
EditorialJustin David Sullivan, right, as May in the Broadway musical “& Juliet,” at the Stephen Sondheim Theater in Manhattan, Oct. 26, 2022. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialA line for ?Merrily We Roll Along? cancellation tickets that began before dawn outside the New York Theatre Workshop in Manhattan, Jan. 11, 2023. (Yuvraj Khanna/The New York Times)
EditorialPhilippe Arroyo, left, and Justin David Sullivan in “& Juliet,” at the Stephen Sondheim Theater in Manhattan, Oct. 26, 2022. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialLorna Courtney in the musical “& Juliet,” a pop-feminist retelling of Shakespeare’s play, at the Stephen Sondheim Theater in New York, Oct. 26, 2022. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialThe composer Stephen Sondheim at his home in Roxbury, Conn., on Nov. 21, 2021, a few days before his death at 91. (Daniel Dorsa/The New York Times)
EditorialThe composer Stephen Sondheim at his home in Roxbury, Conn., on Nov. 21, 2021, a few days before his death at 91. (Daniel Dorsa/The New York Times)
EditorialJonathan Groff, Lindsay Mendez and Daniel Radcliffe in “Merrily We Roll Along” at the New York Theater Workshop, Nov. 20, 2022. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialLorna Courtney, center, as Juliet, in “&Juliet,” at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre in New York, Oct. 26, 2022. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)