Rachel Zegler and Kit Connor are set to make their Broadway debuts in a new production of Shakespeare's 'Romeo + Juliet' this fall. The production will feature music by Grammy Award winner Jack Antonoff, who is also making his Broadway debut, movement by Sonya Tayeh (of 'Moulin Rouge! The Musical') and direction by Sam Gold. While few details have been released about this version of the Shakespeare classic, it promises an angrier take on the tale.
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00:00 Rachel Zegler and Kit Conner are set to make their Broadway debuts in a new production of
00:04 Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet this fall. The production will feature music by Grammy
00:09 Award winner Jack Antonoff, who is also making his Broadway debut, movement by Sonia Taya of
00:14 Moulin Rouge! the musical, and direction by Sam Gold. While few details have been released about
00:19 this version of the Shakespeare classic, it promises to be an angrier take on the tale.
00:24 The director said, "With the presidential election coming up in November, I felt like
00:28 making a show this fall that celebrates youth and hope and unleashes the anger young people feel
00:33 about the world they are inheriting." Exact dates and a theater have yet to be announced,
00:36 but tickets are set to go on sale in May. In response to the news, Zegler shared an old
00:41 tweet that she originally posted in 2016 that reads, "Okay, but when can I be on Broadway?"
00:46 She retweeted the post with several crying emojis. Zegler came to prominence playing Maria
00:51 in Steven Spielberg's new adaptation of West Side Story. She recently starred as Lucy Gray Bayard in
00:56 The Hunger Games' The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, and is set to appear as Snow White in
01:00 Disney's live-action remake in 2025. Conner is best known for his role as Nick Nelson in the
01:05 series Heartstopper. He also appeared as young Elton John in Rocketman and has several stage
01:09 credits in London. He is set to lead the mystery horror film One of Us and star in the film A Cuban
01:14 Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow. Meanwhile, in London, Jamie Lloyd is directing another production
01:19 of Romeo and Juliet. For more on this story, head to THR.com. This is The Hollywood Reporter News.
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