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The Award-winning, Broadway-bound original musical & Juliet will release an Original Broadway Cast Recording on Atlantic Records!
The album, which includes what is arguably the definitive playlist of pop anthems all written by Max Martin and his collaborators, includes “Since U Been Gone,” “Roar,” “Baby One More Time,” “Larger Than Life,” “That’s The Way It Is,” “Can’t Stop the Feeling,” and many more. It will be released on the show’s first preview date of October 28, 2022, and is available now for pre-sale at this link. The first single from the cast album, “Roar,” is available now.
Audiences can also hear “Roar” tonight (Wednesday, September 7), when & Juliet star Lorna Courtney and the Broadway company will make their national television debut on NBC’s “America’s Got Talent.”
& Juliet begins previews on Broadway at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre (124 West 43rdStreet) on October 28, 2022, ahead of a November 17, 2022 opening night. The Broadway run follows a sold-out engagement in Toronto, which closed on August 14, 2022 as the third highest-grossing show in Mirvish Productions history. With a book by David West Read, the Emmy Award-winning writer from “Schitt’s Creek,” music from legendary five-time Grammy Award-winning songwriter/producer Max Martin, direction by Luke Sheppard and choreography by Emmy Award-winner Jennifer Weber, & Juliet uses some of the most beloved pop songs of the last three decades to tell a multi-generational story of self-discovery, empowerment and love.
In addition to Courtney as ‘Juliet’, the cast includes Tony Award-winner Paulo Szot as ‘Lance,’ Betsy Wolfe as ‘Anne Hathaway’ (no, not that one – the wife of William Shakespeare), Tony Award nominee Stark Sands as ‘Shakespeare,’ Justin David Sullivan as ‘May,’ Melanie La Barrie as ‘Nurse’ (who originated the role in the West End), Ben Jackson Walker as ‘Romeo’ and Philippe Arroyo as ‘Francois’.
& Juliet flips the script on the greatest love story ever told, imagining what would happen next if Juliet hadn’t ended it all over Romeo, and got a second chance at life and love – on her terms. Juliet’s new story bursts to life through a playlist of pop anthems as iconic as her name, all written by Max Martin and his collaborators, including songs made famous by Kelly Clarkson, Britney Spears, Ariana Grande, the Backstreet Boys, NSYNC, Katy Perry and more.
Tickets for & Juliet (starting at $89.00) are available at andjulietbroadway.com. The schedule for preview performances (October 28 - November 16, 2022) is as follows: Monday - Saturday at 8:00 pm, with matinees Wednesday and Saturday at 2 pm. Beginning November 18, 2022, the show will play Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7 pm, Wednesdays at 2 pm & 8 pm, Fridays at 8 pm, Saturdays at 2 pm & 8 pm and Sundays at 3 pm. Though it is being performed at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre, & Juliet is not a Roundabout Theatre Company production.
& Juliet had its World Premiere in September 2019 at the Manchester Opera House in England, before moving to London’s West End. It began performances in November 2019 at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London, where it continues to play to sold-out houses. In addition to the UK Production and the pre-Broadway Toronto production, a production of & Juliet will premiere in Australia in February 2023 at Melbourne’s Regent Theatre.