‘Moulin Rouge!’ at 5: How The Broadway Musical Overcame the COVID Lockdown and Went Global in Record Time
variety.comGordon Cox Theater Editor The fifth-anniversary Broadway performance of “Moulin Rouge!” didn’t exactly go as planned. A technical issue with the set delayed the July 25 curtain by some 45 minutes and required certain pivotal scenes to be played farther upstage than usual.
By intermission a featured actor had injured his foot, and another performer replaced him for Act 2. But none of that dampened the enthusiasm of the audience, some of whom had begun lining up two hours before the original 7 p.m.
curtain. Besides, thriving in the face of adversity feels like a signature move for this Broadway musical about bohemians struggling to keep their theater afloat.
Just nine months after the strong-selling “Moulin Rouge!” opened on July 25, 2019, the pandemic shut down the show along with rest of the theater industry.
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