Friday, October 18

Moulin Rouge Confirmed for London's Piccadilly Theatre in March 2021

It has finally been confirmed that the  Broadway hit musical , Moulin Rouge, is heading to the West End in 2021 beginning  performances at London's Piccadilly Theatre in March 2021.  It will followPRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL which is  running   there for 46 WEEKS until 2nd January 2021

According to reports, the production will  transform the space into the decadent spectacle currently found on Broadway.

Director Alex Timbers confirmed that casting for the production will begin in six months with the Broadway creative team and UK casting director due to will hold auditions in spring 2020.Tickets for the show's West End run go on sale in 2020.

Moulin Rouge! The Musical is based on the 20th Century Fox Motion Picture by Baz Luhrmann. Directed by Alex Timbers (Tony Award®-nominated for Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson and Peter and the Starcatcher) Moulin Rouge! The Musical has a book by John Logan (Tony Award® for Red), choreography by Sonya Tayeh (Lucille Lortel Award and Obie Award for Kung Fu, and Emmy winner), and music supervision, orchestrations and arrangements by Justin Levine (Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson).

The Broadway cast currently includes Karen Olivo (Tony Award® for West Side Story, In the Heights) as Satine, Aaron Tveit (Catch Me If You Can, Next to Normal) as Christian, Danny Burstein (six-time Tony Award®-nominee, Fiddler On the Roof, Cabaret) as Harold Zidler, Sahr Ngaujah (Tony® and Olivier award-nominee for Fela) as Toulouse-Lautrec, Tam Mutu (Doctor Zhivago, Encores!'s Hey, Look Me Over! and The New Yorkers) as The Duke of Monroth, Ricky Rojas (Burn the Floor) as Santiago and Robyn Hurder (Nice Work If You Can Get It) as Nini.

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