Andy Karl And Samantha Dodemaide Join 'Moulin Rouge! The Musical' Cast

Celebrating five spectacular, spectacular years on Broadway, the Tony Award®-winning Best Musical Moulin Rouge! The Musical welcomes Olivier Award-winner and Tony Award nominee Andy Karl in the role of “The Duke of Monroth” and Samantha Dodemaide making her Broadway debut as "Nini" beginning Tuesday, January 28, 2025 at Broadway’s Al Hirschfeld Theatre (302 West 45th St, NYC). Dodemaide created the role of “Nini” in the original Australian company of Moulin Rouge! The Musical.

 

David Harris and Sophie Carmen-Jones play their final performance on Sunday, January 26, 2025. Karl plays a limited engagement through Sunday, July 20, 2025 with Harris set to return to the role on Tuesday, July 22, 2025.

 

Three-time Tony Award nominee Andy Karl currently stars in the dual roles of 'Pastor Bill O'Keefe' and 'Dr. Godfrey' in the hit musical Teeth, Michael R. Jackson and Anna K. Jacobs' stage adaptation of the 2007 cult horror film. He previously returned to Groundhog Day in the critically acclaimed reprisals at London’s Old Vic and Melbourne’s Princess Theatre as ‘Phil Connors,’ the role he originated on Broadway which won him an Olivier Award, a Drama Desk Award, and a Tony Nomination. Andy was previously seen in the Broadway revival of Into the Woods as both ‘Rapunzel’s Prince’ and ‘Cinderella’s Prince/The Wolf,’ and leading the Broadway musical Pretty Woman as ‘Edward Lewis.’ In television, Andy is well known for his 1-year stint on “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” as ‘Lieutenant Mike Dodds.’ He recurred on ABC’s “Forever” and has appeared on “The Good Fight,” “Blue Bloods,” and “Prodigal Son.” Additional film credits include starring opposite Michael Douglas and Diane Keaton in the feature film And So It Goes, directed by Rob Reiner, Here After opposite Christina Ricci, Joyful Noise, and New York, I Love You. Other notable theater credits include the Broadway revival of On the Twentieth Century, the title role in RockyThe Mystery of Edwin Drood9 to 5Legally BlondeThe Wedding SingerSaturday Night Fever, and Tommy. He has performed in concerts at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and the San Francisco Symphony.

 

This marks Samantha Dodemaide’s Broadway debut. Her Australian and international credits include the original Australian cast of Moulin Rouge! The Musical (Nini), The Wizard of Oz (Dorothy), Violet (Violet), Wicked (Elphaba), Chicago (Roxie u/s), Evita (Eva Perón u/s), Singin' in the Rain (Kathy u/s), Sweet Charity (Charity u/s), Anything Goes (Reno & Erma u/s), A Chorus Line (Cassie u/s), King Kong!The Producers and A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum.

 

Tickets are now on sale through June 29, 2025. For more information and to buy tickets, visit www.MoulinRougeMusical.comMoulin Rouge! The Musical in now playing in New York, across North America on a national tour, in London’s West End, Germany, Japan and The Netherlands.