Kit Connor, Rachel Zegler to star in Sam Gold-directed ROMEO + JULIET on Broadway, Fall 2024

Starting a new thread since this is likely not related to Diane Paulus’s A.R.T. production after all. Got a tip that this actually is a production coming directly to Broadway, and that it’s being directed by (yawn) Sam Gold.

Battle of the avant-garde deconstructed R&J’s, I guess.

EDIT - Confirmed. Previews starting September 26th, with an official opening of October 24th, at the Circle in the Square Theatre: https://romeoandjulietnyc.com/

Updated On: 5/22/24 at 02:03 PM

Are we sure it isn't the ART production? Given the rumors of Zegler being attached to both Evita and Gatsby, both productions in their last seasons, and the (albeit stereotype) pink color palette of ART's initial Romeo & Juliet announcement: Experience Romeo and Juliet this September at A.R.T. when Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Diane Paulus reunite for the first time since Jagged L... | Instagram

But then it could eventually transfer...?

You've seen Jaime Lloyd do Ibsen/Herzog. You've seen Sam Gold Ibsen/Herzog. Now get ready for them to fight to the death doing Shakespeare. 

It may be heresy to say but I think R&J onstage is… not super compelling. For me, it’s easily one of the weakest of the most commonly produced Shakespeare plays. I’ve yet to see a production that fully clicks the way I’ve seen Twelfth Night, Macbeth, Lear, Richard III, or Midsummer often do. 

Jordan Catalano said: "
If we’re choosing between Sam Gold and Jamie Lloyd..."

(((shudder))) Talk about a no-win scenario.

 

True, yet his last (only) two Shakespearean productions on Broadway were so awful (admittedly IMO) the thought of him doing a third honestly made me groan when I saw ColorTheHours048's post.

Jordan Catalano said: "Sam Gold did give us Enemy of the People, Dolls House pt 2, Fun Home… all of which I loved. So he’s got some good stuff in his resume."

Didn’t Joe Mantello do most of the heavy lifting with Fun Home?

Gold's Othello at NYTW was stellar and his Hamlet at the Public was fine (but did give us Oscar Isaac in tighty whities).

Oh, I was under the impression Mantello “ghost-directed” the show. Must be conflating the story it with another show.

ColorTheHours048 said: "Sam Gold is one of the most wildly inconsistent directors working today, so there’s no way to predict how this will go if it pans out. He doesn’t have a distinct directing style I’ve ever been able to decipher and his work with actors seems more related to their innate talent than his own ability to conjure a good performance."

He's quite toned down on Enemy of the People. Maybe he just wanted to put the trust in his wife's adaptation and play it mostly straight.

I would want to rush my production to stage too if I knew somebody else had one planned with a bigger star.

Updated On: 4/15/24 at 04:23 PM

South Fl Marc said: "I really don't care to see Rachel Zegler in anything."

This was my biggest reason for yawning when I saw the rumor pop up. Nothing so far makes me want to pay what will undoubtedly be astronomical prices.

Total respect for anyone looking forward to it, but I just do *not* get her appeal.

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