At Capital Fringe Festival, a testosterone-fueled spin on 'Romeo and Juliet'

Boys will be boys -- and therein lies Verona's misfortune. Such is the subtext in the gripping "Romeo and Juliet" brought to the Capital Fringe Festival by We Happy Few Productions. This propulsive, 90-minute, eight-actor version of Shakespeare's play emphasizes how macho energies feed, and make inevitable, the eponymous lovers' tragedy.