Review: Broadway’s ‘& Juliet’ deftly mixes pop music hits & Shakespeare

The Broadway musical “& Juliet” earns that ampersand. It’s a legit hit on the Great White Way AND in the West End. It’s set in the Elizabethan Period AND it’s also sooooo firmly in our time. It’s Shakespeare AND it’s jukebox musical with chart-toppers from the likes of Britney Spears, Bon Jovi, *NSYNC, Céline Dion, Justin Timberlake, Ariana Grande, Pink, The Weeknd, Demi Lovato and more. Those hits are the work of Swedish pop music composer Max Martin and include irresistible earworms such as “Oops!I Did It Again,” “I Kissed a Girl,” “Since U Been Gone,” “That’s the Way...