An all-star production of Romeo and Juliet, retitled Romeo + Juliet, is heading to Broadway this fall with the presidential election very much in its sights—and an accompanying tagline: “The youth are fucked.”
The production will feature Emmy-winning Heartstopper star Kit Connor as Romeo and Golden Globe-winning West Side Story star Rachel Zegler as Juliet, with music by Jack Antonoff, who in February won his third consecutive Grammy Award for Producer of the Year. All three will be making their Broadway debuts.
In a statement, director Sam Gold said: “With the presidential election coming up in November, I felt like making a show this fall that celebrates youth and hope, and unleashes the anger young people feel about the world they are inheriting.”
