TikTok Sensation, Dancing With the Stars Winner Charli D’Amelio to Make Broadway Debut in & Juliet | Playbill

Broadway News TikTok Sensation, Dancing With the Stars Winner Charli D’Amelio to Make Broadway Debut in & Juliet

The hit jukebox musical continues at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre.

Charli D’Amelio

Charli D’Amelio, who spent more than a decade as a competitive dancer before becoming the world’s most followed TikToker, will make her Broadway debut next month in the hit jukebox musical & Juliet.

D’Amelio will join the ensemble in the dance-heavy role of Charmian beginning October 29 at the Sondheim Theatre for a limited engagement through January 19, 2025.

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"I’m beyond excited to join the Broadway community—it’s a dream I’ve had since I was a little girl," D’Amelio, who won the 31st season of Dancing With the Stars, said in a statement. "To be able to make my Broadway debut—especially in the cast of & Juliet, is truly a dream come true, and I can't wait to share this experience with everyone."

It was earlier announced that Justin David Sullivan, Ben Jackson Walker, and Philippe Arroyo will play their final performances October 27 with Tony nominee Betsy Wolfe offering her last show October 20.

The current cast of & Juliet includes Maya Boyd as Juliet, Tony winner Paulo Szot as Lance, Tony nominee Wolfe as Anne Hathaway, Drew Gehling as Shakespeare, Tony nominee Jeannette Bayardelle as Angelique, Sullivan (who will return October 1 following a stage accident) 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.

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.

 
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