Watch Bob The Drag Queen Take ‘Purse First’ Broadway Bow in Moulin Rouge! The Musical
The drag superstar treated the audience at the Hirschfeld to an original song while making her Broadway debut.
Comedian, actor, and author Bob The Drag Queen made her Broadway debut in Moulin Rouge! The Musical January
27. Watch the drag superstar take her first bow at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre in the video above. She also treated the audience to a bit of her original song, “Purse First.”
The artist is currently playing an eight-week limited engagement through March 22 as Harold Zidler. She succeeded Robert Petkoff, who played the
role through January 25.
Non-binary
comic and actor Caldwell Tidicue, a.k.a. Bob The Drag Queen, won the title of America’s Next Drag
Superstar on season eight of RuPaul’s Drag Race. Through
her work co-hosting HBO’s unscripted We’re Here, she has
been awarded a Peabody Award, GLAAD Media Award, and a Television
Academy Honors recognition. Sibling Rivalry, her podcast
with fellow Drag Race star Monét X Change, also won a Queerty Award as well as a GLAAD
Media Award for Outstanding Podcast. The multitalented artist was also seen in the third season of The Traitors, was Master of Ceremonies for Madonna’s international Celebration Tour, completed her own world comedy tour, and dropped a comedy special Woke Man in a Dress. Her debut novel, Harriet Tubman: Live In Concert, is a New York Times best-seller.
Bob the Drag Queen in Moulin Rouge! The Musical
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The current cast also includes Christian Douglas as Christian, Meg
Donnelly as Satine, André Ward as Toulouse-Lautrec, David Harris
as The Duke of Monroth, Ricky Rojas as Santiago, Samantha Dodemaide as
Nini Hailee, and Arianna Rosario as the Satine Alternate.
Purchase Moulin Rouge! merchandise in the Playbill Store.
Moulin Rouge!, based on the 2001 film, opened on Broadway in
2019 following a Boston tryout. The musical was subsequently nominated
for 14 Tony Awards in 2020, winning 10, including Best Musical.
The production is directed by Alex Timbers with a book by John Logan
(based on the Baz Luhrmann-directed movie of the same name) and
choreography by Sonya Tayeh. The score features covers of “Firework” by
Katy Perry, “Your Song” by Elton
John, and “Chandelier” by Sia, among many other modern pop songs. The
story takes place at Paris’ famed Moulin Rouge and follows the tragic
love story between performer Satine and composer Christian.
The production’s music team includes musical supervisor Justin
Levine, music producer Matt Stine, and music director Andrew Graham.
Orchestrations are by Levine, Stine, Katie Kresek, and Charlie Rosen,
with dance arrangements by Levine and Stine.
Also on the creative team are scenic designer Derek McLane, costume
designer Catherine Zuber, lighting designer Justin Townsend, sound
designer Peter Hylenski, hair designer David Brian Brown, and makeup
designer Sarah Cimino, with creative services by Luhrmann and Catherine
Martin. Casting is by Jim Carnahan and Stephen Kopel. Star casting is by Whitley Theatrical.