Monday, October 21, 2024
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 c…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 04:54AMThursday, August 15, 2024
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.…
SOURCE: YouTube at 06:43AMFriday, July 26, 2024
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!
SOURCE: YouTube at 07:52PMThursday, April 25, 2024
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-pai…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:06AMTuesday, April 16, 2024
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.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMFriday, February 2, 2024
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 ag…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:32AMWednesday, January 31, 2024
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 start…
SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 01:34PMTuesday, January 30, 2024
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 daughte…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:18PMSunday, November 19, 2023
The national tour of the Broadway musical version of the Baz Luhrmann film "Moulin Rouge" is at The Bushnell Nov. 21 through Dec. 3.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMWednesday, September 27, 2023
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 yo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:49PMTuesday, September 12, 2023
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 Africa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:33PMFriday, August 11, 2023
Patti LuPone and company from the 2004 Encores production of Can-Can
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:50PMSaturday, June 10, 2023
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 an…
SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 12:59PMThursday, February 16, 2023
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 h…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 01:14PMSunday, September 25, 2022
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 spect…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:49AMSaturday, September 10, 2022
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 Christi…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 09:25PMThursday, January 27, 2022
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 compan…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:42AMTuesday, January 25, 2022
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 J…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:48PMThursday, December 16, 2021
Kicking up his heels "because he can-can-can" starting January 18, 2022 is none other than Broadway vet Mr. Eric Anderson!
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 03:25PMTuesday, November 16, 2021
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…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:18PMMOULIN 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 …
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:48PMFriday, November 5, 2021
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.
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SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:18AMFriday, October 29, 2021
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. Broad…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:42AMThursday, September 30, 2021
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 …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:32PMThursday, August 26, 2021
A guide to 15 upcoming (and one recently opened) shows you can see on Broadway next month
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After 18 months of darkness, Broadway's lights are finally turning back on. More than three doz…
SOURCE: TDF at 12:00AMThursday, August 19, 2021
"My gift is my song, and this one's for you!" Grab your Can-Can bloomers and your Pop Songs because
SOURCE: broadwaypodcastnetwork.com at 01:01AMMonday, August 2, 2021
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 announ…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:36PMTuesday, May 4, 2021
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 R…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 11:12AMFriday, April 30, 2021
Starring Zizi Jeanmaire, the heavily revised production opened April 30, 1981, at the MInskoff Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFriday, March 19, 2021
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 i…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 09:03AMFriday, March 12, 2021
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 �…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:54AM 
