‘Moulin Rouge! The Musical’ Will Sing and Dance Its Way Down Under From August – Concrete Playground

When it was announced back in 2016 that Moulin Rouge! was being turned into a stage musical, fans around the world thought the same thing in unison: the show must go on. Since then, the lavish production premiered in the US in 2018, then hit Broadway in 2019, and also announced that it’d head Down Under in 2021 — and if you’re an Aussie worried about whether the latter would actually happen after 2020’s chaos, the same mantra thankfully applies to its planned Melbourne season.

After the Australian production put out a casting call for auditions late in 2020 — and, in the process, revealed that it was working towards June rehearsals and August previews as part of its timeline — it has been confirmed that Moulin Rouge! The Musical…