Moulin Rouge! The Musical confirmed for Japan

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Global Creatures have confirmed that Moulin Rouge! The Musical will open at Tokyo’s Imperial Theatre in the northern-hemisphere summer of 2023, produced in partnership with entertainment powerhouse Toho Co.

The Japanese-language production will utilise the Broadway creative, which was honoured with 14 Tony Award nominations including Best Musical. Toho Co. have issued an audition notice today.

Moulin Rouge! The Musical opened on Broadway in July 2019, with productions set to open in Melbourne Australia and London UK later this year, as well as a North American Tour in 2022. The production will re-open on Broadway as soon as practicable. In February of this year, the Australian production broke the pre-sale record for the Regent Theatre in less than two hours.

Global Creatures has a long history of staging productions in Asia, starting with the 2011 tour of Walking with Dinosaurs The Arena Spectacular, however Moulin Rouge! The Musical represents the company’s first musical theatre production in the region, and the first to be translated into a local language.

“As the world makes its first tentative steps towards a return to live entertainment, we are delighted to partner with Toho Co. to bring Moulin Rouge! The Musical to one of the most significant musical theatre territories in the world,” said Carmen Pavlovic, CEO of Global Creatures and lead producer of Moulin Rouge! The Musical. “The immersive nature of Moulin Rouge! The Musical certainly offers the escapist theatre experience many of us are craving right now, and we feel confident the universal themes of Truth, Beauty, Freedom and Love will be embraced by Japanese audiences.”

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• Follow Moulin Rouge! The Musical Japan on Twitter & Instagram

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ABOUT MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL

Baz Luhrmann’s revolutionary film comes to life onstage, remixed in a new musical mash-up extravaganza. Directed by Tony Award nominee Alex Timbers, Moulin Rouge! The Musical is a theatrical celebration of Truth, Beauty, Freedom and — above all — Love. With a book by Tony Award winner John Logan, music supervision, orchestrations and arrangements by Justin Levine, and choreography by Emmy Award nominee Sonya Tayeh, Moulin Rouge! is more than a musical; it is a state of mind.

Moulin Rouge! The Musical celebrates over 160 years of music from Offenbach to Lady Gaga. Featuring over 70 songs, the production includes many of the iconic hits from the movie as well as new additions from Adele, Katy Perry, Sia, Beyonce, Rihanna and more.

After an out-of-town Boston run in 2018, the 2019 Broadway debut of Moulin Rouge! The Musical astounded reviewers – The New York Times’ Ben Brantley declaring the show his Critics Pick – “In Moulin Rouge, life is beautiful.” The production broke box office records for the Al Hirschfeld theatre, scored a Grammy nomination for the Original Cast Recording, a Drama League Award for Outstanding Production of a Musical and ten Outer Critics Award Honours.

In October 2020 Moulin Rouge! The Musical was honoured with 14 Tony Award nominations including Best Musical. The production was the first Australian-produced musical to originate on Broadway.

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