Rachel Zegler Manifested Her Broadway Debut in a Tweet Six Years Ago (2024)

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Mekishana Pierre

Rachel Zegler is making her Broadway dreams come true! On Tuesday, it was announced that the West Side Story star andHeartstopper'sKit Connor will make their Broadway debuts in a modern adaptation of Shakespeare's classicRomeo and Juliet.

A press release for the production offers this official logline: "The youth are f**ked. Left to their own devices in their parents' world of violent ends, an impulsive pair of star-crossed lovers hurtle towards their inescapable fate. The intoxicating high of passion quickly descends into a brutal chaos that can only end one way."

Produced on Broadway by Seaview and stylized asROMEO + JULIET, the upcoming Broadway production will be directed byTony Award winner Sam Gold with music by GRAMMY Award winner Jack Antonoff and choreography by Tony Award winner Sonya Tayeh.

"With the presidential election coming up in November, I felt like making a show this fall that celebrates youth and hope, and unleashes the anger young people feel about the world they are inheriting," Gold said in a statement alongside the press release.

Zegler celebrated the announcement on X (formerly Twitter), sharing a post she wrote in 2016 that manifested her eventual Broadway debut.

"ok but when can i be on broadway," the post from 2016 reads. Zegler reposted the tweet, responding with several crying emojis.

"never beating the broadway debut allegations," she wrote in another post on X.

Tickets for ROMEO + JULIET are slated to go on sale next month.More information including theater, dates, design team and additional casting will be announced at a later date.

Zegler has another highly anticipated project fans are eager to get more information on. Disney fans got their first peek at theHunger Gamesstar inthe upcoming live-actionSnow Whiteadaptation last October, with the news that the filmhas been pushed back from its planned March 2024 release date to March 21, 2025.

Zegler wasspotted on theSnow Whitesetin May 2022,wearing the OG Disney princess' iconic outfit -- and looking almost perfectly accurate to the beloved 1937 animated original.

The first official look at the film, which also starsGal Gadotas the Evil Queen, features Zegler in the classic Snow White look, with an above-the-shoulder bob, curled just slightly, ina yellow skirt and blue top, with red-and-white details on the sleeves and chest.

The upcoming adaptation is directed byAmazing Spider-Manand(500) Days of Summerdirector Marc Webb, with a script byGreta Gerwigand Erin Cressida Wilson. SongwritersBenj Pasek and Justin Paul, who previously wrote the lyrics for two new songs for Disney's2019 remakeofAladdin, also wrote new songs for the film.

Gadotshared her excitementabout taking on the role of the Evil Queen in the upcoming adaptation of the classic fairy tale with ET at the premiere of her 2021 Netflix movie,Red Notice.

"I'm excited about the fact that this is, like, an iconic character. I'm excitedto createan iconic villaincharacter in my own voice," Gadot raved. "I'm very, very,very excited and looking forward to playing the Evil Queen...Mirror, mirror on the wall. Can't wait!"

However, not everyone is as thrilled with the upcoming film.Peter Dinklagedidn't mince words when hespoke out against the upcoming filmduring an interview onMarc Maron'sWTFpodcast, in January 2022.

"I was a little taken aback when they were very proud to cast a Latina actress as Snow White," said the actor, who has a form of dwarfism. "You're still telling the story ofSnow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Take a step back and look at what you're doing here. It makes no sense to me. You're progressive in one way and you're still making that f**king backwards story about seven dwarfs living in a cave together, what the f**k are you doing, man?"

A spokesperson for Disneytold ET in a statement at the timethat "to avoidreinforcing stereotypes from the original animated film, we are taking a different approach with these seven characters and have been consulting with members of the dwarfism community." The spokesperson added they were looking forward to "sharing more as the film heads into production after a lengthy development period."

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