Recording artist, Real Housewives of Atlanta cast member, and Broadway producer Kandi Burruss will join the cast of Broadway's & Juliet for a limited engagement beginning December 11 at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre. Burruss will succeed TikTok star Cheryl Porter as Angélique, with Porter's final bow set for December 7 as previously announced. Burruss' stint will continue through March 8, 2026.
Formerly a member of 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.
“I could not be more thrilled to return to the Broadway stage in this incredible musical,” says Burruss in a statement. “As a songwriter myself, I am such a fan of Max Martin’s genius mind, and to get to come back to Broadway in this joyful musical that celebrates his catalog is a dream come true.”
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The Broadway company also currently features Tony winner James Monroe Iglehart as Lance (through November 2), Gianna Harris as Juliet, Alison Luff as Anne, Drew Gehling as Shakespeare, Michael Iván Carrier as May, Liam Pearce as Romeo, and Nathan Levy as François.
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Gabe Amato, Daniel Assetta, Reese Britts, Nicholas Cooper, Charli D’Amelio, 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.
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 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, which opened at the Sondheim November 17, 2022, was the first new musical of the 2022–2023 Broadway season to announce its recoupment.
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