‘& Juliet’ To Close In January After Four Years On Broadway

& Juliet, the Broadway dance-pop jukebox musical that imagines Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet if Juliet hadn’t ended it all after Romeo, will play its final performance on Sunday, January 3, 2027, more than four years after it opened at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre. It will close as one of the 50 longest-running Broadway musicals of all time.

via: Playbill

“From the very beginning, & Juliet has been winning over audiences and critics alike, shattering every stereotype about jukebox musicals to deliver a smart, funny, heartfelt story—all while sparking true joy in everyone who sees it,” producers Theresa Steele Page and Eva Price said in a joint statement. “We’re incredibly proud of the run we’ve had on Broadway, and the story of inclusion, acceptance and second chances we’ve been able to share with more than 1.5 million people in our four years on Broadway.”

The international hit, which opened at the Sondheim November 17, 2022, following a run in the West End, was the first new musical of the 2022–2023 Broadway season to announce its recoupment. It has grossed more than $175 million on Broadway. The musical, which flips the script on the classic Shakespearean tragedy Romeo and Juliet, celebrated its 1,500th performance at the Sondheim June 23.

The original company was led by Lorna Courtney, who was Tony-nominated for playing the titular Juliet in this rewrite of the lovestruck teenager's tragic ending in Romeo and Juliet. Rather than committing suicide after Romeo dies, Juliet decides she would rather stay alive. The original Broadway cast also featured Tony winner Paulo Szot as Lance; Tony nominee Stark Sands as Shakespeare; Betsy Wolfe, Tony-nominated for her performance as Anne Hathaway; Justin David Sullivan as May; Ben Jackson Walker as Romeo; Philippe Arroyo as Francois; and original U.K. cast member Melanie La Barrie as Nurse.

The cast currently features Gianna Harris as Juliet, Tony winner Szot and NSYNC star Joey Fatone alternating as Lance, Alison Luff as Anne, Corey Mach as Shakespeare, Michael Iván Carrier as May, Chrissy Metz as Angélique, original cast member Ben Jackson Walker back as Romeo, and Makai Hernandez as François, with Gabe Amato, Daniel Assetta, Reese Britts, Nicholas Cooper, Halima Dodo, Jhailyn Paige Farcon, Kenneth Onesimus Goubran, Megan Kane, Alaina Ví Maderal, Daniel J. Maldonado, Mackenzie Meadows, Esosa Oviasu, Cassie Silva, TJ Tapp, Zalah Vallien, Darien Van Rensalier, and Romy Vuksan.

Nominated for nine Tony Awards, including Best Musical, & Juliet features a book by David West Read. The score includes famous pop songs written by Max Martin, including “Since U Been Gone,” “Roar,” “I Want It That Way,” and “Confident.”

The production also has direction by Luke Sheppard, choreography by Jennifer Weber, musical supervision, orchestrations, and arrangements by Bill Sherman, scenic design by Soutra Gilmour, costume design by Paloma Young, lighting design by Howard Hudson, sound design by Gareth Owen, video projection design by Andrzej Goulding, hair, wig, and makeup design by J. Jared Janas, and musical direction and additional orchestrations by Dominic Fallacaro.

U.S. casting is by Stephen Kopel and Carrie Gardner.

Productions of & Juliet have now played in 73 U.S. cities, 34 U.S. states (and Washington, D.C.), nine countries, and four continents.

& Juliet is produced on Broadway by Max Martin, Tim Headington, Theresa Steele Page, Jenny Petersson, Martin Dodd, and Eva Price.