Moulin Rouge! The Musical: The Story of the Broadway Spectacular - Hardcover

Cote, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0789339021 ISBN 13: 9780789339027

Publisher: Universe Publishing, 2022

Synopsis

An iconic Parisian club, a cinema masterpiece, and now Broadway musical the Moulin Rouge has been a fascinating phenomenon of popular culture for over a century. The 2019 Broadway debut of Moulin Rouge! The Musical astounded theatre critics the New York Times Ben Brantley declaring the show euphoric and his Critic s Pick. It quickly became near impossible to get a ticket, breaking box office records for the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, with a slew of locals, tourists, and celebrities lining up to visit the latest incarnation of the red windmill. How was it that a musical, based on a twenty-year-old film, which in turn was inspired by a 130-year-old French club, was able to electrify Broadway? Celebrated theatre writer and critic David Cote has been given unrestricted access to the show s creative team, cast, and crew to retrace the steps of how Moulin Rouge! The Musical came to be. From a 2009 meeting with Baz Luhrmann in Sydney, chance introductions, years of music rights negotiation and re-writes, not to mention a partial theatre collapse and a pandemic, come what may, this was a show that was destined to be made. In six chapters of lush photo essay, the process of crafting Moulin Rouge! The Musical comes to life with images drawn from the creative team s personal archives, from early sketches, to swatches, historical research, technical diagrams, and photos. Accompanied with first-hand accounts of the highs and lows of creating a show that referenced as much as it reinvented the Broadway musical, this is a book for bohemians and aristocrats alike.

About this title

About the Author

Baz Luhrmann is an Australian filmmaker, writer, and producer known for his lavish productions, best known for Moulin Rouge!, Romeo + Juliet and The Great Gatsby. David Cote is an arts writer, playwright, and librettist based in New York City. His reporting and reviews appear in 4 Columns, American Theatre, and Observer. He has written popular companion books about the hit Broadway musicals Wicked, Jersey Boys, and Spring Awakening. Alex Timbers is the cocreator of Mozart in the Jungle and director of shows including Moulin Rouge! The Musical, Beetlejuice, Oh hello! On Broadway among many others.

From the Back Cover

A first-ever backstage pass to Moulin Rouge! The Musical and its ten-year journey to Broadway, with contributions from the creative team, cast, and crew and featuring interviews with the film's creators Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin and up-to-the-minute photography from the show's triumphant 2021 return to Broadway.

Edition details

• Publisher: Universe Publishing
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0789339021
• ISBN 13: 9780789339027
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192