{"id":324106,"date":"2026-08-18T16:04:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T16:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/324106\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T16:04:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T16:04:08","slug":"kenzie-ziegler-to-join-joey-fatone-extends-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/324106\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenzie Ziegler to join &#8216;&#038; Juliet&#8217; Broadway cast; Joey Fatone extends run"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Dance Moms star will play a limited run in a featured dance role, while Fatone will play two additional stints in the role of Lance this fall.<\/p>\n<p>Dance Moms TV star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorktheatreguide.com\/stars-on-stage\/kenzie-ziegler\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kenzie Ziegler<\/a> will make her Broadway debut in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorktheatreguide.com\/show\/25598-and-juliet-tickets\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&amp; Juliet<\/a> this fall, playing featured ensemble dancer Charmion from September 15 to November 1 only.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t believe I actually get to make my Broadway debut in this amazing show,\u201d Ziegler said in a statement. \u201cI\u2019m so excited to work with the wonderful team at &amp; Juliet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, multiple current cast members have extended their runs with the show. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorktheatreguide.com\/stars-on-stage\/joey-fatone\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joey Fatone<\/a> and original cast member <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorktheatreguide.com\/stars-on-stage\/paulo-szot\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Paulo Szot<\/a>, who are currently alternating in the role of Lance, will continue to do so through November 1. Fatone will perform September 1-6; September 23 to October 11; and October 20 &#8211; November 1. Szot will perform from August 18-30 and October 13-18. Reese Britts will play Lance for all other performances through November 1.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorktheatreguide.com\/stars-on-stage\/corey-mach\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Corey Mach<\/a> will also extend his run as Shakespeare through October 4, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorktheatreguide.com\/theatre-news\/news\/anthony-gargiula-to-join-and-juliet-broadway-cast\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">previously announced<\/a>, singer and social media star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorktheatreguide.com\/stars-on-stage\/anthony-gargiula\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anthony Gargiula<\/a> (The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Counter-Melodies video series) will make his Broadway debut as Fran\u00e7ois for a limited run starting September 15, succeeding current cast member <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorktheatreguide.com\/stars-on-stage\/nathan-levy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nathan Levy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Continuing cast members include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorktheatreguide.com\/stars-on-stage\/gianna-harris\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gianna Harris<\/a> as Juliet, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorktheatreguide.com\/stars-on-stage\/chrissy-metz\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chrissy Metz<\/a> as Angelique (through September 13), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorktheatreguide.com\/stars-on-stage\/alison-luff\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alison Luff<\/a> as Anne, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorktheatreguide.com\/stars-on-stage\/michael-ivan-carrier\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Iv\u00e1n Carrier<\/a> as May, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorktheatreguide.com\/stars-on-stage\/ben-jackson-walker\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Jackson Walker<\/a> as Romeo.<\/p>\n<p>&amp; Juliet starts at the end of Shakespeare&#8217;s classic tragedy \u2014 except Juliet decides not to die and instead seeks out life and love after Romeo. The musical is set to 30 pop hits from the Backstreet Boys, *NSYNC, Kelly Clarkson, Bon Jovi, and more.<\/p>\n<p>Get <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorktheatreguide.com\/show\/25598-and-juliet-tickets\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&amp; Juliet tickets<\/a> now.<\/p>\n<p>Photo credit: Kenzie Ziegler and Joey Fatone. (Ziegler photo by Jason Puma; Fatone photo by Evan Zimmerman for MurphyMade)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Dance Moms star will play a limited run in a featured dance role, while Fatone will play&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":324107,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-324106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324106\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/324107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}