Tag: moulin rouge

"Moulin Rouge! The Musical" Can-Can-Cans Its Way to Broadway

Few new musicals get rave reviews from The New York Times during their pre-Broadway runs, when they’re still working out their kinks. But Moulin Rouge!, based on the 2001 movie of the same name, accomplished just that: The Times called the show’s out-of-town tryout in Boston last year a “smart, shameless, and extravagantly entertaining production.” […]

"Moulin Rouge! The Musical" Wants to Send You to Paris—and NYC

Well, this is just…SPECTACULAR SPECTACULAR. As if the upcoming Broadway run of Moulin Rouge! The Musical wasn’t already “so exciting,” the show has announced that one fan (plus their dance bestie) will get to go on an all-expenses-paid trip not only to Paris (the setting of Moulin Rouge!) but also to NYC (to catch opening […]

There's Going to Be a Moulin Rouge! Musical

Yes we can-can-can see Moulin Rouge! on Broadway—maybe! The world just found out that a musical adaptation of Baz Luhrmann’s fabulously over-the-top film is in the works. Which is excellent news for anyone who loves jukebox musicals, or 19th-century Paris, or spectacular sets and costumes, or (most importantly) HUUUUGE dance numbers. The production is still […]