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Rachel Zegler and Kit Connor are set to make their Broadway debuts in a new production of Shakespeare's 'Romeo + Juliet' this fall. The production will feature music by Grammy Award winner Jack Antonoff, who is also making his Broadway debut, movement by Sonya Tayeh (of 'Moulin Rouge! The Musical') and direction by Sam Gold. While few details have been released about this version of the Shakespeare classic, it promises an angrier take on the tale.

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00:00Rachel Zegler and Kit Conner are set to make their Broadway debuts in a new production of

00:04Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet this fall. The production will feature music by Grammy Award

00:09winner Jack Antonoff, who is also making his Broadway debut, movement by Sonia Taya of Moulin

00:15Rouge! The Musical, and direction by Sam Gold. While few details have been released about this

00:19version of the Shakespeare classic, it promises to be an angrier take on the tale. The director

00:24said, with the presidential election coming up in November, I felt like making a show this fall

00:29that celebrates youth and hope, and unleashes the anger young people feel about the world they are

00:34inheriting. Exact dates into theater have yet to be announced, but tickets are set to go on sale in

00:38May. In response to the news, Zegler shared an old tweet that she originally posted in 2016 that reads,

00:44Okay, but when can I be on Broadway? She retweeted the post with several crying emojis. Zegler came

00:49to prominence playing Maria in Steven Spielberg's new adaptation of West Side Story. She recently

00:54starred as Lucy Gray Bayard in The Hunger Games' The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, and is set to

00:59appear as Snow White in Disney's live-action remake in 2025. Connor is best known for his role as Nick

01:04Nelson in the series Heartstopper. He also appeared as young Elton John in Rocketman and has several

01:09stage credits in London. He is set to lead the mystery horror film One of Us and star in the film

01:14A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow. Meanwhile, in London, Jamie Lloyd is directing another production

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