How pop musical ‘& Juliet’ brings the Bard to Britney Spears

How pop musical ‘& Juliet’ brings the Bard to Britney Spears

David John Chávez BAY AREA NEWS GROUP The Broadway hit musical “& Juliet” began the same way many great jukebox musicals have begun — with a writer listening to lots of music in the dark after concussing himself on a kitchen cabinet at a vacation rental home. David West Read, an Emmy award-winning writer and executive producer for the hit comedy series “Schitt’s Creek,” was given an opportunity to pitch a potential show to Max Martin, the famed …