Alison Luff (The Who’s Tommy, Waitress) and Liam Pearce (How to Dance in Ohio, Empire Records) join the cast of the hit jukebox musical & Juliet October 29 at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre.

Luff and Pearce begin performances as Anne and Romeo, respectively, the same day ensemble member Michael Iván Carrier takes over the role of May. The three succeed original cast members Betsy Wolfe, Ben Jackson Walker, and Justin David Sullivan.

The show also welcomes several new ensemble members October 29, including Gabe Amato as Gregory, Reese Britts as Sly, Nicholas Cooper as Lenox, TikTok sensation Charli D'Amelio as Charmian, Jhailyn Paige Farcon as Imogen, Elsa Keefe as Eleanor/Benvolio, Alejandro MullerDahlberg as Crosse, Cassie Silva as Lucy, and Darien “Daah” Van Rensalier as Augustine.

Nathan Levy (Aladdin, Dear Evan Hansen) will join the cast as François beginning November 19.

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Current cast members also include Maya Boyd (as Juliet), Tony Award winner Paulo Szot (as Lance), Drew Gehling (as Shakespeare), Romy Vuksan (as Viola), and Tony nominee Jeannette Bayardelle (as Angélique), along with Daniel Assetta, Makai Hernandez, Najah Hetsberger, Joomin Hwang, Khailah Johnson, Alaina Ví Maderal, Daniel J. Maldonado, and Ava Noble.

& Juliet, nominated for nine Tony Awards, including Best Musical, flips the script on the William Shakespeare classic, imagining what would happen next if Juliet hadn’t 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 “Since U Been Gone,” “Roar,” “I Want It That Way,” and “Confident.”

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 2022–2023 Broadway season to announce its recoupment.