Melanie La Barrie takes her final bow in Broadway's & Juliet December 30 at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre. Barrie originated the role of Nurse Ang茅lique in the hit Tony-nominated jukebox musical, both on the West End and Broadway. Barrie departs to join the upcoming West End production of Hadestown, where she will take on the role of Hermes.
Barrie will be succeeded on Broadway by , who will play her first performance January 2, 2024. 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, 2023, 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."
