Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaThe Moulin Rouge has a new leading lady.Natalie Mendoza will join the Broadway company of “Moulin Rouge!
The Musical,” replacing Karen Olivo in the role of Satine when the Tony-nominated hit musical resumes performances on Friday, Sept.
24. Olivo quit the production in April to protest the lack of response among the theatrical community to allegations that superstar producer Scott Rudin had verbally and physically abused his staff.
Rudin is not a producer on “Moulin Rouge! The Musical,” but he was intimately involved in other top Broadway shows, such as “To Kill a Mockingbird,” before exiting the productions in the wake of the scandal.In Mendoza, the Broadway show has enlisted an actress.
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