Romeo and Juliet (Hebald) Hollenbeck Palms retirement community in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles. Romeo and Juliet (Hebald) Romeo and Juliet is an outdoor bronze sculpture depicting Romeo and Juliet by American artist Milton Hebald, located in front of Delacorte Theater in Manhattan's Central Park, in the United States. It is one of two companion works at the theater sculpted by Hebald, the other being "The Tempest" (1966). Unveiled in 1977 and cast in 1978, "Romeo and Juliet" was donated by philanthropist George T. Delacorte, Jr. The sculpture is tall; the two figures, shown embracing, are set on a granite pedestal. A cast from the
Romeo and Juliet Persuaded by Benvolio and Mercutio, Romeo attends the ball at the Capulet house in hopes of meeting Rosaline. However, Romeo instead meets and falls in love with Juliet. Juliet's cousin, Tybalt, is enraged at Romeo for sneaking into the ball but is only stopped from killing Romeo by Juliet's father, who does not wish to shed blood in his house. After the ball, in what is now called the "balcony scene", Romeo sneaks into the Capulet orchard and overhears Juliet at her window vowing her love to him in spite of her family's hatred of the Montagues. Romeo makes himself