Rachel Zegler, Kit Connor to Star on Broadway in ‘Romeo and Juliet’

Kit Connor and Rachel Zegler

Sam Levy

Rachel Zegler and Kit Connor to debut on Broadway in new Shakespeare production Romeo + Juliet this autumn.

The production will feature music by Grammy Award winner Jack Antonoff, who is also making his Broadway debut, moved by Sonya Tayeh (Red Moulin! The musical) and directed by Sam Gold. Exact dates and theater have not yet been announced, but tickets will go on sale in May.

While few details have been released about this version of Shakespeare’s classic, the production uses the tagline “The Young People Are Screwed” and promises an angrier version of the story.

“With the presidential election approaching in November, I felt like doing a show this fall that celebrates youth and hope, and unleashes the anger young people feel about the world they’re inheriting,” said Gold, who directs this season. season. An enemy of the people.

Meanwhile, in London, Tom Holland and Francesca Amewudah-Rivers will star in another production of Romeo Juliet, Directed by Jamie Lloyd. That production will take place from May 23 to August.

Connor, best known for his role as Nick Nelson on the series. heartbreaker, He has also appeared as young Elton John in rocket man and had roles in Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, The Mercy and Little Joe. Connor has several London theater credits, including starring in Fanny and Alejandro at the Old Vic. He’s set to lead the mystery-horror film. One of us and star in the Ace Entertainment film A Cuban Girls’ Guide to Tea and Tomorrow in front of Maia Reficco.

Zegler rose to fame playing Maria in Steven Spielberg’s new adaptation of west side storeand at the age of 17. She played Lucy Gray Baird in The Hunger Games: The Ballad of the Songbirds and the Snakes and in Shazam! Fury of the gods. She is scheduled to appear as Snow White in Disney’s live-action remake in 2025.

Antonoff recently won his third consecutive Grammy Award for producer of the year and has collaborated with artists such as Taylor Swift, Lana Del Rey, The 1975, Diana Ross, Lorde, St. Vincent and Florence + The Machine. He also leads the pop rock band. Bleachers.

Seaview, which is behind several shows this season, including An enemy of the people, He is the main producer of the work.