Recording artist, Real Housewives of Atlanta cast member, and Broadway producer Kandi Burruss joined the cast of Broadway's & Juliet for a limited engagement December 11 at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre.
Burruss, who succeeded TikTok star Cheryl Porter as Angélique, will continue through March 8, 2026. The company also welcomed Teal Wicks, who played Anne Hathaway in the touring company of & Juliet, to the same role in November. Wicks, who will continue through February 22, 2026, is temporarily replacing Alison Luff, who has taken a leave of absence to star in the new musical Wonder.
The Broadway company also currently features Gianna Harris as Juliet, Drew Gehling as Shakespeare, James Monroe Iglehart as Lance, Michael Iván Carrier as May, Liam Pearce as Romeo, and Nathan Levy as François.
Check out the current cast of the international hit musical in the gallery below.
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Teal Wicks, Drew Gehling, and company of & Juliet
Teal Wicks in & Juliet
Michael Ivan Carrier and Kandi Burruss in & Juliet
Liam Pearce, Drew Gehling, Teal Wicks, Gianna Harris, and Kandi Burruss in & Juliet
Kandi Burruss in & Juliet
James Monroe Iglehart and Kandi Burruss in & Juliet
Kandi Burruss in & Juliet
Gianna Harris, Teal Wicks, and company of & Juliet
Gianna Harris and company of & Juliet
Gianna Harris and Kandi Burruss in & Juliet
Drew Gehling and company & Juliet
Formerly a member of the R&B group Xscape, Burruss is a Grammy winner for writing the TLC hit "No Scrubs." She starred on The Real Housewives of Atlanta for 13 seasons, still one of the franchise's longest-serving cast members. She's since led spin-off reality series including The Kandi Factory, Kandi's Wedding, Kandi's Ski Trip, and Kandi and the Gang. She made her Broadway acting debut as Matron "Mama" Morton in Chicago in 2018, and has since focused on producing on the Main Stem, working on Thoughts of a Colored Man, The Piano Lesson, The Wiz, Othello, and the upcoming revival of Joe Turner's Come and Gone.
Wicks' Broadway credits also include Wicked, The Cher Show, Finding Neverland, and Jekyll & Hyde.
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Nominated for nine Tony Awards, including Best Musical, & Juliet 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 famous pop songs written by Max Martin, including “Since U Been Gone,” “Roar,” “I Want It That Way,” and “Confident.”
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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, which opened at the Sondheim November 17, 2022 following a run in the West End, was the first new musical of the 2022–2023 Broadway season to announce its recoupment.
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