Aaron Tveit Steps in as Christian in MOULIN ROUGE

Last night, Saturday, July 1st, Aaron Tveit returned to the Al Hirschfeld stage to play Christian, the role that earned him his first Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical.

Aaron Tveit created the role of Christian in Moulin Rouge! The Musical first in Boston for the world premiere in the summer of 2018 and then on Broadway in the summer of 2019. The role is currently being played on Broadway by Derek Klena, with Riverdale's Casey Cott scheduled to take over from August 1st through December 3rd.

The surprise performance was announced on the show's official social media pages less than two hours before the show began.

Tveit has also appeared on Broadway in Catch Me If You Can, Next to Normal, Wicked and Hairspray. Other stage credits include Assassins (West End) and Rent (Hollywood Bowl). He's appeared on television in the Grammy-nominated "Schmigadoon!," "American Horror Stories," "Graceland," "Grease Live!," "Gossip Girl," "Brain Dead" and others. Film credits include the Academy Award-winning Les Misérables, Out of Blue, Created Equal, Undrafted, Better Off Single, Howl and others. He's appeared in concerts in NYC at Webster Hall, Irving Plaza and LCT American Songbook, and on tours at Barrington Stage Company, The Paramount in NY, House of Blues, Boston, San Diego, The Belasco in L.A., Barns at Wolf Trap in D.C., The Vets. His recordings include The Radio in My Head.

Moulin Rouge! The Musical is directed by Tony Award winner Alex Timbers and with a book by Tony Award winner John Logan, choreography by Tony Award winner Sonya Tayeh and music supervision, orchestrations and arrangements by Tony Award winner Justin Levine.

Photo credit: Matthew Murphy