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Behind the Scenes of Broadway’s ‘Moulin Rouge! The Musical’ (opens in a new window)
November 24, 2021
Go backstage of one of New York City’s biggest shows with cast members and dancers, Khori Michelle Petinaud and Bahiyah Hibah.
Read More‘Moulin Rouge!’ Has a New Satine. She’s Amazed She’s Back on Broadway. (opens in a new window)
November 24, 2021
“I didn’t think I’d ever perform on Broadway again,” Natalie Mendoza said.
Read MoreBehind the scenes with new Moulin Rouge! cast member at her Broadway debut (opens in a new window)
October 9, 2021
“On Stage” and Frank DiLella join new Moulin Rouge! star Maya Bowles backstage and onstage as she lives out her emotional lifelong dream of performing in a Broadway show.
Read MoreMoulin Rouge! national tour will launch in Chicago, starring Courtney Reed of Elgin (opens in a new window)
September 29, 2021
The first North American tour of Moulin Rouge! The Musical will open in Chicago with a Chicago-area actor in the lead role of Satine, according to an announcement Wednesday from downtown theater presenter Broadway in Chicago. The musical, which recently won multiple Tonys in its Broadway production, will launch the tour next February at the Nederlander Theatre in the Loop, starring Conor Ryan as Christian and Elgin native Courtney Reed as Satine.
Read MoreThe ceremony’s biggest prize, for best musical, went to Moulin Rouge! The Musical, a sumptuously eye-popping stage adaptation of the 2001 Baz Luhrmann film about a love triangle in fin-de-siècle Paris. The musical, jam-packed with present-day pop songs, swept the musical categories, picking up 10 prizes.
Read MoreThe reopening of shows big and small—among them lavish musicals like the 2021 Tony for Best Musical winner Moulin Rouge!, featured in the behind-the-scenes photos here—is great news for loyal theatergoers, and for New Yorkers especially. In the depths of pandemic uncertainty, the dimmed marquees and darkened doorways of our most beautiful theaters made Times Square the most depressing stretch of our city, rather than the most vibrant. Now that the lights—and with them, the makers—have returned, life has returned, too.
Read MoreSeven-Time Tony Nominee Danny Burstein on Returning to Moulin Rouge! The Musical, Rebecca Luker’s Legacy & More (opens in a new window)
September 24, 2021
Danny Burstein, the seven-time Tony nominated performer who is up for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for his performance as Harold Zidler in Moulin Rouge! The Musical, is 30 years into his Broadway career and still loving every moment. Hear Burstein talk with Broadway.com editor-in-chief Paul Wontorek about returning to the mad, mad world of the Tony-nominated Moulin Rouge! The Musical, the legacy of his late wife Rebecca Luker and how he got “everything he ever wanted” in his career.
Read MoreCurtains Up! How Broadway Is Coming Back From Its Longest Shutdown (opens in a new window)
September 13, 2021
Determined to reopen, crews are dusting off spotlights, dancers are relearning steps, and everyone is testing, testing, testing as theater seeks to rebound from the devastating pandemic.
Read MoreA Look Inside Rehearsal for the Reopening of Moulin Rouge! on Broadway (opens in a new window)
August 26, 2021
Rehearsals are underway for the reopening of Moulin Rouge! on Broadway. The stage adaptation of Baz Luhrmann’s film is set to return to the Al Hirschfeld Theatre September 24 after going dark due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read MoreMoulin Rouge! The Musical Hires Chloe Beck as Director of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (opens in a new window)
August 24, 2021
Moulin Rouge! The Musical has appointed Chloe Beck to oversee its equity, diversity and inclusion efforts. As director of EDI, Beck will focus on the Broadway production, the upcoming U.S. national tour and the show’s international productions. She officially started in the newly created role on July 12. “After living through the pandemic and noting the effects of COVID-19 and police brutality on BIPOC, queer, trans and non-binary bodies, I knew that I could not stop fighting for equity and inclusion after protests slowed down. It’s time for me to bring my love of the arts, fresh perspectives and passion for cultivating belonging into the EDI space,” Beck said in a statement.
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