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Keala Settle – internationally renowned for her starring role in the global smash hit movie The Greatest Showman – is to make her West End debut in the award-winning & Juliet.
The Tony Award-nominated Broadway actress who shot to worldwide fame performing the iconic song ‘This is Me’ in the movie alongside Hugh Jackman will play the role of Nurse in the Olivier Award-winning musical.
She will join the production from 29 March 2022 through to 18 June at the Shaftesbury Theatre, where the show has extended its booking period until 24 September 2022.
This week, Settle will give a special performance on ITV1’s Loose Women (19 January) before performing on BBC1’s Big Night of Musicals on 29 January.
Miriam-Teak Lee – who was awarded the Olivier Award for Best Actress in 2020 for her performance as Juliet – leads a cast including Cassidy Janson, who also won an Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Anne Hathaway, Oliver Tompsett as William Shakespeare, Tim Mahendran as Francois and Alex Thomas-Smith as May.
David Bedella continues his Olivier Award-winning performance as Lance until 26 March, as does Jordan Luke Gage as Romeo. New cast members for these roles from 29 March will be announced at a later date.
The ensemble includes Roshani Abbey, Jocasta Almgill, Josh Baker, Ivan De Freitas, Rhian Duncan, Kieran Lai, Nathan Lorainey-Dineen, Jaye Marshall, Grace Mouat, Antoine Murray-Straughan, Billy Nevers, Kerri Norville, Christopher Parkinson, Kirstie Skivington, Alex Tranter, Sophie Usher and Rhys Wilkinson.
& Juliet explodes with dozens of pop anthems by legendary songwriter Max Martin including ‘Baby One More Time’, ‘Since U Been Gone’, ‘Roar’, ‘It’s My Life’, ‘I Want It That Way’ and ‘Can’t Stop the Feeling’! The show also includes the brand new song ‘One More Try’, written especially for the show by Martin.
The musical is directed by Luke Sheppard (In The Heights, Rent and What’s New Pussycat?) with a story by David West Read (Netflix’s Schitt’s Creek), choreography from Jennifer Weber and set design from Soutra Gilmour.
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