Moulin Rouge! The Musical

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Moulin Rouge! The Musical is a stage adaptation of Baz Luhrmann’s 2001 film, blending pop songs from various eras into a lavish, high-energy romantic spectacle set in a bohemian Parisian nightclub.


Statements (71)
Predicate Object
instanceOf jukebox musical
stage musical
awardYear 2021
basedOn Moulin Rouge! (2001 film)
bookBy John Logan
broadwayLeadActor Aaron Tveit
broadwayLeadActress Karen Olivo
Natalie Mendoza
broadwayOpeningDate 2019-07-25
broadwayTheatre Al Hirschfeld Theatre
choreographyBy Sonya Tayeh
costumeDesignBy Catherine Zuber
countryOfOrigin Australia
creator Baz Luhrmann
directedBy Alex Timbers
featuresCharacter Christian
Harold Zidler
Nini
Santiago
Satine
The Duke of Monroth
Toulouse-Lautrec
genre drama
romantic musical
language English
lightingDesignBy Justin Townsend
musicType mashups
pop songs
notableProduction West End production
notableTour Australian tour
North American tour
UK and Ireland tour
orchestrationsBy Charlie Rosen
Justin Levine
Katie Kresek NERFINISHED
Matt Stine
premiereDate 2018-07-10
premiereLocation Emerson Colonial Theatre, Boston
producedBy Bill Damaschke NERFINISHED
Carmen Pavlovic
Global Creatures
scenicDesignBy Derek McLane
setting Montmartre, Paris
Moulin Rouge nightclub
soundDesignBy Peter Hylenski
style jukebox
spectacle
theme artistic freedom
bohemian ideals
love
sacrifice
timePeriod 1899
tryoutCity Boston
usesSong Bad Romance
Chandelier
Come What May
Crazy Rolling (mashup)
Firework
Lady Marmalade
Rolling in the Deep
Your Song
westEndOpeningDate 2021-11-20
westEndTheatre Piccadilly Theatre
wonAward Tony Award for Best Choreography
Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Musical
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical
Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Tony Award for Best Musical
Tony Award for Best Orchestrations
Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Tony Award for Best Sound Design of a Musical

Referenced by (7)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Moulin Rouge ("film "Moulin Rouge!" (2001)")
Moulin Rouge ("stage musical "Moulin Rouge!"")
inspiredWork
Al Hirschfeld Theatre
Martin Beck Theatre
notableProduction
Moulin Rouge! The Musical ("Moulin Rouge! (2001 film)")
basedOn
John Leguizamo ("Moulin Rouge!")
notableWork
Lady Marmalade (2001 version) ("Moulin Rouge!")
usedInFilm

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