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    Boy George Will Join ‘Moulin Rouge!’ on Broadway in 2024

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    The British pop star will take over the role of the club owner Harold Zidler from Feb. 6 to May 12.The British pop star Boy George will play the role of the enthusiastic club owner Harold Zidler in “Moulin Rouge! The Musical” next year, returning to Broadway for the first time in two decades.The singer, who made his Broadway debut in “Taboo,” a musical produced by Rosie O’Donnell that featured songs he wrote, will play Zidler from Feb. 6 to May 12 at Al Hirschfeld Theater. The actor Tituss Burgess is temporarily in the role, which was originated by Danny Burstein, who won the Tony Award for best featured actor in a musical.Boy George and his band Culture Club are responsible for hit singles including “Karma Chameleon” and “Do You Really Want to Hurt Me.” The group won a Grammy Award for best new artist in 1984.“Moulin Rouge!,” based on a 2001 film directed by Baz Luhrmann, is set in Paris at the turn of the 20th century and tells the story of a young composer who falls in love with a cabaret actress. It is directed by Alex Timbers with a book by John Logan and won 10 Tony Awards, including for best new musical.The musical opened in 2019 and reopened in 2021 after pausing for the coronavirus pandemic. More

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      'Moulin Rouge! The Musical' Wins Tony for Best Musical

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      “Moulin Rouge! The Musical,” the lavish stage production about a nightclub in turn-of-the-century Paris, won a Tony Award for best musical on Sunday, notching its 10th win of the night, the biggest haul of any show.Adapted from Baz Luhrmann’s 2001 film, “Moulin Rouge! The Musical” opened on Broadway in July 2019, months before the first whispers about Covid-19, and had more than seven months of performances before the shutdown.“It feels a little odd to me to be talking about one show that’s best musical,” Carmen Pavlovic, a producer of the show, said as she accepted the award. “I feel that every show of last season deserves to be thought of as the best musical. The shows that opened, the shows that closed — not to return — the shows that nearly opened, and of course the shows that paused and are fortunate enough to be reborn.”The musical — which centers on the romance between Christian, who is new to Paris, and Satine, a cabaret performer and star of the Moulin Rouge — features dozens of pop songs, from 1980s Tina Turner to 2008 Beyoncé. After an 18-month hiatus, it reopened at the Al Hirschfeld Theater on Friday.The show won nine Tonys earlier in the night, including best choreography, best direction of a musical, and best lead actor and featured actor in a musical.During the pandemic, the show’s Tony-nominated lead actress, Karen Olivo, quit the show, saying that she was disappointed by Broadway’s lack of response to recently published allegations that the powerful producer Scott Rudin had long been abusive toward staff members. Olivo was replaced by Natalie Mendoza, who appeared in the original film version.Just four new musicals were eligible for this award, and one of them, “The Lightning Thief,” was shut out by nominators. More