Review: MOULIN ROUGE THE MUSICAL at The Hippodrome
I remember trying to watch Moulin Rouge when the movie came out in 2001 and only getting about halfway through it. I have to confess I found the story rather trite and entirely predictable, only elevated by the inclusion of lots of catchy pop songs. So I was delightfully surprised when I saw the current iteration of this piece as a Broadway musical. Here I was all set to cast my weary, cynical eye on one more story of the ‘ho with a deadly disease (they do seem to be disproportionately prone to tuberculosis), but I was thoroughly entertained by this dazzling, dizzying, diamond of a show.
MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL Opens in Japan This Week
Moulin Rouge! will open in Japan this week, beginning performances on June 24 and running through August 31 at Tokyo's Imperial Theatre. The cast of Moulin Rouge! features Fūto Nozomi and Ayaka Hirahara as Satine, with Yoshio Inoue and Shouma Kai as Christian.