Moulin Rouge! The Musical producers Bill Damaschke and Carmen Pavlovic reflected during tonight’s Tony Awards on how differently the show plays in 2021 than it did before the onset of Covid-19.The show, which took home 10 Tonys tonight, including Best Musical, just resumed performances last Friday.
The return added even more of a jolt to an already highly emotional evening.Escapism and razzle-dazzle are still keys to the show’s appeal, Damaschke said in a backstage press interview, “but now the heart and the story is even more resonant.” He mused on the arc of the musical and how it tracks the agonizing year and a half endured by Broadway, New York and the world.“The show is about a group of people who make theater and who are fighting for
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