Jack Antonoff writing music for brand spanking new reimagined ‘Romeo And Juliet’ Broadway play: “The youth are fucked”
Jack Antonoff is writing music for a brand new reimagined Romeo and Juliet play that can arrive on Broadway this autumn.
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Rachel Zelger (West Facet Story) and Package Connor (Heartstopper) will star within the new musical model of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, which is directed by Sam Gold.
Music for the play has been written by Antonoff whereas Sonya Tayeh is writing the motion. Tickets for the present go on sale in Might here.
In keeping with the musical’s synopsis, “The youth are fucked”. It continues: “Left to their very own gadgets of their mother and father’ world of violent ends, an impulsive pair of star-crossed lovers hurtle in the direction of their inescapable destiny. The intoxicating excessive of ardour rapidly descends right into a brutal chaos that may solely finish a method.”
In an announcement, director Gold mentioned: “With the presidential election developing in November, I felt like making a present this fall that celebrates youth and hope, and unleashes the anger younger individuals really feel in regards to the world they’re inheriting.”
Just lately, actress Francesca Amewudah-Rivers has been backed in open letter condemning the “racist and misogynistic abuse” she has obtained since her casting in a West Finish efficiency of Romeo & Juliet this summer time.
Following the announcement of the solid, which additionally consists of Tom Holland, Amewudah-Rivers was topic to a “barrage” of on-line abuse.
In response, The Jamie Lloyd Firm made an announcement condemning the “barrage of deplorable racial abuse on-line directed in the direction of a member of our firm.”
They continued: “This should cease. We’re working with a outstanding group of artists. We insist that they’re free to create work with out going through on-line harassment.”
“Any abuse won’t be tolerated and can be reported. Bullying and harassment haven’t any place on-line, in our business or in our wider communities,” the theatre firm wrote.
“We have a good time the extraordinary expertise of our unbelievable collaborators. The Romeo & Juliet group will proceed to rehearse with generosity and love, and deal with the creation of our manufacturing.”