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How '& Juliet' Became an Against-the-Odds Hit on Broadway

by Rebecca Rubin

Back in the fall of 2019, on the night of the first performance of "& Juliet" in Manchester, England, director Luke Sheppard was sweating. "Nobody had bought a ticket," he recalls. "We were in a theater that held thousands, and we sold less than 100 tickets. It was nerve-wracking."  It didn't take long for the jitters to […]

SOURCE: Variety at 10:00am on January 29, 2026