My Romeo! Miranda Kerr cuddles up to Orlando Bloom after wearing TWO stunning dress to the opening night of his new Broadway play
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He might be playing the lead role in one of the world's most famous love stories, but in real life, Orlando Bloom has already found his Juliet.
The 36-year-old actor was seen cuddling up to wife Miranda Kerr at the after-party following the press night of his new Broadway production of Romeo & Juliet.
It comes as little surprise that Orlando struggled to keep his hands off his wife, as the underwear model looked incredible in a racy black and white bandage dress.
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His real-life Juliet: Orlando Bloom cuddled up to wife Miranda Kerr at the afterparty following the opening night of his new play Romeo & Juliet on Broadway on Thursday night
Unable to resist: Orlando struggled to keep his hands off his stunning wife, and it's not hard to see why
Miranda teamed the dress with on-trend white heels, a black clutch bag and slick of red lipstick as she attended the celebration at The Edison Ballroom.
The outfit was the second stunning look Miranda pulled out of the bag to support her husband on his big night.
Earlier in the evening, Miranda was seen wearing a truly breathtaking seafoam sheer long-sleeved dress as she arrived to watch the play.
Party time: Miranda changed into a bandage dress for the afterparty
Dressy: Miranda Kerr greets others at the Romeo and Juliet event in her second party frock in New York
She's arrived: Miranda Kerr looked stunning in a monochrome dress as she arrived at the after party of Romeo and Juliet after watching her husband Orlando Bloom in the play
Walk on by: Miranda covers her cleavage with one hand as she heads over to a bar after leaving the after party of Romeo and Juliet which stars her husband Orlando Bloom
Miranda, 30, looked in good spirits in the dress, which she teamed with sparking Christian Louboutin heels and a metallic clutch bag.
But the former Victoria's Secret star was not in the main spotlight for a change, with husband Bloom appearing opposite Condola Rashad in the production, which has so far received mixed reviews.
Mark Kennedy of the Associated Press describes Bloom as 'too often appearing like a squinty, ageing boy band member' in the role, with he and Rashad 'sometime seem out of synch emotionally.'
Here comes Juliet! Miranda Kerr steps out in new York sporting a stunning sea foam floaty dress to support husband Orlando Bloom in Romeo And Juliet on Broadway on Thursday
A true heroine: The Australian model teamed her pretty frock with sparkling heels and a metallic clutch
In fair Verona: Miranda stepped out on the red carpet of the theatre while her husband prepared for his big night
'This is a slick, weightless assemblage of modern-dress trickery (Romeo wears a hoodie and jeans) whose conception is as stale as its been-there-seen-that décor and TV-movie music,' writes Terry Teachout of the Wall Street Journal.
THE CRITICS HAVE THEIR SAY
THE GOOD:
'This is a slick, weightless assemblage of modern-dress trickery (Romeo wears a hoodie and jeans) whose conception is as stale as its been-there-seen-that décor and TV-movie music,
Wall Street Journal's Terry Teachout
'Orlando makes a dashing, appealing, if not exactly youthful Romeo.'
Newsday's Linda Winer
'The debonair, at-ease Bloom seems to overpower Rashad from here out.'
NBC New York's Robert Khan
AND THE BAD:
'Bloom too often appeared like a squinty, ageing boy band member.'
The Associated Press' Mark Kennedy
'This is the least erotically charged or sexually frank Romeo and Juliet I've ever attended.'
Time Out New York's David Cote
'This is a slick, weightless assemblage of modern-dress trickery (Romeo wears a hoodie and jeans) whose conception is as stale as its been-there-seen-that décor and TV-movie music,
Wall Street Journal's Terry Teachout
'Orlando makes a dashing, appealing, if not exactly youthful Romeo.'
Newsday's Linda Winer
'The debonair, at-ease Bloom seems to overpower Rashad from here out.'
NBC New York's Robert Khan
AND THE BAD:
'Bloom too often appeared like a squinty, ageing boy band member.'
The Associated Press' Mark Kennedy
'This is the least erotically charged or sexually frank Romeo and Juliet I've ever attended.'
Time Out New York's David Cote
Time Out New York's David Cote adds that the chemistry between Bloom and Rashad is 'noticeable lacking.'
He says: 'This is also the least erotically charged or sexually frank Romeo and Juliet I've ever attended.'
Bloom's performance, meanwhile is commended as solid but not exactly dynamic by Newsday's Linda Winer. 'He makes a dashing, appealing, if not exactly youthful Romeo,' she writes.
NBC New York's Robert Khan is more effusive: 'The debonair, at-ease Bloom seems to overpower Rashad from here out,' he says. '
Blame it on the strategic wielding of a sun tattoo on his stomach... or his nuanced performance.'
The production, directed by five-time Tony Award nominee David Leveaux, features Shakespeare’s original language while in a modern setting.
Further conflict is added to the tragedy as the Montague family is white and the Capulets black.
The race issue was addressed in the press release: ‘While race defines the family lineages, the original cause of the "ancient quarrel," passed down by successive generations to their young, has been lost to time.’
Speaking about the modern setting director Leveaux explained previously: 'The last thing we wanted to do was to do a sort of pompous, classic version of Romeo and Juliet.
The play's the thing: Orlando stepped out on the red carpet with his on-stage Juliet, Condola Rashad 
Opening night: Orlando Bloom stars opposite Condola Rashad in Romeo and Juliet in New York
Tribute: Orlando and Condola posed with their bouquets at the end of Thursday's performance
Kiss on the hand: Orlando congratulated his co-star after the nerve-racking opening night
Thanks to the audience: The actors looked relieved to get their first night out of the way
'I'm just taking away all the wallpaper and mantelpieces, all the kind of pompous stuff we associate with grand Shakespearean productions, and try to go as simple as possible.'
And referring to casting Orlando as Romeo, Leveaux said: ‘I was just so fascinated by his passion and his absolute boyish love of this language that I thought: "Yep, that feels like our Romeo".’
While Orlando hasn’t starred in a Shakespeare play before he has performed some of Romeo’s speeches as part of the 2011 Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestra concert that saw Tchaikovsky's music paired with Shakespearean texts that inspired them.
The play's the thing: Liev Schreiber and Sir Ian McKellen were among the celebrity names at the opening night
The play's the thing: Lupita Nyong'o, Vinessa Shaw and Deborah Cox glammed up for the show
Miranda wasn't the only familiar face at the opening night, as she was joined on the red carpet by a smattering of celebrity names including Liev Schrieber and Sir Ian McKellen.
They also included Condola's mother Phylicia Rasha, better known for her role as Clair Huxtable on the long running The Cosby Show, who arrived to support her daughter on stage.
Orlando and Condola appeared on stage at the end of the opening performance where they recieved bouquets of flowers.
The play runs until January next year and is directed by David Leveaux.
A variety of styles: Jay Manuel stood out in yellow trousers, Constantine Maroulis wore black and Condola's actress mother Phylicia Rashad arrived to support her daughter
Shakespeare fans: Tyra Banks and Liev Shrieber at the afterparty
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