James Monroe Iglehart To Join & JULIET As Lance For 13 Weeks

James is back, alright! Tony Award winner James Monroe Iglehart will step into & Juliet on Broadway as Lance for a limited 13-week engagement starting Aug. 5. He takes over from pop icon Joey Fatone, who will play his final performance on July 31. 

Iglehart is best known for originating the role of the Genie in Aladdin on Broadway, for which he won the 2014 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical. Most recently, he was nominated for the 2025 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical for playing the titular role in A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical. He has also been seen in Hamilton, Spamalot, Chicago, and many more. 

He will join the company alongside TikTok sensation Cheryl Porter, who makes her Broadway debut as Angélique beginning this August. The company also includes Gianna Harris as Juliet, Alison Luff as Anne, Drew Gehling as Shakespeare, Michael Ivàn Carrier as May, Liam Pearce as Romeo, and Nathan Levy as François. TikTok sensation Charli D’Amelio is part of the company’s ensemble. 

& Juliet turns Shakespeare’s greatest love story on its head, imagining what would happen if Juliet hadn’t ended it all over Romeo. In the show, she gets a second chance at life, all on her own terms. Through an epic playlist of pop anthems — from Katy Perry to the Backstreet Boys and Britney Spears — Juliet gets to write her own story.

The show was nominated for nine Tony Awards in 2023, including Best Musical, and has remained a fan-favorite since.

& Juliet plays at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre on West 43rd Street in New York City.  For tickets and more information, visit here.