Kit Connor, Rachel Zegler to star in Sam Gold-directed ROMEO + JULIET on Broadway, Fall 2024- Page 2

[jkcohen626]

Posted: 4/16/24 at 7:57am

Website is live. https://romeoandjulietnyc.com/ 

[DramaTeach]

Posted: 4/16/24 at 8:03am

Music by Jack Antonoff and movement by Sonya Tayeh is very interesting. I’m in.

Updated On: 4/16/24 at 08:03 AM

[Dylan Smith4]

Posted: 4/16/24 at 8:11am

Broadway this fall! JACK ANTANOFF is involved? Yeah, this will sell out faster than Tom Holland's R+J! 

[ColorTheHours048]

Posted: 4/16/24 at 8:13am

The main selling point of this for me is the involvement of Sonya Tayeh and Jack Antonoff. And that tagline. The angsty vibes are strong. 

[MemorableUserName]

Posted: 4/16/24 at 8:22am

jkcohen626 said: "Website is live.https://romeoandjulietnyc.com/"

"©1597 written by W. SHAKESPEARE"

I would say that site's trying too hard to be cool or edgy or...something, but I'm not the demo they're targeting so it may be on target.

[hearthemsing22]

Posted: 4/16/24 at 8:25am

I wonder when they'll officially confirm this because apart from this website, no other reputable news site has confirmed the Patti Lupon/Mia Farrow production 

[ColorTheHours048]

Posted: 4/16/24 at 8:26am

If the website is already launched; the actors are following the production’s social media accounts; and they’re posting teasers to their respective socials, I’d imagine an announcement is imminent. Probably today or sometime this week.

Updated On: 4/16/24 at 08:26 AM

[Dylan Smith4]

Posted: 4/16/24 at 8:36am

This and the possibility of Tom Hollands R+J transferring will mean two competing productions in the same season. Has that ever happened before?

[Kad]

Posted: 4/16/24 at 8:38am

I cannot imagine the Holland production is moving forward next season- if it ever had concrete plans to do so.  

[TaffyDavenport]

Posted: 4/16/24 at 8:51am

Antonoff should bring his good friend Taylor on as a producer, and watch the $$$ roll in for everyone involved.

[Kad]

Posted: 4/16/24 at 8:53am

Taylor as the Nurse.

[hearthemsing22]

Posted: 4/16/24 at 8:55am

Dylan Smith4 said: "This and the possibility of Tom Hollands R+J transferring will mean two competing productions in the same season. Has that ever happened before?"

I've heard that's not happening anymore, so it will just be this production 

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 4/16/24 at 9:00am

Curious if there will be songs or just incidental music. 

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 4/16/24 at 9:04am

Playbill Announcement

[Dylan Smith4]

Posted: 4/16/24 at 9:06am

Yeah, like I said, this will SELL OUT FAST!

[RW3]

Posted: 4/16/24 at 9:28am

It’s kinda of funny and cool that both Kit and Joe will have made their Broadway debuts in the same year by the time this opens. Depending on when this opens, I wonder how much press Kit is going to do for season 3 of Heartstopper. I definitely see this closing in January before Rachel starts having to do press for Snow White. 

Updated On: 4/16/24 at 09:28 AM

[inception]

Posted: 4/16/24 at 9:37am

The colours & typography on the website call to mind Baz Luhrman's film, specifically hiw it says Romeo + Juilet instead of Romeo & Juliet.

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 4/16/24 at 9:41am

Consider me a skeptic:

on paper, I don't know if this is going to set the box office on fire. Kit Connor is a "who," and Zegler would probably be a much bigger draw in a musical than a play.

The Antonoff/Tayeh connection is the big unknown, because if this resembles a musical (characters singing and angsty dancing -- whether to new Antonoff songs or famous ones), that could help but not until they have b-roll.

[Theatrefanboy1]

Posted: 4/16/24 at 9:46am

Strange. Looks like Broadway will not be getting either of my preferred revivals then.  Was hoping for the Tom Holland R+J and was hoping for the Sara Brightman Sunset Boulevard.   Unless they’d consider coming in the following season which would seem tight  

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 4/16/24 at 9:50am

I don't think that Brightman SUNSET gets anywhere near New York or London. It's an Australian one-off production.

[Kad]

Posted: 4/16/24 at 9:52am

The Brightman Sunset was never going to transfer to Broadway. 
 

I also wouldn’t underestimate the draw of Kit Connor. He may not be the current Spider-Man, but he is immensely popular especially with younger crowds. Putting him in a classic play may be a good way to get parents to shell out for tickets without feeling like they’re seeing a teenybopper show. 

[hearthemsing22]

Posted: 4/16/24 at 9:53am

Theatrefanboy1 said: "Strange. Looks like Broadway will not be getting either of my preferred revivals then. Was hoping for the Tom Holland R+J and was hoping for the Sara Brightman Sunset Boulevard. Unless they’d consider coming in the following season which would seem tight"

Sometimes things are just one offs and it does not mean that they will transfer to Broadway. That is never a given. And it makes it special! Sometimes there are shows that could obviously be Broadway bound, but Sarah Brightman Sunset? Nah. Also like Here We Are at The Shed off-Broadway. It was a very special one time engagement. Does not mean it's Broadway bound any time soon. 

[hearthemsing22]

Posted: 4/16/24 at 9:55am

Do you think on some level she expected an Oscar nod for WSS, but since that didn't happen, she's hoping for a Tony nod for this?

[binau]

Posted: 4/16/24 at 9:56am

I agree the chances of a Tom holland production transferring now seem more questionable. But honestly I think these two productions could be running concurrently and Tom holland would still sell every seat at full price. Feels more distasteful than financially risky to have both. 

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 4/16/24 at 10:05am

regardless of how it sells it's a huge W for people from New Jersey between Antonoff + Zegler both being vocal Jersey natives