The chemistry is less erotic than aesthetic. Though the kiss they subsequently share is long and deep, it doesn’t feel like the product of teenage lust. When these doomed lovers first set eyes on each other, it’s so obvious that they’re a matched set - and that they know it - that the whole world seems to stand still in deference. Such thoughts are inevitably stirred by David Leveaux’s lopsided production of “Romeo and Juliet,” which opened on Thursday night at the Richard Rodgers Theater, with the equally exquisite-looking Orlando Bloom and Condola Rashad in the title roles. Then there’s that other part of us that thinks, both fearfully and hopefully, “It can’t last.” We just can’t help sighing over the glory of separate souls wrapped in the luxury of shared beauty. This was true when Taylor met Burton, when Brad met Angelina, when Paris met Helen, or even when Narcissus met his reflection. A sense of divine justice seizes us whenever two of the world’s prettiest people find each other.
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