Joey Fatone joins Broadway’s ‘& Juliet’ with NSYNC on the playlist

Former NSYNC member Joey Fatone returns to Broadway for the first time in twenty years as part of the cast of & Juliathe musical comedy ‘sequel’ to Romeo and Juliet featuring the songs of Max Martin, the record producer and writer who coincidentally worked with NSYNC a long time ago.

Fatone will play the role of Lance from January 21, 2025. He will play a limited engagement of nine weeks in & Julia through March 16, 2025, taking over the role from Tony Award winner (and original Broadway cast member) Paulo Szot.

“I’m happy to be part of the cast of & Julia!,” Fatone said in a statement. “I can’t wait to get out there and sing Max Martin’s great songs – his hits have shaped so much pop music. And yes, I know I’ll even sing a few Backstreet Boys songs. While my loyalty remains with NSYNC, they still have bangers.

Fatone made his Broadway debut as ‘Mark’ in 2002 Rent in 2002, starring in ‘Seymour’ Small horror shop in 2004.

Starting October 29, the Broadway company of & Julia features Maya Boyd as ‘Juliet’, Alison Luff as ‘Anne’, Drew Gehling as ‘Shakespeare’, Liam Pearce as ‘Romeo’, Michael Iván Carrier as ‘May’ and Jeannette Bayardelle as ‘Angélique.’ Nathan Levy will join the company as ‘François’ on November 19. Gabe Amato, Daniel Assetta, Reese Britts, Nicholas Cooper, Charli D’Amelio, Jhailyn Paige Farcon, Makai Hernandez, Najah Hetsberger, Joomin Hwang, Khailah Johnson, Elsa Keefe, Alaina Ví Maderal, Daniel J. Maldonado, Alejandro MullerDahlberg, Ava Noble , Cassie Silva, Darien Van Rensalier and Romy Vuksan round out the cast for the show’s third year on Broadway.

& Julia is produced on Broadway by Max Martin, Tim Headington, Theresa Steele Page, Jenny Petersson, Martin Dodd and Eva Price, with Lukasz Gottwald; 42nd.club; Network of Independent Presenters; Jack Lane; Library Company; Shellback; Shivhans images; Sing out, Louise!; Kim Szarzynski; Taylor/Riegler; Tenenbaum/Keyes; Barry Weiss; and John Gore Organization.