Rachel Zegler & Kit Connor-led ROMEO + JULIET Previews

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 9/20/24 at 5:53pm

The Youth Are F**ked

Left to their own devices in their parents’ world of violent ends, an impulsive pair of star-crossed lovers hurtle towards their inescapable fate. The intoxicating high of passion quickly descends into a brutal chaos that can only end one way.

Emmy Award winner Kit Connor (“Heartstopper”) and Golden Globe Award winner Rachel Zegler (Spielberg’s “West Side Story”) star as Romeo and Juliet in Tony Award-winning director Sam Gold’s (Fun Home, An Enemy of the People) visceral and visionary production. Shakespeare’s timeless tragedy now belongs to a new generation on the edge. Music by Jack Antonoff and movement by Sonya Tayeh.

Previews begin September 26 at Circle In The Square.

[rosscoe(au)]

Posted: 9/20/24 at 7:02pm

Why does a preview thread need to be started six days before the first preview? 

[Robbie2]

Posted: 9/20/24 at 9:51pm

rosscoe(au) said: "Why does a preview thread need to be started six days before the first preview?"

I guess he wanted to beat out the controlling edsoslo from posting at midnight before previews start!

[willep]

Posted: 9/20/24 at 10:50pm

Glad I’m not the only one who was wondering this.

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 9/20/24 at 11:28pm

Speak of the devil!

And I simply just copy and paste here at midnight… my introductory remark for each preview thread has usually been written (typed) in my notes by then. It’s always great to see new shows joining the Broadway boards. :)

[Dolly80]

Posted: 9/22/24 at 10:56pm

I’m going to start one for Gypsy tomorrow 

[JanetBrophy]

Posted: 9/23/24 at 6:44am

I'm a big fan of Kit Connor and Rachel Zegler, and I'm really curious to see how they tackle these iconic roles. The director and creative team are all top-notch, so I'm expecting something special. The music and movement sound like they'll be a major highlight. I'm definitely intrigued and I can't wait to see it!

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Updated On: 9/26/24 at 06:44 AM

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Posted: 9/23/24 at 9:39am

It should be interesting to see how this will fare compared to Sam Gold's previous Broadway revivals of Shakespeare (King Lear and Macbeth).

[inception]

Posted: 9/23/24 at 10:10am

Yeah every time I look at tickets I remember the reviews here for Macbeth.  The guy couldn't do anything & he had Daniel Craig?  I read the big piece in last weekend's NY Times &  nothing about the actors came across as appealing to me.

So I will be awaiting early previews reports.

Edited for typos

Updated On: 9/23/24 at 10:10 AM

[RippedMan]

Posted: 9/23/24 at 10:11am

I’m expecting bare bones

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 9/25/24 at 12:00am

Did my heart love ‘til now?

An edgy, contemporary production — and 36th Broadway revival — of Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet lays its scene tomorrow (September 26) before an October 24 official opening at the Circle in the Square Theatre. Connor and Zegler are joined in the onstage company by Gabby Beans, Tommy Dorfman, Nihar Duvvuri, Solá Fádìran, Daniel Bravo Hernández, Taheen Modak, Jasai Chase Ownes, and Gían Pérez. Romeo + Juliet runs through February 16.

Who plans to head to fair Verona?

[raddersons]

Posted: 9/25/24 at 7:13am

inception said: "Yeah every time I look at tickets I remember the reviews here for Macbeth. The guy couldn't do anything & he had Daniel Craig? I read the big piece in last weekend's NY Times & nothing about the actors came across as appealing to me.

So I will be awaiting early previews reports.

Edited for typos"

I’ve seen Sam Gold do Shakespeare right, just not on Broadway. In 2017 his Hamlet with Oscar Isaac was revelatory for me. I think his style works very well in intimate spaces, so Circle is setting him up for much better success than a typical broadway proscenium house.

But who knows really until we see it? I guess we’ll find out tomorrow.

[Play Esq.]

Posted: 9/25/24 at 7:23am

Hated his Hamlet, but his Othello at NYTW was one for the ages. 

[TaffyDavenport]

Posted: 9/26/24 at 8:58am

A couple of Instagram pics from last night's invited dress:

[KevinKlawitter]

Posted: 9/26/24 at 9:19am

Maybe I'm misunderstanding his role in the production, but have we heard anything specific about the music Jack Antonoff is contributing?

[gibsons2]

Posted: 9/26/24 at 9:50am

TaffyDavenport said: "A couple of Instagram pics from last night's invited dress:

"

Looks... bare :/

[JasonC3]

Posted: 9/26/24 at 10:02am

Having seen minimal productions before, I think the text lends itself to those interpretations and don't remember feeling shortchanged at all.

[dramamama611]

Posted: 9/26/24 at 10:11am

I don't think "bare" is automatically bad, especially in the round.  While I enjoy an elaborate set, that never makes or breaks my involvement/enjoyment of any show.

 

I'm not going until November, but am very much looking forward to it.  Sure, R&J is overdone, but done well?  It's still achingly moving.  

[WldKingdomHM]

Posted: 9/26/24 at 11:15am

I mean were you expecting Romeo to make an entrance on a motorcycle ? (lol)

[RippedMan]

Posted: 9/26/24 at 11:22am

Looks like a turntable and maybe an elevator lift in the middle. And maybe stuff comes from the ceiling? I mean Id call the Fun Home set bare but it was still really cool what they did with the space. 

[Kad]

Posted: 9/26/24 at 11:24am

It looks like it's totally in the round, which kind of requires a lack of major scenery.

[inception]

Posted: 9/26/24 at 11:57am

But... but... the shopping cart full of stuffed animals... that's a set piece

 

I'm not paying stupid money on this. Thank-you next.

[gibsons2]

Posted: 9/26/24 at 12:40pm

WldKingdomHM said: "I mean were you expecting Romeo to make an entrance on a motorcycle ? (lol)"

No I wasn't but this stage looks mighty tiny for anything to possibly happen on it.  I've read somewhere (here?) that "we aren't ready" for the set design, so I was expecting something more interesting... I love minimalistic sets that are done right. Those pictures look like a bunch of uni kids from Washington sq. park wandered into a theater and found themselves on an empty stage. I dunno, doesn't look exciting to me. And that shopping cart... But we'll see, we'll see.

[IdinaBellFoster]

Posted: 9/26/24 at 1:14pm

It’s fully staged in the round so I’m unsure what some of you were expecting from the scenic design.

[KevinKlawitter]

Posted: 9/26/24 at 1:31pm

JasonC3 said: "Having seen minimal productions before, I think the text lends itself to those interpretations and don't remember feeling shortchanged at all."

Historically, wouldn't have Shakespeare's plays have been staged "mininally" at the time?