This Is Us star Chrissy Metz will make her Broadway debut this summer.
Metz will join the cast of & Juliet as Angelique, the nurse and close friend to Juliet in the revised musical version of the Shakespearean classic. She joins the show June 18 for a limited engagement through Sept. 13, 2026.
Metz takes over the role from Jeannette Bayardelle, who will play her final performance June 14. & Juliet opened in November 2022 and will celebrate its 1500th performance at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre on June 23, 2026.
The musical, created by David West Read, reimagines the Shakespearean tale as if Juliet had not killed herself and finds a new life post-Romeo. The show is set to a score of pop songs from Max Martin, including “Since U Been Gone,” “Roar,” “I Want It That Way” and “Confident.” The production is directed by Luke Sheppard with choreography by Jennifer Weber.
“I’m so excited to be making my Broadway debut, and to do it in a show that is this joyful feels like an absolute dream come true,” Metz said. “I think some of the hardest working, most creative people work in live theater and well, Broadway scares me to bits, which is why I have always wanted to do it”
She joins a cast that includes Gianna Harris as ‘Juliet,’ James Monroe Iglehart as ‘Lance,’ Alison Luff as ‘Anne,’ Drew Gehling as ‘Shakespeare,’ Michael Iván Carrier as ‘May,’ Bayardelle as ‘Angélique,’ Liam Pearce as ‘Romeo,’ and Nathan Levy as ‘François’.
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