Rachel Zegler and Equipment Connor took their closing Broadway bow collectively on Sunday, Feb. 16, because the acclaimed revival of Romeo + Juliet ended its 20-week restricted engagement on the Circle within the Sq. Theatre in New York Metropolis.
Director Sam Gold’s manufacturing — which started on Sept. 26, 2024 forward of an official opening on Oct. 24 — performed a complete of 28 previews and 125 common performances.
It was incessantly standing-room-only and, in keeping with a launch, broke a number of information throughout its quick run, together with changing into the highest-grossing restricted engagement in Circle within the Sq. Theatre historical past. The play’s Gen-Z stars additionally attracted the youngest ticket shopping for viewers in recorded Broadway historical past with 14% of purchasers aged 18 to 24, in comparison with the present trade common of three%.
Most notably, Romeo + Juliet recouped its whole $7 million capitalization throughout its run — a uncommon trade feat.
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On Instagram, Zegler celebrated the play’s finish by sharing a variety of backstage pictures all through its run and throughout the rehearsal course of.
She quoted Shakespeare’s “Parting is such candy sorrow” line from Romeo + Juliet within the caption to 1 put up, and wrote, “I beloved performing right here!” for one more.
Romeo + Juliet marked Zegler and Connor’s Broadway debuts.
Each have discovered fame on display, she in her Golden Globe–profitable work as Maria in Steven Spielberg’s 2021 remake of West Aspect Story, in addition to The Starvation Video games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. Connor is thought for his function as Nick Nelson within the Netflix adaptation of Alice Oseman’s Heartstopper, and for taking part in younger Elton John in 2019’s Rocketman.
Every have massive initiatives coming later this 12 months. Zegler will lead Disney’s live-action Snow White, in theaters March 21. Connor, in the meantime, will star alongside Joseph Quinn, Noah Centineo, Will Poulter, Charles Melton and extra in Warfare, out April 11, a few U.S. military battle in Iraq advised in a real-time recreation.
Along with Connor and Zegler, Romeo + Juliet starred Tony Award nominee Gabby Beans as ‘Mercutio/The Friar/Prince,’ Daniel Bravo Hernández as ‘Abraham,’ Jasai Chase-Owens as ‘Gregory,’ 13 Causes Why‘s Tommy Dorfman as ‘Tybalt/The Nurse,’ Nihar Duvvuri as ‘Balthazar,’ Sola Fadiran as ‘Capulet/Woman Capulet,’ Taheen Modak as ‘Benvolio,’ and Gían Pérez as ‘Samson/Paris/Peter.’
Understudies Missy Malek, Timothy Oh, Susannah Perkins and Daniel Velez rounded out the solid.
Motion got here from Sonya Tayeh, whereas Grammy Award winner Jack Antonoff composed authentic music for the present, together with songs carried out by Zegler.
Shakespeare’s play, first printed in 1597, follows the tragic romance of two Italian teenagers from feuding households. The beloved story has been advised on Broadway in practically 40 earlier productions, together with its most up-to-date revival in 2013 that starred Orlando Bloom and Condola Rashad.
Gold’s manufacturing and its solid and artistic crew shall be eligible for the 2025 Tony Awards, nominations for which shall be introduced on Might 1.
