Heartstopper
star Kit Connor with make his Broadway debut this fall opposite Rachel Zegler (West Side Story) in Romeo + Juliet, a modern-day adaptation of Shakespeare’s classic story of star-crossed lovers. 
Sam Gold will helm the production with music by Jack Antonoff, the Grammy-winning producer best known to Gen Z for working with Taylor Swift. Sonya Tayeh, the Tony-winning choreographer of “Moulin Rouge,” will conceive the movement in the show. https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1780221353632928255 More from Variety:
This version of “Romeo + Juliet” promises to cater to the TikTok generation, with the edgy tagline that declares “the youth are fucked” and a press release that pledges “Shakespeare’s timeless tragedy now belongs to a new generation on the edge.”
Connor, 20, is best known for Netflix’s adaptation of “Heartstopper” (its third season is slated for the fall) and also portrayed a young Elton John in 2019’s “Rocketman.”
Zegler, 22, rose to fame as Maria in Steven Spielberg’s take on “West Side Story,” which, of course, riffs on “Romeo & Juliet.” She recently starred in “The Hunger Games” prequel “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.”
Connor, who came out as bisexual in October 2022, won the inaugural Children’s and Family Emmy Award for ‘Outstanding Lead Performance’ for his work on Heartstopper. In February 2020, Zegler shared in a tweet that she identifies as pansexual. Needless to say, LGBTQ fans on social media are thrilled at the news. https://twitter.com/cowboylikejing/status/1780229449167831516
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