Kit Connor just announced his next big role & the gays are gonna need a minute

O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou twink boyfriend Romeo?

A new production of Romeo and Juliet is headed to Broadway this fall, featuring Heartstopper breakout Kit Connor and West Side Story‘s Rachel Zegler as its titular leads.

And if that wasn’t enough to get the theater gays going, the show –– stylized as Romeo + Juliet, a lá Baz Luhrmann –– is directed by Tony Award-winner Sam Gold and will apparently be a musical, with compositions by Taylor Swift and Lana Del Rey‘s go-to producer pal Jack Antonoff.

The play’s biting tagline is “The youth are f**ked.” But it sounds like the gays will be well-fed!

Rachel Zegler and Kit Connor will star in a modern-day adaption of ‘ROMEO + JULIET’

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