Jeannette Bayardelle Sets Return to & Juliet

Jeannette Bayardelle Sets Return to & Juliet

Bayardelle will succeed current star Kandi Burruss as Angélique in the hit jukebox musical.

March 04, 2026 By Meg Masseron, Andrew Gans

Jeannette Bayardelle will return to the Broadway company of & Juliet March 10-April 5, taking over the role of Angélique. Current star (and Real Housewives of Atlanta alum) Kandi Burruss, who joined the cast last December, will take her final bow March 7.

Bayardelle announced her return in a joint Instagram post with the official & Juliet account March 3. She last performed in the show in August 2025, after stepping in as Angélique beginning in July 2024.

The current Broadway company of & Juliet includes Gianna Harris as Juliet, James Monroe Iglehart as Lance, Teal Wicks as Anne, Drew Gehling as Shakespeare, Michael Iván Carrier as May, Burruss as Angélique, Liam Pearce as Romeo, and Nathan Levy as François.

Gabe Amato, Daniel Assetta, Reese Britts, Nicholas Cooper, Halima Dodo, Jhailyn Paige Farcon, Makai Hernandez, Joomin Hwang, Elsa Keefe, Alaina Ví Maderal, Daniel J. Maldonado, Mackenzie Meadows, Alejandro MullerDahlberg, Cassie Silva, TJ Tapp, Zalah Vallien, Darien Van Rensalier, and Romy Vuksan complete the cast.

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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.

Buy tickets to & Juliet on Broadway here.