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Tuesday, April 16, 2024

ROMEO + JULIET - Directed by SAM GOLD

 

Shakespeare's timeless tragedy now belongs to a new generation on the edge.

 

KIT CONNOR + RACHEL ZEGLER

TO STAR IN THE NEW BROADWAY PRODUCTION OF


ROMEO +


 JULIET

Directed by SAM GOLD

Music by JACK ANTONOFF 

Movement by SONYA TAYEH

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TICKETS ON SALE MAY 2024


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Seaview is thrilled to announce that Emmy Award winner Kit Connor (“Heartstopper”) and Golden Globe Award winner Rachel Zegler (Spielberg’s West Side Story) will star in the new Broadway production of William Shakespeare’s ROMEO + JULIET, directed by Tony Award winner Sam Gold, with music by Grammy Award winner Jack Antonoff and movement by Tony Award winner Sonya Tayeh.


Director Sam Gold said, “With the presidential election coming up in November, I felt like making a show this fall that celebrates youth and hope, and unleashes the anger young people feel about the world they are inheriting."

 

Tickets for ROMEO + JULIET will go on sale to the public in May 2024. To sign up for early access and to be the first to receive updates, sign up at www.romeoandjulietnyc.com.

 

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.

 

ROMEO + JULIET will open on Broadway in Fall 2024 and will mark the Broadway debuts of Kit ConnorRachel Zegler, and Jack Antonoff, who in February won his third consecutive Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, becoming only the second producer in history to win three years running. More information including theatre, dates, design team, and additional casting will be announced at a later date.

 

ROMEO + JULIET is produced on Broadway by Seaview101 Productions, Ltd will serve as general manager. Casting is by Taylor Williams, CSA.

 

For more information visit:


www.romeoandjulietnyc.com


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