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Photos: Get your first look at Kit Connor and Rachel Zegler in Broadway's Romeo + Juliet revival

Photos: Get your first look at Kit Connor and Rachel Zegler in Broadway's Romeo + Juliet revival

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Photos: Get your first look at Kit Connor and Rachel Zegler on Broadway Romeo + Juliet Revival

Sam Gold directs the production, which features music by Grammy winner Jack Antonoff and movement by Tony winner Sonya Tayeh.

Rachel Zegler and Kit Connor
Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman

The Broadway revival of William Shakespeare directed by Sam Gold Romeo + Juliet Performances began on Broadway on September 26th. Get a first look at the production in the new photos above and below.

“The Circle” is scheduled to premiere at the Square Theater on October 24th and runs through February 16th, 2025. Emmy winner Kit Connor (Heart stopper) and Golden Globe winner Rachel Zegler (María in Steven Spielberg's). west Side story) star in the revival, which features music by Grammy winner Jack Antonoff and movement by Tony winner Sonya Tayeh.

Rachel Zegler, Kit Connor and the company of Romeo + Juliet
Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman

Press notes for the revival describe the classic tragedy as such: “Youth are screwed. An impulsive pair of star-crossed lovers, left to fend for themselves in a world of violence from their parents, race toward their inevitable fate. The heady rush of passion quickly turns into brutal chaos that can only end in one way.

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Connor and Zegler are joined by Gabby Beans (Skin of our teeth) as Mercutio/The Friar, Tommy Dorfman (13 reasons why) as The Nurse/Tybalt, Nihar Duvvuri as Balthazar, Sola Fadiran (Camelot) as Capulet/Lady Capulet, Daniel Bravo Hernández as Abraham, Taheen Modak as Benvolio, Jasai Chase-Owens (The vastness) as Gregory and Gían Pérez (Sing Street) as Samson/Paris/Peter. Understudies Missy Malek, Timothy Oh, Susannah Perkins (The wolves) and Daniel Velez round out the company. Taylor Williams is doing the casting.

The production also features scenic design by Dots, costume design by Enver Chakartash, lighting design by Isabella Byrd, sound design by Tony winner Cody Spencer, hair, wig and makeup design by Robert Pickens and Katie Gell, and violence by Drew Leary.

Claire Warden serves as intimacy director, Gigi Buffington serves as voice and lyric coach, and Michael Sexton and Ayanna Thompson serve as dramaturgy and lyric consultants. The production phase is led by Rachel Bauder, Juniper Street Productions is the production manager and 101 Productions, Ltd is the general manager.

The limited commitment of Romeo + Juliet is produced on Broadway by Seaview.

Visit RomeoandJulietNYC.com.

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