& JULIET On Broadway - Reviews & News Thread — Page 13

As the show has settled into somewhat of a groove by now — and with awards season on the horizon — several principals have announced future vacation dates. Don't miss these understudies:

 

Rachel Webb will be on for Juliet from April 10-16.

Tiernan Tunnicliffe will be on for Anne from February 28 — March 5, and on March 30 and 31.

Joe Moeller will be on for Shakespeare from April 4-9, and on May 11.

Daniel J. Maldonado will be on for Romeo from April 10-16.

Matt Raffy will be on for May from March 7-12.

hearthemsing22 said: "PRO: The whole show. I do agree the book could use some work, but overall I found myself enjoying the show more than critiquing it!

CON: Audience behavior....it has gone WAY downhill. I don't get it."

Two middle aged white women were dancing in the box seats like they were drunk at a wedding when I saw it

Skip23 said: "as for &JULIET...it's sort of the new TONY AND TINA'S WEDDING. Audience participation is kinda expected."

Not really. It much more closely resembles Mamma Mia, and the only “participation” is when the audience is invited to get up and dance during the bows.

I was at the show last night...I tried so hard to resist its charm but I had so much fun!

Some of the song choices were more successfully integrated into the plot than others...my favorite was Oops I Did It Again.

Quite a few understudies on last night but everyone did an excellent job - Rachel Webb has a fantastic voice and I loved Tiernan Tunnicliffe. Tiernan's Celine Dion number brought the house down.

Shoutout to the audience as well - everyone was into it but not bringing "I'm the main character of the Stephen Sondheim Theatre" energy.

kwoc91 said: "I was at the show last night...I tried so hard to resist its charm but I had so much fun!

Some of the song choices were more successfully integrated into the plot than others...my favorite was Oops I Did It Again.

Quite a few understudies on last night but everyone did an excellent job -Rachel Webb has a fantastic voice and I loved Tiernan Tunnicliffe. Tiernan's Celine Dion number brought the house down.

Shoutout to the audience as well - everyone was into it but not bringing "I'm the main character of the Stephen Sondheim Theatre" energy."

I just got out of the matinee and 100% agree with everything you’ve said from first word to last.

Where has Lorna Courtney been? She appears to have been out almost all last week and was out tonight as well. 

Yeah curious about this as well. I have tickets for Sat night and while I'm sure the covers are terrific, I am looking forward to seeing Lorna.

According to Rachel's IG, Kim went on today and Rachel will be Juliet tonight.

60'splayoff said: "Yeah curious about this as well. I have tickets for Sat night and while I'm sure the covers are terrific, I am looking forward to seeing Lorna.

According to Rachel's IG, Kim went on today and Rachel will be Juliet tonight."

I was at yesterdays matinee with Kim. She was WONDERFUL. Absolutely fabulous. I mainly went for Betsy and Stark- who were both there and FABULOUS. Rachel Webb went on Tuesday night and last night as well. I just caught it odd that Lorna has been gone so long!

I'm planning to try to TKTS the show either Thursday or Saturday next week. I can see via the website that it's frequently on the board... but does anybody have insight as to how many tickets they usually send to the booth, and where the seats are? Thanks!

Last week, Veronica Otim returned from a 2 and a half month injury absence, stepping back into Lady Capulet and also making her long-awaited Juliet debut. 

Joomin Hwang made his Broadway principal debut this afternoon as François. 

Also, Rachel just revealed she will be on for Juliet this Wednesday and Thursday, with July dates TBA later. 

I would have loved to see Joomin as François! According to his IG, he’s the first Korean native to play a principal role on Broadway not specifically written for an Asian actor. The videos of the curtain call that people have been posting have been so heartwarming. Stark made a special speech about the occasion.

HeyMrMusic said: "I would have loved to see Joomin as François! According to his IG, he’s the first Korean native to play a principal role on Broadway not specifically written for an Asian actor. The videos of the curtain call that people have been posting have been so heartwarming. Stark made a special speech about the occasion."

From the videos I've seen, Stark also said he did not know English a year ago??? I'm SO proud of him. 

^ correct, Stark said that it was 10 years ago. 
 

Incidentally, I’ve heard Joomin say that he learned English from watching “Smash.”