& JULIET Will Have Pre-Broadway Engagement In Toronto — Page 3

I'd imagine the Nederlander won't be an option. "Mr Saturday Night" will probably run for a year with Crystal to make its return investment. And that won't give it time to open during the 22/23 season. 

I'd imagine this would take the Lunt or Marquis. 

What about the Broadhurst? I don't know much about this production, but for some reason feel like that could be a good fit.

Agreed. Broadhurst seems like a great fit. 

It's not that huge of a set. Broadway stages are typically a lot wider than those found in West End theatres, and there's no huge set pieces that I wouldn't see fitting into most Broadway stages.

Owen22 said: "Well, that is obviously not going to happen. And imagine if this debuted WITHOUT a woman of color playing the title role after it was established in the West End WITH a black actress as Juliet!"

I think they will try to get Mirriam Teak Lee to come over from London. I don't know who else could play Juliet. Some would say Grace Mouat, but she's joining that new girl group SVN with the other OG Queens from SIX. 

Owen22 said: "Dylan Smith4 said: "Owen22 said: "Well, that is obviously not going to happen. And imagine if this debuted WITHOUT a woman of color playing the title role after it was established in the West End WITH a black actress as Juliet!"

I think they will try to get Mirriam Teak Lee to come over from London. I don't know who else could play Juliet. Some would say Grace Mouat, but she's joining that new girl group SVN with the other OG Queens from SIX."

I dunno...it seems it's time for the singularly talented Tamika Lawrence to get a Broadway leading lady role."

Couldn't ageee more! 

Love Block as Anne. Let’s get Will Swenson as Shakespeare and have a “Little Miss Sunshine” reunion. 

Juliet is cast-has been on Broadway but is not any sort of a "name".

I do wonder if Dominic Fallacaro will be involved with the Broadway incarnation. He was the original music director on the West End, and he also worked on both the recent remount of Freestyle Love Supreme and the film adaptation of "tick, tick... BOOM!" with his Juliet cohort, orchestrator Bill Sherman. 

I was wanting to post this yesterday (on "It's Gonna Be May" Day), but forgot to do so, dangit.

Anyway, according to a casting notice I saw last month, rehearsals for the Toronto run begin tomorrow. Fallacaro is indeed MDing, and Sherman hops on as music supervisor. 

For what it's worth, we could be meeting the soon-to-be Broadway cast of & Juliet sometime tomorrow! It sure looks like this one might be the most bonkers jukebox musical we've had in a while. 

 

Any updates on the cast list for this? It opens in a little over a month and not a thing has been announced. 

The Canadian Premiere/Toronto sit-down production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child begins May 31st. I wouldn't be surprised if its after that date or just before. The Toronto producers are putting a lot into HP, and could see them waiting until they have a public performance. I could be wrong though.

Also, the show currently running at the theatre is closing Sunday (May 8th). Something might come next week too. Who knows?!

Updated On: 5/4/22 at 02:02 PM

YvanEhtNioj said: "No updates yet :/

I’m reaching, but I’d love Sasha Allen as Juliet"

I'm also reaching, but I'm hoping Betsy Wolfe is Anne/April - she hinted at her concerts last week that she was joining a show and that it would probably be announced this week. But no other details given.