Gabby Beans, Tommy Dorfman, More Join Kit Connor & Rachel Zegler In Broadway’s ‘Romeo & Juliet’
deadline.comTony Award nominee Gabby Beans (Skin of Our Teeth) and 13 Reasons Why’s Tommy Dorfman are among the complete cast for Romeo & Juliet, Sam Gold‘s new Broadway production of William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet, starring Kit Connor and Rachel Zegler.
Rehearsals began today for the production, which is set to open this fall. Beans will play ‘Mercutio/The Friar and Dorfman will portray The Nurse/Tybalt in her Broadway debut.
Rounding out the cast are Nihar Duvvuri (Broadway Debut) as ‘Balthazar,’ Sola Fadiran (Camelot) as ‘Capulet/Lady Capulet,’ Daniel Bravo Hernández(Broadway Debut) as ‘Abraham,’ Taheen Modak(Broadway Debut) as ‘Benvolio,’Jasai Chase Ownes(Broadway Debut; The Expanse) as ‘Gregory,’ Gían Pérez (Sing Street) as ‘Samson/Paris/Peter’and understudies Missy Malek (Broadway Debut), Timothy Oh(Broadway Debut), Susannah Perkins(The Wolves) and Daniel Velez(Broadway Debut). “I couldn’t be more thrilled to be starting today with this brilliant ensemble,” said Gold. “In the play, there are two households, but for us in the room, it really feels like one family.” Official synopsis: “The youth are fucked.
Left to their own devices in their parents’ world of violent ends, an impulsive pair of star-crossed lovers hurtle towards their inescapable fate.
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