October 21, 1858 marked the world premiere of Offenbach’s opera Orphée aux enfers (Orpheus in the Underworld). Its culminating piece of music, the “galop infernal” was to become the conventional and most…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: In this latest episode (filmed in early March), Ben is can-canning his way through the choreography of Moulin Rouge! The Musical with the help of Karli Dinardo. Use your quarantine…

EVERYBODY CAN-CAN! Our 5-Year Anniversary festivities were beyond spectacular. Thank you for celebrating with us, bohemians. Never forget, YOU are the Moulin Rouge!

Blades of famous cabaret venue, home of the French can-can, fall from roof overnight The home of the high-spirited French can-can has been laid temporarily low after the sails of the red-painted windmill on top…

This show is alive. For the two hours spent in the tiny Bucktown theater, you can imagine you have stepped into a Toulouse-Lautrec painting—drinking absinthe and watching the can-can.

American actor, singer and dancer who found fame as Anita in the stage musical West Side Story Known for her dynamic personality and prodigious physical energy, Chita Rivera, who has died aged 91, created the r…

Chita Rivera (1933–2024). Photo by Gregg Delman for The New York Times from “The Visit” (2015).January 31, 2024: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler. Chita Rivera first started kicking up her le…

Chita Rivera, the triple-threat performer whose career is highlighted by Tony-winning collaborations with John Kander and Fred Ebb, died on January 30 after a brief illness. Rivera's daughter, Lisa Mordente, co…

The national tour of the Broadway musical version of the Baz Luhrmann film "Moulin Rouge" is at The Bushnell Nov. 21 through Dec. 3.

This documentary follows the feathered, bejewelled British women who staff the Parisian institution. Be warned: the reality is all a bit cheap and shoddy There are certain shows that make you think of the joy t…

The first dancer of colour to join the Sadler’s Wells Theatre Ballet whose ballet school in Cape Town was closed in the 1970s as he refused to operate under apartheid rulesThe South African ballet dancer Joha…

June 10, 2023: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler Between 41st and 66th streets there are forty-two legit Broadway theatres (this includes the Palace, currently under renovation and scheduled to reope…

Brooke McCarthy (Writer/Actor) is an actor/singer originally from South Jersey and currently residing in Philadelphia, PA. Brooke has an M.F.A. in acting from the University of Georgia and has performed nationa…

Olivier-winning actress Elaine Paige is giving Broadway.com listeners a chance to hear her BBC Radio 2 show Elaine Paige on Sunday. This week, Paige is taking her listeners inside the spectacular can-can world…

ABOVE: The cast of the North American Tour of Moulin Rouge! The Musical, now at the Orpheum Theatre as part of the BroadwaySF season. BELOW: Courtney Reed as Satine and Conor Ryan as Christian the doomed lovers…

Robyn Hurder is getting ready for her last can-can.The Moulin Rouge! The Musical Tony nominee will play her final performance as Nini on February 20. Jessica Lee Goldyn will join the company and take over the …

Are you ready to can-can? The cast for the upcoming North American touring production of Moulin Rouge! The Musical has been announced. The musical is set to begin performances at Chicago's James M. Nederlander …

Kicking up his heels "because he can-can-can" starting January 18, 2022 is none other than Broadway vet Mr. Eric Anderson!

Natalie Mendoza is currently flying high as Satine the Sparkling Diamond in Moulin Rouge! The Musical. This marks a full-circle moment for the actress who also appeared as a dancer in Baz Luhrmann's 2001 fil…

MOULIN ROUGE! star Natalie Mendoza talks the full circle moment of playing a can-can dancer in the film to taking center stage as Satine on Broadway, how her time as a Monk prepared her for the role and more.

With the return of Diana to the boards (and to televisions across the country), here's game all about the royalty - real and fictional - that has trod the stages of The Great Bright Way. Broadway Games:Broa…

The reviews are in, and the critics agree: Sharon D. Clarke is giving a career defining AND legendary performance as Caroline Thibodeaux in the current revival of Caroline, or Change. Broadway history is full …

German audiences will get to see the spectacular, spectacular Moulin Rouge! next year. Moulin Rouge! The Musical will have its first non-English speaking production at the Musical Dome in Cologne, Germany beg…

A guide to 15 upcoming (and one recently opened) shows you can see on Broadway next month --- After 18 months of darkness, Broadway's lights are finally turning back on. More than three dozen Broadway shows ar…

"My gift is my song, and this one's for you!" Grab your Can-Can bloomers and your Pop Songs because

Natalie Mendoza is Broadway's newest sparking diamond. She is replacing original Moulin Rouge! star Karen Olivo, who garnered a Tony nomination for her performance, as Satine. Olivo announced she would not be…

 This Week in Broadway History: May 4 - 10 🎭OPENING NIGHTS🎭  May 4, 2008: Boeing Boeing landed at the Longacre Theatre for 279 performances with an all-star cast including Mark Rylance, Christine Ba…

Starring Zizi Jeanmaire, the heavily revised production opened April 30, 1981, at the MInskoff Theatre.

For most of the 80's, this billboard enticed theater-goers in Times Square to "come and meet those dancing feet" in the smash hit musical 42nd Street. It must have worked - the show ran an impressive 8 1/2 year…

This game proved so popular, we just had to come back with even more Leading Ladies! Remember, you can only use each name once! Broadway Games: Which Leading Lady...? A. Tonya Pinkins     B. Julie Andrews…

From storytelling through song with Tituss Burgess to learning the can-can with cast members from "Moulin Rouge!," Airbnb is raising the curtain for at-home theater experiences. The post Airbnb Launches Online …

No day like August 7th, director Alex Timbers' birthday, to have a stroll down memory lane visiting seven of his memorable Broadway productions. Happy Birthday Alex!

In just a few short years, Ms. Broadway July 2020 has assembled an impressive resume of roles in high profile shows. Yes, Amber Ardolino has been a part of national tours, Broadway shows, and even a pair of t…

In this latest episode (filmed in early March), Ben is can-canning his way through the choreography of Moulin Rouge! The Musical with the help of Karli Dinardo. Use your quarantine time to learn the moves! Can …

Gwen Verdon, who was dancing in movies from the age of 11, became the brightest of Broadway stars in the 1950s, winning four Tony Awards in five years for her performances — especially her dancing — in “C…

Company XIV cast of Seven Sins. Photo by Mark Shelby Perry. Seven Sins by Company XIV, their most cohesive production to date, tells the story of Adam and Eve’s fall from grace and the introduction of the s…

Danny Burstein, Aaron Tveit and the company of Moulin Rouge! The Musical, director Alex Timbers’ Broadway adaptation of the beloved Baz Luhrmann film, performed for Good Morning America on February 17. Filme…

Stars Aaron Tveit, Danny Burstein, and more performed from the musical on Good Morning America.

Strangely wonderful and wonderfully strange. That’s the only way to sum up People Show 137. Basically, two old blokes, aided and abetted by some other old blokes, a chanteuse puppet, and the legs of three can…

Broadway.com's #LiveAtFive is a daily news show on Facebook Live, where our editors discuss the newest buzz on Broadway, chat with stage stars about their current projects, and take questions from viewers. This…

We can-can confirm that Broadway’s Moulin Rouge will be making a trip over the pond and will be transferring to the West End’s Piccadilly Theatre. The show is set to open in spring 2021 for its UK premiere …

Here's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed today and this weekend. Joe Iconis' New Musical Punk Rock Girl to Receive Developmental Reading Joe Iconis, the cheered songwriter who received a 2019 To…

Reviewed by Judd Hollander Love and passion collide with loyalty and responsibility in Moulin Rouge! A stirring powerhouse of a Broadway musical at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre. It's 1899 and the fabled Moulin…

There are three indistinct figures projected on to a wall and as Offenbach’s Orpheus pipes up, they begin to can-can. As the

Moulin Rouge is getting ready to officially can-can the night away on Broadway and as usual, we can't-can't get enough of star Danny Burstein. We're taking a dive into his career looking back at all the things …

Can-can't wait to get more Moulin Rouge? We'll be taking you to the red carpet at 5:30pm to watch as Broadway's best walks the red carpet. Tune in later to watch live!

What happened in the Gwen-focused episode, plus the full story behind the Broadway references to Children! Children! and Can-Can.

I've had a thing for Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon since almost the beginning of my lifelong love of musical theater. It all started with a framed copy of the original Broadway poster from Sweet Charity, a gift to…

CAN-CAN The New Offenbach Dance Musical running at the Union Theatre in Southwark is high-kicking its way into the hearts of music hall lovers and Strictly Come Dancing fans.

Continuing Phil Willmott’s ‘Enemies of the People’ Essential Classics season for 2019 is a new musical, Can-Can!, following on from Arthur Miller’s An Enemy of the People.

Set in Belle Époque France, Can-Can! sells itself as a fun and frivolous new dance musical adapted from Offenbach’s original operetta Orpheus in the Underworld featuring a 17-strong all-singing, all-dancing …

By Julian Eaves Julian Eaves reviews Can-Can now playing at the Union Theatre. This post REVIEW: Can-Can, Union Theatre ✭✭ first appeared on British Theatre. Hurrah!

Phil Willmott tries to rescue two shows with the plot of a third, but his show also never quite coheres, for all the energy expended by the hard-working cast.

Director and producer Phil Willmott has proved himself a past master of the musical reinvention. But though his Essential Classics season at

Courtesy of choreographer Adam Haigh, there is some seriously impressive dance going on at the Union Theatre right now. You might expect some good moves from a musical Can-Can! but the full company sequences th…

Set in 1890s France during the Golden Age period known as La Belle Epoque Beautiful Era, CAN-CAN is a fun and frivolous new dance musical adapted from Offenbach's original operetta Orpheus in the Underworld and…

CAN-CAN The New Offenbach Dance Musical opens this week at the Union Theatre in Southwark and will run from Wednesday 6th February - Saturday 9th March as one of the productions in the Essential Classics 2019 s…

Set in Paris during the naughty '90's 1890s period known as La Belle Epoch Beautiful Era,CAN-CANis a fun and frivolous new musical comedy adapted from Offenbach's original operettaOrpheus in the Underworld.

Opening up Phil Willmott’s ‘Enemies of the People’ Essential Classics season for 2019 is a new production of Arthur Miller’s An Enemy of the People, which is itself adapted from a play of the same name …

The Union Theatre announced the return of the Phil Willmott Company for a fourth season of ESSENTIAL CLASSICS productions in which great writers of the past have reflected on issues we face today. The theme of …

Producer Carmen Pavlovic Global Creatures justannounced that Moulin Rouge, based on the 2001 Twentieth Century Fox Motion Picture by Baz Luhrmann, will open on Broadway at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre. Previews wi…

Moulin Rouge! had a gala performance to honor the grand re-opening of Boston's Emerson Colonial Theatre on July 29 and it was spectacular, spectacular. The musical, based on the 2001 Baz Luhr…

Moulin Rouge! opened at Boston's Emerson Colonial Theatre on July 29 and it was spectacular, spectacular. The musical, based on the 2001 Baz Luhrmann film of the same name, stars Broadway favorite Aaro…

MoulinRouge is hitting the stage in Boston in the next few weeks and we've got an inside look at the choreography. Watch the company rehearse and hear from choreographer Sonya Tayeh below

Richard Ridge and Chita RiveraChita Rivera may be known primarily as an actress and a dancer, but she knows how to choreograph a punchline. She provided plenty of laughs as she spoke about her career with Richa…

Playbill's Tyler Mount spent an afternoon at Théâtre XIV in an attempt to learn the iconic dance—watch the video to see how well he fared!

Nothing says “Christmas Spirit” these days like the sight of a beaming, bespectacled tow-headed 9-year-old pointing his new rifle into the cold dark of night and pulling the trigger. Nothing, that i…

According to an Equity casting notice, Baz Luhrmann's revolutionary film Moulin Rouge might come to the stage as a new musical with a book by John Logan, directed by Alex Timbers. A developmental lab will begin…

Broadway vet George S. Irving died on December 26. He was 94. Best known for his character roles on the Main Stem, he won a Tony in 1973 for Irene. The son of Abraham and Rebecca Shelasky, Irving was born Geor…

Taub’s eclectic score to original lyrics includes jazz, rhythm and blues, pop, Broadway and ragtime. Among Kwei-Armah’s ingenious touches were his use of a series of community cameo groups play back up for …

The Baz Luhrmann film is getting ready to high-kick its way to the stage.

Broadway.com readers, your dreams can-can come true! Baz Luhrmann’s Moulin Rouge! is heading to the stage. Directed by Alex Timbers (who until recently was attached to the Broadway-bound Frozen), the tune…

Happy Birthday, Cole Porter Porter's many musicals include Fifty Million Frenchmen, DuBarry Was a Lady, Anything Goes and Can-Can, and his numerous hit songs include 'Night and Day', 'I Get a Kick out of You', …

Broadway alum Jason Danieley will return to Chicago on Broadway. He steps back into Billy Flynn’s tux at the Ambassador Theatre on February 29, taking over for NFL legend Eddie George. Danieley first took…

2014 – Patrick Jordan: “A Steady Rain” and “A Streetcar Named Desire” (barebones productions). 2013 – Dana Michele Griffith: standout roles in seven plays at five different theaters. 2012 –…

Rod Laver Arena, MelbourneThings can’t get much camper than a gyrating, can-can kicking Jackman taking us through his life and times, complete with glitter maracas and disco ballsHugh Jackman’s Broadway to …

Our series on dancers’ lives continues with Isabelle Van Den Bergh’s day at the Parisian theatre, from a can-can warm-up to shows that require 10 costumes eachOur theatre is full of paintings of the Moulin …

Cafe Carlyle will welcome Broadway legend Chita Rivera for a two-week engagement, January 12-23. An accomplished and versatile actresssingerdancer, Chita Rivera has won two Tony Awards as Best Leading Actress i…

We've known for some time that he can wear the hell out of a tux, so this seems like a natural fit. Broadway alum Jason Danieley will step into the Ambassador Theatre courtroom as Chicago’s next Billy…

The new comedy revolution is not being televised. Stuart McGurk goes online to enter the twilight world of gay ducks, psychotic puppets and soft-rock rivalry ...Within the last six hours, I have seen a homosexu…