Charli D鈥橝melio, who spent more than a decade as a competitive dancer before becoming the world鈥檚 most followed TikToker, will make her Broadway debut next month in the hit jukebox musical & Juliet.
D鈥橝melio will join the ensemble in the dance-heavy role of Charmian beginning October 29 at the Sondheim Theatre for a limited engagement through January 19, 2025.
"I鈥檓 beyond excited to join the Broadway community鈥攊t鈥檚 a dream I鈥檝e had since I was a little girl," D鈥橝melio, who won the 31st season of Dancing With the Stars, said in a statement. "To be able to make my Broadway debut鈥攅specially in the cast of & Juliet, is truly a dream come true, and I can't wait to share this experience with everyone."
It was earlier announced that Justin David
Sullivan, Ben Jackson Walker, and Philippe Arroyo will play their final
performances October 27 with Tony nominee Betsy Wolfe offering her last
show October 20.
The current cast of & Juliet includes Maya
Boyd as Juliet, Tony winner Paulo Szot as Lance, Tony nominee Wolfe as
Anne Hathaway, Drew Gehling as Shakespeare, Tony nominee Jeannette Bayardelle
as Angelique, Sullivan (who will return October 1 following a stage accident) as May, Walker as Romeo, and Arroyo as Francois,
with Daniel Assetta, Andrew Chappelle, Michael Iv谩n Carrier, Phil
Colgan, Virgil Gadson, Najah Hetsberger, Makai Hernandez, Bobby 鈥淧ocket鈥�
Horner, Joomin Hwang, Khailah Johnson, Megan Kane, Alaina Vi Maderal,
Daniel J. Maldonado, Brittany Nicholas, Ava Noble, Jasmine Rafael, Matt
Raffy, and Tiernan Tunnicliffe.
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.
