Ideas, prayers and No Worry Shakespeares for X’s bigoted troll group as we speak, who—mere days after discovering out that Romeo and Juliet is neither primarily based in reality nor written by Baz Luhrmann—have one other bitter tablet to swallow: not solely will Tom Holland and Francesca Amewudah-Rivers tread the boards within the “The Most Wonderful and Lamentable Tragedy” come Might, however Package Connor and Rachel Zegler are heading to Broadway in a Sam Gold-directed adaptation of Romeo and Juliet at an undisclosed level this fall.

Much more regarding information for these well-balanced people fearful about stated Shakespeare manufacturing’s egregious “rewriting of historical past”: Grammy winner Jack Antonoff—who didn’t even work on the 1597 premiere!—has signed on to compose unique music for the manufacturing. (How to interrupt the information that Backside wasn’t actually was a half-donkey to those individuals?)

However again to different, extra broadly miserable issues, just like the state of American politics: Gold, who’s beforehand lent his Tony-winning contact to renditions of Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth, says his staging has been impressed by “the presidential election arising in November.” “I felt like making a present this fall that celebrates youth and hope, and unleashes the anger younger individuals really feel in regards to the world they’re inheriting.”

The synopsis does certainly scent like TikTok-addled, two-degree-warming-triggered teen spirit: “The youth are fucked. Left to their very own gadgets of their dad and mom’ world of violent ends, an impulsive pair of star-crossed lovers hurtle in the direction of their inescapable destiny. The intoxicating excessive of ardour rapidly descends right into a brutal chaos that may solely finish a method.” If that each one sounds a bit a lot, there may even be motion courtesy of Sonya Tayeh, who scooped a Tony for her choreography in The Immortal Baz’s Moulin Rouge, so there must be at the very least a contact of “Until the World Ends” to the play, too.

Zegler—who, after all, obtained her break as Maria in Steven Spielberg’s West Facet Story—and Connor, the heartbeat of Heartstopper, teased the announcement yesterday on Instagram with the letters R & J set towards a teddy bear-backdrop (CC: Prince Andrew) with their location tagged as Verona. Now, you’ll be able to formally register for early entry to ticket releases, though, if the e-mail sign-up’s header of “Candy Sorrow Awaits” doesn’t offer you even a second’s pause, perhaps that’s one thing to unpack with a therapist.