Rachel Zegler, Kit Connor to Make Broadway Debut in ‘Romeo+Juliet’ With Music by Jack Antonoff
variety.comRebecca Rubin Senior Film and Media Reporter “West Side Story” star Rachel Zegler and “Heartstopper” breakout Kit Connor will make their Broadway debuts in “Romeo+ Juliet,” a modern-day adaptation of Shakespeare’s classic that will open in the fall.
The two young actors, who will play star-crossed lovers, teased the news Monday on Instagram with matching posts of their character’s initials and the caption of a heart and dagger emoji.
They also tagged the location as Verona, the Italian city where the Montagues and Capulets reside. A post shared by rachel zegler (@rachelzegler) Sam Gold is directing the show with music by Jack Antonoff, the Grammy-winning producer best known to Gen Z for working with Taylor Swift.
Gold directed this season’s buzzy play “An Enemy of the People” with Jeremy Strong and Michael Imperioli and has previously tackled the Bard with “Macbeth” starring Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga and “King Lear” led by Glenda Jackson.
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