{"id":172404,"date":"2026-02-03T12:04:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T17:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/groups.broadway.com\/?p=172404"},"modified":"2026-02-03T12:05:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T17:05:17","slug":"olympic-medalist-laurie-hernandez-to-join-juliet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/groups.broadway.com\/olympic-medalist-laurie-hernandez-to-join-juliet\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympic Medalist Laurie Hernandez to Join & JULIET<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_section][vc_row halignment=”justify-content-center”][vc_column halignment=”text–center”][vc_single_image image=”172405″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row halignment=”justify-content-center”][vc_column][vc_column_text]Two-time Olympic medalist, Laurie Hernandez, will be making her Broadway debut in the hit musical & JULIET<\/em> beginning March 17th for a limited run through June 14th. Hernandez will be joining the ensemble of the production, in the featured dancer role of “Charmion”.<\/p>\n

At the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics, Hernandez won a gold medal with the US Women’s Gymnastics team and a silver medal on the balance beam. Later, Hernandez went on to join season 23 of Dancing With The Stars<\/em>, in which she became the youngest winner of the Mirrorball Trophy at just sixteen.<\/p>\n

The current Broadway cast of & JULIET<\/em> includes Gianna Harris as “Juliet”, James Monroe Iglehart as “Lance”, Teal Wicks as “Anne”, Drew Gehling as “Shakespeare”, Michael Iv\u00e1n Carrier as “May”, Kandi Burruss as “Ang\u00e9lique”, Liam Pearce as “Romeo” and Nathan Levy as “Fran\u00e7ois”.<\/p>\n

& JULIET<\/em> opened on Broadway November 17, 2022 at the Sondheim Theatre after its West End run and was nominated for nine Tony Awards.[\/vc_column_text][responsive_spacer el_class=”” factor=”0_5″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section][vc_section background_color=”gray-lighter”][vc_row halignment=”justify-content-center”][vc_column halignment=”text–center”][heading size=”medium”]Call 1-800-BROADWAY x2 or click the Group Tickets button below to request tickets for your groups now.[\/heading][responsive_spacer el_class=”” factor=”0_5″][action_card type=”post” post_id=”48443″][\/action_card][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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