Rehearsals are underway for the Sam Gold-directed Broadway revival of William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet, which is scheduled to begin previews
September 26 at the Circle in the Square Theatre with an official
opening October 24.
As previously reported, Children's & Family Emmy winner Kit Connor (Heartstopper) and Golden Globe winner Rachel Zegler (María in Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story) will star in the revival, which will feature music by Grammy winner Jack Antonoff and movement by Tony winner Sonya Tayeh.
Connor and Zegler will be joined by Gabby Beans (Skin of Our Teeth) as Mercutio/The Friar, Tommy Dorfman (13 Reasons Why) as The Nurse/Tybalt, Nihar Duvvuri as Balthazar, Sola Fadiran (Camelot) as Capulet/Lady Capulet, Daniel Bravo Hernández as Abraham, Taheen Modak as Benvolio, Jasai Chase-Owens (The Expanse) as Gregory, Gían Pérez (Sing Street) as Samson/Paris/Peter, and understudies Missy Malek, Timothy Oh, Susannah Perkins (The Wolves), and Daniel Velez. Casting is by Taylor Williams.
Check out the company in rehearsal photos below:
Rachel Zegler and Kit Connor
Rachel Zegler, Sam Gold, and Kit Connor
Kit Connor, Jack Antonoff, and Tommy Dorfman
Sonya Tayeh
Timothy Oh, Kit Connor, Rachel Zegler, Sam Gold, Jack Antonoff, and Tommy Dorfman
Taheen Modak, Sola Fadiran, Daniel Bravo Hernández, Jasai Chase-Owens, and Gían Pérez
Tommy Dorfman, Gabby Beans, Daniel Bravo Hernández, Nihar Duvvuri, Daniel Velez, Gían Pérez, Sola Fadiran, and Jasai Chase-Owens
In rehearsal for Romeo + Juliet
The production will also have scenic design by dots, costume design
by Enver Chakartash, lighting design by Isabella Byrd, sound design by
Tony winner Cody Spencer, hair, wig, and makeup design by Robert Pickens
and Katie Gell, and violence by Drew Leary.
Claire Warden will
serve as intimacy director, Gigi Buffington will serve as voice and text
coach, and Michael Sexton and Ayanna Thompson will serve as dramaturgy
and text consultants. Production stage management is by Rachel Bauder,
Juniper Street Productions is the production manager, and 101
Productions, Ltd will serve as general manager.
Director Gold said in a recent statement, “I couldn’t be more thrilled to be starting today with this brilliant ensemble. In the play, there are two households, but for us in the room, it really feels like one family.
Press notes for the revival describe the classic tragedy as such:
"The youth are fucked. Left to their own devices in their parents’ world
of violent ends, an impulsive pair of star-crossed lovers hurtle
towards their inescapable fate. The intoxicating high of passion quickly
descends into a brutal chaos that can only end one way."
The 16-week limited engagement of Romeo + Juliet will be produced on Broadway by Seaview.
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