Hits by Britney, Backstreet, The Weekend to be featured in new British musical “& Juliet”

Larry Busacca/Jive/Legacy RecordingsBack in August of 2018, there was a casting call for a British musical based on the songs of Max Martin, the guy who’s co-written or produced hits by Britney Spears, The Backstreet Boys, Katy Perry, Adele, Taylor Swift, Pink, Justin Timberlake and more. Well, that musical has now arrived.

Called & Juliet, the show will open in London’s West End — the equivalent of New York’s Broadway — on November 2, 2019. It’s the classic story of Romeo & Juliet, but with a twist: Instead of killing herself, Juliet runs off to Paris with her nurse and her best friends “on a whirlwind trip of romance and self-discovery.”

The songs will feature new arrangements of Max Martin’s hits, including, but not limited to, “…Baby One More Time,” “Everybody,” The Weekend’s “Can’t Feel My Face” and Ellie Goulding‘s “Love Me Like You Do.”

Tickets for & Juliet go on sale February 11.