Moulin Rouge musical is the works: A stage version of the 2001 Baz Luhrmann film is on the way.
More on the Moulin Rouge musical news below.
We’ve been saying that the transition from screen to stage for Baz Luhrmann’s Moulin Rouge is a natural one that should happen for many years now, but it looks like it is going to happen.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Moulin Rouge – the stage musical – is being developed by Global Creatures and Alex Timbers (Oh, Hello; Peter and the Starcatcher; Rocky) is set to direct. John Logan (Red, I’ll Eat You Last: A Chat with Sue Mengers – but also Skyfall, Spectre and the upcoming Alien: Covenant) is writing the book.
“I first encountered Alex Timbers through the remarkable and inventive production of Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson and the brilliance of Here Lies Love. I immediately recognized the young director’s creative spirit and felt we shared similar sensibilities and instincts,” Luhrmann said of the Moulin Rouge musical in a statement. “So I’m tremendously happy to celebrate that Moulin Rouge! will be under his direction and that the book will be the creation of the gifted Tony Award-winning playwright John Logan whose writing I also admire deeply. It’s immensely gratifying to know that a new wave of artists will be leading Moulin Rouge! into its rightful theatrical realm.”
The 2001 movie starred Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman and was a celebration of love and creative inspiration, largely place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Parisian nightclub, at the cusp of the 20th century. A young poet (McGregor), who is plunged into the heady world of Moulin Rouge, begins a passionate affair with the club’s most notorious and beautiful star (Kidman).
No news on when this is expected, or indeed where (Broadway or the West End…)?
More on the Moulin Rouge musical as we get it.
