{"id":353580,"date":"2026-09-22T14:48:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T14:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/353580\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T14:48:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T14:48:09","slug":"cyrus-veyssi-will-make-broadway-debut-in-juliet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/353580\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyrus Veyssi Will Make Broadway Debut in & Juliet"},"content":{"rendered":"

Creator, writer, and comedian\u00a0Cyrus Veyssi,\u00a0best known for their work in beauty, wellness, lifestyle, and culture,\u00a0will make their Broadway debut in the hit musical comedy\u00a0& Juliet<\/a> next month\u00a0at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Veyssi, who uses humor and storytelling to champion self-expression and representation, will step into the role of May beginning October 13 for a limited engagement through December 6.\u00a0Veyssi, named one of TIME\u2019s 100 Most Influential Creators in 2025 and one of Rolling Stone\u2019s Top Creators in 2026, will succeed Michael Iv\u00e1n Carrier<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Purchase & Juliet memorabilia in the Playbill Store.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cLittle Cyrus\u2019 dream has always been Broadway, since the moment I did my first show in kindergarten to the countless trips to NYC squeezing in as many shows as possible into my itinerary,\u201d Veyssi said in a statement. \u201cI\u2019m honored and humbled to join such a remarkable cast and crew, and to play the role of sweet May, a character whose journey is close to my heart.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Broadway company is currently led by\u00a0Gianna Harris<\/a> as Juliet, Tony winner Paulo Szot<\/a> and NSYNC Superstar Joey Fatone rotating\u00a0as Lance, Alison Luff<\/a> as Anne, Corey Mach<\/a> as Shakespeare, Michael Iv\u00e1n Carrier as May, Jeannette Bayardelle<\/a> as Ang\u00e9lique, Spencer Sutherland<\/a> as Romeo, and Anthony Gargiula<\/a> as Fran\u00e7ois, with Gabe Amato<\/a>, Daniel Assetta<\/a>, Reese Britts<\/a>, Nicholas Cooper<\/a>, Jhailyn Paige Farcon<\/a>, Kenneth Onesimus Goubran<\/a>, Makai Hernandez<\/a>, Megan Kane<\/a>, Alaina V\u00ed Maderal, Daniel J. Maldonado<\/a>, Mackenzie Meadows<\/a>, Esosa Oviasu<\/a>, Cassie Silva<\/a>, TJ Tapp<\/a>, Zalah Vallien<\/a>, Darien Van Rensalier<\/a>, Romy Vuksan<\/a>, and Kenzie Ziegler<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As previously reported,\u00a0&\u00a0Juliet will play its final performance at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre January 3, 2027. Upon closing, the jukebox musical will have played 1,723 regular performances and 20 previews.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The international hit, which opened at the Sondheim
\nNovember 17, 2022, following a run in the West End, was the first new
\nmusical of the 2022\u20132023 Broadway season to announce its recoupment. It has grossed more than $175 million on Broadway. The musical, which flips the script on the classic Shakespearean tragedy Romeo and Juliet, celebrated its 1,500th performance at the Sondheim June 23.<\/p>\n

Nominated for nine Tony Awards, including Best Musical, & Juliet features a book
\nby David West Read<\/a>. The score includes famous pop songs written by Max
\nMartin, including \u201cSince U Been Gone,\u201d \u201cRoar,\u201d \u201cI Want It That Way,\u201d and
\n \u201cConfident.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video: Michael Iv\u00e1n Carrier Used to Cover 12 Roles in & Juliet. Now They’re Just Focusing on One<\/a><\/p>\n

The production also has direction by Luke Sheppard<\/a>,
\nchoreography by Jennifer Weber<\/a>, musical supervision, orchestrations, and
\n arrangements by Bill Sherman<\/a>, scenic design by Soutra Gilmour<\/a>, costume
\ndesign by Paloma Young<\/a>, lighting design by Howard Hudson<\/a>, sound design
\nby Gareth Owen<\/a>, video projection design by Andrzej Goulding<\/a>, hair, wig,
\nand makeup design by J. Jared Janas<\/a>, and musical direction and
\nadditional orchestrations by Dominic Fallacaro<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The original Broadway\u00a0company was led by Lorna Courtney, who was Tony-nominated for playing the titular Juliet in this rewrite of the lovestruck teenager’s tragic ending in Romeo and Juliet. Rather than committing suicide after Romeo dies, Juliet decides she would rather stay alive. The original New York\u00a0cast also featured Tony winner Paulo Szot as Lance; Tony nominee Stark Sands as Shakespeare; Betsy Wolfe, Tony-nominated for her performance as Anne Hathaway; Justin David Sullivan as May; Ben Jackson Walker as Romeo; Philippe Arroyo as Francois; and original U.K. cast member Melanie La Barrie as Nurse.<\/p>\n

U.S. casting is by Stephen Kopel<\/a> and Carrie Gardner<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Productions of & Juliet have now played in 73 U.S. cities, 34 U.S. states (and Washington, D.C.), nine countries, and four continents.<\/p>\n

& Juliet is produced on Broadway by Max Martin, Tim Headington, Theresa Steele Page<\/a>, Jenny Petersson<\/a>, Martin Dodd<\/a>, and Eva Price<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Creator, writer, and comedian\u00a0Cyrus Veyssi,\u00a0best known for their work in beauty, wellness, lifestyle, and culture,\u00a0will make their Broadway…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":353581,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-353580","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\/353580","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=353580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353580\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/353581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}