joins the cast of Broadway's in the role of the Nurse Ang茅lique January 2 at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre. Dawson succeeds , who originated the role both on the West End and Broadway in the hit Tony-nominated jukebox musical. La Barrie played her final performance December 30.
Dawson most recently performed in Chicago as Matron "Mama" Morton and has also starred in Mrs. Doubtfire, Waitress, and Side Show.
Dawson joins a cast including as Juliet, as Lance, Tony nominee as Shakespeare, as Anne Hathaway, as May, as Romeo, and as Francois.
& Juliet opened at the Stephen Sondheim November 17, 2022, transferring from its hit West End run. Picking up where Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet ends, when Shakespeare's wife Anne Hathaway comes to visit him in London, she suggests that the lovestruck teenager's story shouldn't end in tragedy. What follows is a rollercoaster of laugh-inducing rewrites and a heartening journey of self-discovery.
directs the Broadway production, reuniting his full West End creative team including choreographer , scenic designer , costume designer Paloma Young, lighting designer , sound designer , video and projections designer , and hair designer . serves as musical supervisor, orchestrator, and arranger, with as music director. Casting is by and .
Featuring a book by Emmy winner (Schitt's Creek), the score of songs by Max Martin is filled with familiar pop songs from the last three decades, such as 鈥淪ince U Been Gone,鈥� 鈥淩oar,鈥� 鈥淏aby One More Time,鈥� 鈥淟arger Than Life,鈥� 鈥淭hat鈥檚 The Way It Is,鈥� and 鈥淐an鈥檛 Stop the Feeling."
