Shakespeare’s protagonist has long received letters from lovesick strangers around the globe. This writer traveled to Verona to help reply to them.

Yet this “Romeo and Juliet,” directed by Jamie Lloyd (“ Sunset Boulevard,” “ The Effect ”) and running at the Duke of York’s Theater through Aug. 3, is no straightforward crowd-pleaser.

RUMMU, Estonia, - A production of "Romeo and Juliet" in Estonia uses a cast of vehicles to tell Shakespeare's story of star-crossed lovers, with a red Ford pickup taking on the role of Juliet ...