West Aspect Story’s Rachel Zegler and Heartstopper breakout Equipment Connor are set to play Shakespeare’s tragic lovers Romeo and Juliet on Broadway.
Romeo + Juliet will premiere later this 12 months from Tony award-winning director Sam Gold, who has beforehand taken on different Shakespeare performs equivalent to Macbeth, Othello and King Lear.
“With the presidential election developing in November, I felt like making a present this fall that celebrates youth and hope, and unleashes the anger younger individuals really feel concerning the world they’re inheriting,” Gold stated in a press release.
New music will come from Grammy winner Jack Antonoff, the singer and musician recognized for his many collaborations with Taylor Swift.
The official synopsis reads: “The youth are fucked. Left to their very own units of their dad and mom’ world of violent ends, an impulsive pair of star-crossed lovers hurtle in direction of their inescapable destiny. The intoxicating excessive of ardour rapidly descends right into a brutal chaos that may solely finish a technique.”
Gold’s most up-to-date play, the Ibsen adaptation An Enemy of the Folks, has obtained crucial popularity of each his route and for lead Jeremy Robust. Gold has beforehand labored with stars equivalent to Daniel Craig, Ruth Negga and David Oyelowo.
Zegler introduced the information on X, writing: “by no means beating the broadway debut allegations”. She was most lately seen in The Starvation Video games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes and can subsequent be seen in Kyle Mooney’s comedy horror Y2K.
Connor, greatest recognized for Netflix teen drama Heartstopper, will subsequent be heard alongside Lupita Nyong’o in animated journey The Wild Robotic. He has beforehand appeared on stage in London in Fanny & Alexander.
This 12 months may also see Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal star in a brand new tackle Othello, the primary Broadway staging since 1982. In London, Tom Holland and Francesca Amewudah-Rivers may also star in a brand new tackle Romeo & Juliet this summer time.
