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Moulin Rouge! The Musical confirmed for Germany

MEDIA RELEASE
September 30, 2021

The most awarded musical at this year’s Tony Awards – Moulin Rouge! The Musical – will open at the Musical Dome Cologne, Germany in the Northern Hemisphere Autumn of 2022. 

Mehr-BB Entertainment Group has secured the exclusive performing rights for Moulin Rouge! The Musical in all German-speaking regions, and the production in Cologne will be the first non-English incarnation of the spectacular spectacular.

The German production of Moulin Rouge! The Musical will be the fifth to open after Broadway (now playing), London (Nov 2021), Melbourne (expected Nov 2021), and the US Tour (February 2022). Tokyo is scheduled for 2023.

“Cologne will be the first city in the world to enjoy a non-English language production of Moulin Rouge! The Musical and we are ecstatic to partner with MEHR-BB Entertainment Group to bring the spectacular spectacular to continental Europe,” said Carmen Pavlovic, CEO of Global Creatures and Producer of Moulin Rouge! The Musical.

“After such a period of turmoil, it’s heartening to see all the work we put in during the shutdowns of 2020/21 coming to rapid fruition, with five productions of Moulin Rouge! The Musical set to be up and running by the end of 2022.”

“We are beyond delighted”, says Maik Klokow, CEO and Producer of Mehr-BB Entertainment. “It’s a privilege to bring this exceptional production to Cologne and we cannot wait to see the city become a musical metropolis once more.”

The first casting round for Moulin Rouge! The Musical has been completed, with final call-backs scheduled for December 2021. From May 2022, work will begin in the auditorium and on stage to ensure that city’s largest theatre is transformed into the world of the Moulin Rouge! by Autumn 2022. It will be the largest investment Mehr-BB Entertainment has ever made in Cologne: in total, more than 21 million Euros will flow into the production, the refurbishment of the theatre and the marketing campaign for Moulin Rouge! The Musical.

Maik Klokow explains the decision for the city with the famous cathedral: “We are deeply committed to Cologne as a location. Diversity, freedom, love – they are an integral part of life in this city, more than anywhere else in Germany. We have a vibrant artistic and cultural scene in Cologne and a tourist industry that can only benefit from Moulin Rouge! The Musical.”

Registration is now open for the pre-sale ticket access at www.moulin-rouge-musical.de.

Moulin Rouge! The Musical is produced by Carmen Pavlovic and Gerry Ryan OAM for Global Creatures and Bill Damaschke. 

Earlier this week Moulin Rouge! The Musical took home a total of 10 Tony Awards:

  • Best Musical
  • Best Direction of a Musical – Alex Timbers
  • Best Choreography – Sonya Tayeh
  • Best Orchestrations – Justin Levine with Matt Stine, Katie Kresek and Charlie Rosen
  • Best Scenic Design in a Musical –Derek McLane
  • Best Costume Design in a Musical – Catherine Zuber
  • Best Lighting Design in a Musical – Justin Townsend
  • Best Sound Design of a Musical – Peter Hylenski
  • Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical – Aaron Tveit
  • Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical – Danny Burstein

About the Show:

Baz Luhrmann’s revolutionary film comes to life onstage, led by a creative team at the top of their game. Tony Award®-winner John Logan wrote the book (adapted from the screenplay by Luhrmann and Craig Pearce), with direction by Tony Award®-winner Alex Timbers, choreography by Emmy and Tony Award-winner Sonya Tayeh, and musical direction, orchestrations, and arrangement by Tony Award®-winner Justin Levine. Moulin Rouge! The Musical explodes the fantastic vision created by Baz Luhrmann in the film, inviting the audience into a heady world that’s part nightclub, part dance hall, part theater, part dreamscape. Featuring 75 songs, representing 165 songwriters and 31 music publishers, spanning over 160 years of popular music from Offenbach to Lady Gaga, Moulin Rouge! The Musical is a musical mash-up extravaganza that celebrates the very best of Broadway.

About the Movie
:

Released by 20th Century Fox, Baz Luhrmann’s MOULIN ROUGE! premiered at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. At the 74th Academy Awards, the film was nominated for eight Oscars, including Best Picture, and won two.

About the Moulin Rouge of Paris:

The Moulin Rouge of Paris, managed by Jean-Jacques Clerico (CEO), is a dazzling and spectacular universe, the symbol of the Parisian way of celebrating since 1889.

Starting life as a popular cabaret and dance hall, the venue became an iconic music hall in the Roaring Twenties, and then a theatre where numerous famous French and international artists stepped out into the limelight. Today, the Moulin Rouge and its 60 artists present the Féerie revue show: two hours of amazement between cabaret and music hall styles where dance scenes and surprise acts intersperse – without forgetting the Moulin Rouge’s most emblematic dance, the French Cancan! Since its creation, the Moulin Rouge of Paris has always been an invitation to live and share all the emotions and effervescence of a unique party extravaganza. http://www.moulinrouge.fr

Media Enquiries for the German production: Anne-Marie Theurich