Kit Connor fans have had plenty to obsess over during his Broadway run of Romeo + Juliet. As a Gen Z Romeo, he’s gotten rave reviews from critics and everyday audience members alike, including for his iconic pull-up kiss during the show’s balcony scene.
Now, it’s his kisses at the end of the show that fans are fawning over. During the show’s bows, Connor has sometimes been planting kisses on co-star Rachel Zegler, who plays Juliet — a fitting epilogue for the two doomed lovers. But in a new viral video from the show’s bows, Connor kisses not only Zegler, but his other co-star Taheen Modak, who plays Benvolio.
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Fans are swooning not only over the kiss itself, but Connor’s smug look of satisfaction when it’s over. This is the queer Shakespearean rep we deserve!
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“All bisexuals share the same crushes,” commented one fan about Connor’s choice in cartoon heartthrob.
“Little comments like this, little acts like this, could heal an entire generation,” said influencer Jordan Straus in a viral TikTok.
Another video sees Connor kissing not only Zegler and Modak, but Sola Fadiran, who plays both Capulet parents in the show. “closing night bows will be just everybody in the cast lining up to kiss kit,” joked one fan.
Connor and Zegler have previously commented on his on-stage chemistry with Modak as Benvolio. “We have incredible chemistry on stage, much better than mine and Rachel’s,” Connor joked in an interview with Teen Vogue. “It’s fantastic. I think most of the audience is begging me to kiss him.”
When the interviewer said that a bisexual Romeo is “kind of needed,” Zegler confirmed that he already exists: “I mean, canon,” she said. The proof is in the pudding: you can’t get any more bisexual Romeo than kissing both Juliet and Benvolio to cap off the show.
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