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Celebrating five spectacular, spectacular years on Broadway, the Tony Award-winning Best Musical Moulin Rouge! The Musical welcomed Solea Pfeiffer as Satine and John Cardoza as Christian to the Broadway company on Tuesday, October 15 at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre. Watch our full interviews in the video player above.
Solea Pfeiffer appeared most recently as Myrtle in the world premiere of Florence Welch’s Gatsby at American Repertory Theater. On Broadway, she's starred in Almost Famous as Penny Lane and in Hadestown as Eurydice. Her off-Broadway credits include You Are Here at Audible Theater; Eva Peron in Evita and Songs for a New World at New York City Center; and Ophelia in Hamlet at the Delacorte. On tour, she played Eliza in the West Coast premiere of Hamilton. Other credits include Sondheim on Sondheim at the Hollywood Bowl, West Side Story for the LA Philharmonic and National Symphony Orchestra) and The Light in the Piazza at Lyric Opera of Chicago. Her TV and film credits include “The Good Fight,” “Scandal” and A Jazzman’s Blues. @_solaylay
John Cardoza created the role of Younger Noah in the musical adaptation of The Notebook, both on Broadway and in the show's world premiere at Chicago Shakespeare Theater. He returns to Moulin Rouge! The Musical having previously played the role of Christian in the National Tour. John made his Broadway debut in the original cast of Alanis Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill. He received his BFA in Musical Theatre from the Boston Conservatory of Music. @johnfcardoza
Moulin Rouge! The Musical is the winner of ten 2021 Tony Awards® including Best Musical, two Drama League Awards including Outstanding Production of a Musical, five Drama Desk Awards and ten Outer Critics Circle Award Honor citations including New Broadway Musical. The production opened on Broadway in the Summer of 2019 and recently celebrated its 5th anniversary.
Moulin Rouge! The Musical is directed by Tony Award® winner Alex Timbers and with a book by Tony Award winner John Logan, choreography by Tony Award® winner Sonya Tayeh and music supervision, orchestrations and arrangements by Tony Award® winner Justin Levine.
Baz Luhrmann’s iconic film comes to life onstage, remixed in a new musical mash-up extravaganza. Moulin Rouge! The Musical is a theatrical celebration of Truth, Beauty, Freedom, and - above all - Love. Moulin Rouge! The Musical is more than a musical; it is a state of mind. As in the film, Moulin Rouge! The Musical celebrates over 160 years of music – from Offenbach to Lady Gaga. The stage musical features many of the iconic songs from the movie and also includes recent hits released since the movie premiered more than 20 years ago. Released by 20th Century Studios, Baz Luhrmann’s MOULIN ROUGE! premiered at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. At the 74th Academy Awards, the film was nominated for eight Oscars, including Best Picture, and won two.