Joey Fatone, who spent years touring the world with NSYNC, is getting ready to hit the road again in the North American tour of the international hit musical & Juliet.
The pop star will reprise the role of Lance that he played during two Broadway engagements when the touring company plays his hometown of Orlando, Florida, January 6-11, 2026, at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets are available at DrPhillipsCenter.org.
Fatone first played Lance in January 2025, when he succeeded Paulo Szot at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre. The performance marked his third on the Main Stem, following earlier runs in Rent and Little Shop of Horrors. Fatone returned to & Juliet in April for a second limited engagement.
The jukebox musical & Juliet draws from the song catalogue of frequent pop songwriter, and frequent NSYNC collaborator, Max Martin for its score. Though the show has characters singing NSYNC songs, Lance (Fatone) is not one of them—his big numbers in the show are songs made famous by the Backstreet Boys, who were considered NSYNC's rivals in the '90s.
The North American touring company of & Juliet is led by 2025 Jimmy Award winner Fabiola Caraballo Quijada as Juliet with Kathryn Allison as Angélique, Crystal Kellogg as Anne Hathaway, CJ Eldred as Shakespeare, Nico Ochoa as May, Joseph Torres as Romeo, and Noah Marlowe as François.
The ensemble includes Jared Alexander, Dasean Brown, Bridgette Carey, Lois Ellise, Josh Fermin, Jourdan Ibe, Armani Ponder-Keith, Cayla Primous, Matt Rene Rivera, Bex Robinson, Kayla Saunders, Robbie Serrano, Kyra Smith, Alex Tho, Daniel Tracht, and Ryan Winkler.
The North American tour launched September 22, 2024, at Baltimore's Hippodrome Theatre starring Rachel Simone Webb.
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The hit 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 by Andre Cerullo.
The Broadway production, which continues at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre, was nominated for nine 2023 Tony Awards, including Best Musical.
U.S. casting is by Stephen Kopel, Carrie Gardner, and Jillian Cimini. & Juliet is executive-produced on Broadway and on tour by Eva Price.
The touring production is stage managed by Joel Rosen. The company manager is Denny Daniello.
& Juliet is produced on Broadway by Max Martin, Tim Headington, Theresa Steele Page, Jenny Petersson, Martin Dodd, and Eva Price.
& Juliet is currently playing Toledo’s Stranahan Theatre through December 21. For the itinerary, visit AndJulietBroadway.com/tour.
