Cassidy Janson, Miriam-Teak Lee and Melanie La Barrie in & Juliet. La Barrie will reprise her role in the Broadway production
Multi-award-winning musical & Juliet will make its Broadway debut at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre this autumn.
Currently playing its North American debut run in Toronto, the production will begin preview performances in New York on 28 October ahead of an opening night on 17 November.
The production stars Lorna Courtney (Dear Evan Hansen) who will reprise her performance in the title role alongside the musical’s original nurse, Melanie La Barrie, Tony Award winner Paulo Szot (South Pacific) as Lance, Betsy Wolfe (Waitress) as Anne Hathaway, and Stark Sands (American Idiot) as Shakespeare.
Directed by Luke Sheppard, & Juliet uses the most iconic pop songs written by prolific pop hit writer Max Martin over the last three decades along with new song ‘One More Try’, to accompany a re-imagined Juliet who finds a way past her doomed romance with Romeo by embarking on a whirlwind trip to Paris. The musical also features the characters of Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway who take opposite sides in Juliet’s battle to change her story and discover life after Romeo.
The musical which debuted at the Manchester Opera House in October 2019 before arriving at London’s Shaftesbury Theatre a month later, boasts a story by David West Read and arrangements of Martin’s chart-topping songs by Grammy Award-winning orchestrator Bill Sherman. The triple Olivier Award-winning production features choreography by Jennifer Weber, set design by Soutra Gilmour, costume design by Paloma Young, lighting design by Howard Hudson, sound design by Gareth Owen, video design by Andrzej Goulding and casting by Stuart Burt.
The show’s producers recently announced an extension to the feel-good show’s West End run with tickets on sale up to 25 March 2023.
Swedish-born songwriter and producer Martin first made his mark in the 1990s with hits including Britney Spears’ ‘Hit Me Baby One More Time’, Bon Jovi’s ‘It’s My Life’ and The Backstreet Boys’ ‘I Want It That Way’. More recently, Martin has written or co-written hits for today’s biggest stars including Adele, Ellie Goulding, Kelly Clarkson, Usher, Taylor Swift and Pink.
Angela Thomas
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