I believe strongly that Romeo and Juliet is a play centered on love and the lengths that people are willing to go to for it. Almost all of the main events are focussed on the two lovers' actions that are made in the name of love.
This is demonstrated most strongly in the death scene of Romeo and Juliet, when the two of them kill themselves because they believe the other is dead (even though one was mistaken), and would rather join the other in death instead of living without them. Although it was extremely impulsive and a little silly of the two to suicide immediately upon seeing the other's body, it has always been known that they did it for love.
In addition, many other important events were the cause of love between Romeo and Juliet. Their marriage (obviously because the two loved each other) rendered Romeo unable to fight Tybalt, leading to Mercutio fighting in his play and being killed, which then led to the death of Tybalt. Of course, this resulted in Romeo being banished, which was the sole cause of Juliet's desperate measures against getting married with Paris, which was drinking the Friar's potion.
In short, Romeo and Juliet is a play about love and what people will do when they are in love.
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