It's gonna be Joey! Former NSYNC member Joey Fatone began his Broadway run in & Juliet January 21 and we have the photos to show it. See the pop star take his first bows as Lance in the Max Martin jukebox musical in the photos below.
Fatone will star in the show at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre until March 16.
Joey Fatone and Jeannette Bayardelle
Joey Fatone and Jeannette Bayardelle
Joey Fatone and company of & Juliet
Joey Fatone and company of & Juliet
Joey Fatone and company of & Juliet
Joey Fatone and company of & Juliet
Joey Fatone
Joey Fatone, Maya Boyd, and Alison Luff
The performance is Fatone's third on the Main Stem, following earlier runs in Rent and Little Shop of Horrors. The jukebox musical & Juliet draws from the song catalogue of frequent pop songwriter, and frequent NSYNC collaborator, Max Martin for its score. Though the show has characters singing NSYNC songs, Lance (Fatone) is not one of them鈥攈is big numbers in the show are songs made famous by the Backstreet Boys, who were considered NSYNC's rivals in the '90s. It seems Fatone is aware of the comedy potential of that.
鈥淚鈥檓 excited that I鈥檒l be joining the cast of & Juliet!鈥� said Fatone in an earlier statement. 鈥淚 can鈥檛 wait to get out there and sing Max Martin鈥檚 amazing songs鈥攈is hits have shaped so much of pop music. And yes, I know I鈥檒l even be singing a couple of Backstreet Boys songs. Even though my loyalty remains with NSYNC, they still have bangers. See you at the show!"
The current Broadway company of & Juliet includes Maya Boyd as Juliet, Alison Luff as Anne, Drew Gehling as Shakespeare, Liam Pearce as Romeo, Michael Iv谩n Carrier as May, Jeannette Bayardelle as Ang茅lique, and Nathan Levy as Fran莽ois.
READ: Maya Boyd Wanted to Be a Ballerina. Now She's Leading & Juliet
Gabe Amato, Daniel Assetta, Reese Britts, Nicholas Cooper, Charli D鈥橝melio, Jhailyn Paige Farcon, Makai Hernandez, Najah Hetsberger, Joomin Hwang, Khailah Johnson, Elsa Keefe, Alaina V铆 Maderal, Daniel J. Maldonado, Alejandro MullerDahlberg, Ava Noble, Cassie Silva, Darien Van Rensalier, and Romy Vuksan complete the cast.
The jukebox musical, nominated for nine Tony Awards, including Best Musical, flips the script on the William Shakespeare classic, imagining what would happen next if Juliet hadn鈥檛 ended it all over Romeo. Featuring a book by David West Read, the score includes a mix of tunes by Max Martin and more, including 鈥淪ince U Been Gone,鈥� 鈥淩oar,鈥� 鈥淚 Want It That Way,鈥� and 鈥淐onfident.鈥�
The production also has direction by Luke Sheppard, choreography by Jennifer Weber, musical supervision, orchestrations, and arrangements by Bill Sherman, scenic design by Soutra Gilmour, costume design by Paloma Young, lighting design by Howard Hudson, sound design by Gareth Owen, video projection design by Andrzej Goulding, hair, wig, and makeup design by J. Jared Janas, and musical direction and additional orchestrations by Dominic Fallacaro.
U.S. casting is by Stephen Kopel and Carrie Gardner.
The international hit musical, which opened at the Sondheim November 17, 2022, was the first new musical of the 2022鈥�2023 Broadway season to announce its recoupment.
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