If you’re hoping to gift truly heartfelt feelings this Christmas, this is the perfect choice: “Romeo & Juliet — Love Is Everything,” the award-winning original production from Peter Plate and Ulf Leo Sommer, is launching its first major tour across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland from August 12, 2026, to February 7, 2027.
The kick-off takes place at the 37th Cologne Summer Festival in the Cologne Philharmonic (through August 23, 2026). After that, the acclaimed musical will play nine weeks at the Capitol Theater Düsseldorf, before making stops in Munich, Zurich, Duisburg, Baden-Baden, Bremen, and Vienna. Frankfurt is in planning.
Classical Meets Pop
More than 400,000 audience members have already seen the show at the Theater des Westens in Berlin, where it runs through February 22, 2026. No wonder: Romeo and Juliet has never been told like this before. Never has Juliet been so passionate, fearless, and modern. Never has Romeo been so vulnerable. Verona has never felt so dangerous—and at the same time so seductive. And never before has the piece felt so queer.
“We’re overwhelmed by the success and by the euphoric reactions from our audience,” say Plate and Sommer. “A piece that stirs emotions, breaks boundaries, and brings people together.”
Modern Pop Songs and Emotional Arias
Shakespeare’s drama is presented here in the historic Schlegel translation and carried musically by contemporary pop songs and emotive arias — including Rosenstolz’s hit “Love Is Everything,” the song that gave the show its title. Dynamic choreography, a moodful lighting and stage design, and costumes styled after the Elizabethan era vividly fuse past and present.
Yet the musical isn’t only tragedy: heart, humor, and vibrant characters lend surprising ease to the big themes of love, sex, and death. Never has Juliet been so wild, never has Romeo been so sexy. Mercutio reveals a side of himself that’s utterly in love (with Romeo!), and the nurse Julia stands beside the action as a warm, witty confidante.
Since the 1990s, Peter Plate and Ulf Leo Sommer have been shaping the face of German pop and musical theater — from Rosenstolz to numerous chart-toppers and successful musical productions at the Theater des Westens, which has become the hotspot of the genre. The star-studded creative team also includes choreographer Jonathan Huor, director Christoph Drewitz, lighting designer Tim Deiling, and Andrew D. Edwards handling costumes and set design.
More information and tickets are available here
