Alison Luff (The Who’s Tommy, Waitress), Liam Pearce (How to Dance in Ohio, Empire Records), and Nathan Levy (Aladdin, Dear Evan Hansen) will join the cast of the hit jukebox musical & Juliet at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre in the next few months.
Luff and Pearce will begin performances as Anne and Romeo, respectively, October 29, the same day ensemble member Michael Iván Carrier takes over the role of May. Levy will join the cast as François beginning November 19.
The show will also welcome several new ensemble members October 29, including Gabe Amato as Gregory, Reese Britts as Sly, Nicholas Cooper as Lenox, Charli D'Amelio as Charmian, Jhailyn Paige Farcon as Imogen, Elsa Keefe as Eleanor/Benvolio, Alejandro MullerDahlberg as Crosse, Cassie Silva as Lucy, and Darien “Daah” Van Rensalier as Augustine. Romy Vuksan, who joins the company directly from the Australian cast of & Juliet, will begin performances October 8 as Viola.
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It was earlier announced that Justin David Sullivan, Ben Jackson Walker, and Philippe Arroyo will play their final performances October 27 as, respectively, May, Romeo, and François, with Tony nominee Betsy Wolfe offering her last show as Anne Hathaway October 20.
Current cast members Maya Boyd (as Juliet), Tony Award winner Paulo Szot (as Lance), Drew Gehling (as Shakespeare), and Tony nominee Jeannette Bayardelle (as Angélique), along with Daniel Assetta, Makai Hernandez, Najah Hetsberger, Joomin Hwang, Khailah Johnson, Alaina Ví Maderal, Daniel J. Maldonado, and Ava Noble, will remain with the company.
The jukebox musical, nominated for nine Tony Awards, including Best Musical, flips
the script on the William Shakespeare classic, imagining what would
happen next if Juliet hadn’t ended it all over Romeo. Featuring a book by David West Read, the score includes a
mix of tunes by Max Martin and more, including “Since U Been Gone,”
“Roar,” “I Want It That Way,” and “Confident.”
The production also has direction by Luke Sheppard, choreography by Jennifer Weber, musical supervision, orchestrations, and arrangements by Bill Sherman, scenic design by Soutra Gilmour, costume design by Paloma Young, lighting design by Howard Hudson, sound design by Gareth Owen, video projection design by Andrzej Goulding, hair, wig, and makeup design by J. Jared Janas, and musical direction and additional orchestrations by Dominic Fallacaro.
U.S. casting is by Stephen Kopel and Carrie Gardner.
The international hit musical, which opened at the Sondheim
November 17, 2022, was the first new musical of the 2022–2023 Broadway
season to announce its recoupment.