Ahead of the August 30 closing of the long-running, Tony-winning Moulin Rouge! The Musical, original star Aaron Tveit is reprising his Tony-winning performance as Christian for 15
performances beginning August 18 at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre.
Tveit, who won the 2021 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical creating the role of Christian and most recently played Freddie Trumper in the revival of Chess, will continue through August 29. Christian Douglas will return to play the final performance August 30.
Tveit joins a cast that includes fellow original cast member Ricky
Rojas as Santiago, along with Kelsie Watts as Satine, AK Naderer as
Nini, Eric Anderson as Harold Zidler, André Ward as Toulouse-Lautrec,
David Harris as The Duke of Monroth, and Arianna Rosario as the Satine
Alternate.
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.
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In addition to Best Musical, the production won Tonys for Best
Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical (Tveit),
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical (Danny
Burstein), Best Choreography (Tayeh), Best Direction of a Musical
(Timbers), Best Orchestrations (Levine, Kresek, Rosen, and Stine), Best
Scenic Design of a Musical (McLane), Best Costume Design of a Musical
(Zuber), Best Lighting Design of a Musical (Townsend), and Best Sound
Design of a Musical (Hylenski).
Having performed to over 12 million audience members across 15 productions worldwide, Moulin Rouge! is
also currently playing North America on a national tour, in London’s
West End, Germany, Korea, The Netherlands, a world tour, and in
non-replica productions in Scandinavia and Italy.