‘Heartstopper’ actor Kit Connor is making his broadway debut this coming fall as he takes the role of Romeo in a modern-day adaptation of the Shakespeare star-crossed-lovers tragedy.
Connor will star alongside Rachel Zegler who will play the role of Juliet.
The Broadway play will be directed by Sam Gold with music from Jack Antonoff. The official synopsis reads: “The youth are fucked. Left to their own devices in their parents’ world of violent ends, an impulsive pair of star-crossed lovers hurtle towards their inescapable fate. The intoxicating high of passion quickly descends into a brutal chaos that can only end one way.”
In another statement, director Gold said, “With the presidential election coming up in November, I felt like making a show this fall that celebrates youth and hope, and unleashes the anger young people feel about the world they are inheriting.”