Drew Gehling to Join Broadway's & Juliet as Ben Jackson Walker, Justin David Sullivan, Philippe Arroyo Set Departures

A host of original principal cast members of the hit Broadway musical & Juliet will depart the production this fall.

Ben Jackson Walker, Justin David Sullivan, and Philippe Arroyo will play their final performances as, Romeo, May, and Francois, respectively, October 27. As previously reported, Tony nominee Betsy Wolfe will play her last show as Anne Hathaway October 20.

It was also announced that Drew Gehling, whose Broadway credits include Jersey Boys, Almost Famous, and Waitress, will join the company at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre beginning August 16 in the role of Shakespeare. He will succeed Austin Scott, who joined the company in August 2023 and will play his final performance August 11.

New principal casting for the roles of Anne Hathaway, Romeo, May, and Francois for the jukebox musical's third year on Broadway will be announced soon.

The current cast of & Juliet includes Maya Boyd as Juliet, Tony winner Paulo Szot as Lance, Tony nominee Wolfe as Anne Hathaway, Scott as Shakespeare, Tony nominee Jeannette Bayardelle as Angelique, Sullivan as May, Walker as Romeo, and Arroyo as Francois, with Daniel Assetta, Andrew Chappelle, Michael Iván Carrier, Phil Colgan, Virgil Gadson, Najah Hetsberger, Makai Hernandez, Bobby “Pocket” Horner, Joomin Hwang, Khailah Johnson, Megan Kane, Alaina Vi Maderal, Daniel J. Maldonado, Brittany Nicholas, Ava Noble, Jasmine Rafael, Matt Raffy, and Tiernan Tunnicliffe.

Check Out & Juliet Merchandise in the Playbill Store

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’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. The Main Stem production has grossed more than $93,000,000 and welcomed more than 650,000 audience members to date.