Joey Fatone headed back to Broadway for jukebox musical ‘& Juliet’

Joey Fatone volition instrumentality to the New York City theatre country successful the blockbuster jukebox philharmonic “& Juliet” adjacent year.

Producers announced Tuesday that the NSYNC crooner volition instrumentality implicit the relation of Lance Du Bois for a nine-week constricted tally opening Jan. 21 astatine the Stephen Sondheim Theatre. He antecedently appeared successful “Rent” and “Little Shop of Horrors.”

“& Juliet,” which raked successful nine Tony Award nominations aft its Broadway premiere successful 2022, remixes the ending of Shakespeare’s iconic emotion communicative with chart-topping hits from uber shaper Max Martin, who has crafted songs for the likes of Britney Spears, Taylor Swift, The Weeknd and, of course, NSYNC.

As a affluent French widower who finds his ain unexpected romance successful the story, Fatone volition person to powerfulness done tunes including “Everybody” and “Shape of My Heart” — songs popularized by his group’s erstwhile ’90s rivals The Backstreet Boys.

But the 47-year-old vocalist says he’s up for the task.

“I can’t hold to get retired determination and sing Max Martin’s astonishing songs — his hits person shaped truthful overmuch of popular music,” helium said successful a statement. “And yes, I cognize I’ll adjacent beryllium singing a mates of Backstreet Boys songs. Even though my loyalty remains with NSYNC, they inactive person bangers. See you astatine the show!”

Though pitted against 1 different decades ago, NSYNC and The Backstreet Boys produced songs with the aforesaid grounds company. Earlier this year, Fatone and Backstreet Boys vocalist AJ McLean adjacent teamed up for a locomotion down representation with a associated header circuit titled “A Legendary Night.”