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Justin Townsend has won the 2020 Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Musical for MOULIN ROUGE!.

Catherine Zuber has won the 2020 Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Musical for MOULIN ROUGE!.

Derek McLane has won the 2020 Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Musical for MOULIN ROUGE!.

Danny Burstein has won the 2020 Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical for MOULIN ROUGE!.

Moulin Rouge! The Musical announced today the return of the digital lottery with Lucky Seat. Learn how to purchase lottery tickets to save money including what time tickets go on sale.

The hit Broadway musical, Moulin Rouge!, is set to make its West End debut this November!

As theatre comes roaring back, this autumn and winter see plenty of exciting new productions, including big West End musicals and intriguing plays. Here are the shows that we’re most looking forward to seeing.

Joining national treasure Amanda Barrie (Coronation Street, Carry On Cleo, Bad Girls) and returning for her third year running, Barnstaple's favourite Nicki French, is Eastenders star Jonny Labey as Prince Charming and Barnstaple's very own Cinderella, Kaia China-Sawyer.

Two of Broadway's brightest stars, Aaron Tveit (Moulin Rouge!) and Eva Noblezada (Hadestown), joined NBC News Now anchor Joe Fryer for a segment celebrating Broadway's return!

The prequel will follow Mufasa’s origin story, using the same animation technology as the 2019 blockbuster to further explore the backgrounds of the film's iconic characters. Pharrell was previously announced to contribute new music to the film.

She officially began in the newly created role on July 12th following ten years in higher education, most recently at New York University. Her work will focus on the Broadway production, the forthcoming US National Tour and the show's productions opening internationally.

The USTA today announced that the cast of the Tony-nominated hit Broadway musical Moulin Rouge! The Musical, led by the show’s stars, Tony Award nominee Aaron Tveit and Natalie Mendoza, will headline the Opening Night Ceremony at the 2021 US Open.

2Cents Theatre Group’s GATSBY AN IMMERSIVE ILLUMINATION - CHAPTER 1: EAST EGG will open August 13, 2021 as part of the Hollywood Fringe Festival. 2Cents Theatre Group’s co-founder and current artistic and managing director Kristen Boulé directs the GATSBY cast of: Bill Posley, Sarah Schulte, Colin Wilkie, Ren Montoro, Chris Lanehart, and Sam Sheeks. Got the chance to chat with Kristen on GATSBY that she co-created, the ACTING OUT INK FEST she produces and her new venture Loose Change.

Natalie Mendoza will join the Broadway company of Moulin Rouge! The Musical in the role of Satine when the Tony-nominated hit musical resumes performances on Friday, September 24, 2021, at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre. The full cast is now set for the show's return.

Tony and Daytime Emmy Award-winner Lillias White has released her highly-anticipated first solo studio album, 'Get Yourself Some Happy!', out today via Old Mill Road Recording.

Joining Catherine on Friday, July 30 is singer/actor Ursula Yovich, writer/actor/composer/pianist Phil Scott and comedy legend Jean Kittson. Also making her virtual return to Catherine & Friends is pivoter of the year Verushka Darling who will be standing by to take your texts as she sashays from 'hotspot' to 'hotline'.

In honor of the long-awaited return of Broadway, I wanted to focus on a fairly new musical: Moulin Rouge! In this post, I want to explore what about the original movie makes this tale ideal inspiration for an innovative and entertaining musical adaptation.

Broadway In Chicago has announced the reopening of its theatres on October 5, 2021, including two pre-Broadways, PARADISE SQUARE and THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA, four direct-from-Broadway productions Disney’s FROZEN, WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME, COME FROM AWAY, MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL and more.

Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre have today confirmed full casting for Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel, which plays 31 July – 25 September. Joining the cast are Brendan Charleson (Mr Bascombe), Jo Eaton-Kent (Mrs Mullin), Sam Mackay (Jigger Craigin), Ediz Mahmut (Young Enoch) and Christina Modestou (Carrie Pipperidge).

Recorded and mixed in July 2019 at Old Mill Road Recording in East Arlington, Vermont, 'Get Yourself Some Happy!' is the culmination of a 30-year friendship and professional collaboration between Lillias White and her musical director/accompanist, Timothy Graphenreed.