Post by jo on Feb 3, 2017 19:17:07 GMT -5
www.broadwayworld.com/article/MOULIN-ROUGE-THE-MUSICAL-to-Receive-New-York-Staged-Reading-20170203
In its day, some people did not fully appreciate how inventive the movie was! But it actually reinvigorated the moribund movie musical genre at that time ( Lalaland, take note -- and paved the way for the success of CHICAGO as a film adaptation) - with its dazzle and innovativeness. Maybe introducing it in a theatrical setting and in this day and age of current musical theatre tastes is just about perfect timing for the story of Satine!
Hey, FOX is finally getting to producing on Broadway. They must have taken a leaf from the notebook of Universal which produced WICKED.
Does this mean FOX can now be open to a new stage production with Hugh Jackman
No -- not WOLVERINE The Musical ( giggle) but something else? Although right now, they are busy financing, producing, and releasing a new movie musical called THE GREATEST SHOWMAN!
SCHIKANEDER maybe? If Hugh is interested enough in that one? Could also be a reverse project -- do the stage version...and if highly successful, do a film adaptation
I digress - LOLOL!
Jo
MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL to Receive New York Staged Reading
by Alexa Criscitiello Feb. 3, 2017
A new casting notice from Actors Equity has revealed that a spring staged reading of Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge is currently in the works.
Union auditions will be held at Pearl Studios in Manhattan on February 17 seeking an actress to fill the lead role of Satine, a role originated by Nicole Kidman in the 2001 film.
The casting noitce description notes: "Satine is a star. Beautiful, glamorous, commanding. Fully aware of her worth. Wicked sense of humor and smart as a whip... but beyond this, our heroine has a deep humanity. She has suffered and her wounds are very close to the skin. Heartbreaking, in her way."
Other roles, including Christian, Lautrec, Zigler, and Argentinian have already been cast for the reading. The presentations are scheduled to take place April 24 through May 5 in New York. The staged adaptation titled, Moulin Rouge! The Musical, will have a book by Tony Award winner John Logan and direction by Tony nominee Alex Timbers.
Released by Twentieth Century Fox, Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge! premiered at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival and has earned over $179 million worldwide. At the 74th Academy Awards, film was nominated for eight Oscars, including Best Picture, and won two.
On the announcement that John Logan and Alex Timbers had signed on to create the new musical, Moulin Rouge!, Baz Luhrmann, the film's director, producer, and co-writer, said, "I first encountered Alex Timbers through the remarkable and inventive production of Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson and the brilliance of Here Lies Love. I immediately recognized the young director's creative spirit and felt we shared similar sensibilities and instincts. So I'm tremendously happy to celebrate that Moulin Rouge! will be under his direction and that the book will be the creation of the gifted Tony Award-winning playwright John Logan whose writing I also admire deeply. It's immensely gratifying to know that a new wave of artists will be leading Moulin Rouge! into its rightful theatrical realm."
Carmen Pavlovic said, "Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin are so special to Global Creatures and I'm thrilled that we have the opportunity to partner with them once again to bring their ground-breaking work to the stage. Moulin Rouge! is a film begging to be theatricalized. I can think of no better creative collaborators than Alex Timbers and John Logan to realise this new musical."
We are also delighted to be partnering with Twentieth Century Fox and Moulin Rouge in this hugely exciting venture."
Moulin Rouge! tells the story of a young poet/writer, Christian, who falls in love with the star of the Moulin Rouge, cabaret actress and courtesan Satine using the musical setting of the Montmartre Quarter of Paris, France.
by Alexa Criscitiello Feb. 3, 2017
A new casting notice from Actors Equity has revealed that a spring staged reading of Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge is currently in the works.
Union auditions will be held at Pearl Studios in Manhattan on February 17 seeking an actress to fill the lead role of Satine, a role originated by Nicole Kidman in the 2001 film.
The casting noitce description notes: "Satine is a star. Beautiful, glamorous, commanding. Fully aware of her worth. Wicked sense of humor and smart as a whip... but beyond this, our heroine has a deep humanity. She has suffered and her wounds are very close to the skin. Heartbreaking, in her way."
Other roles, including Christian, Lautrec, Zigler, and Argentinian have already been cast for the reading. The presentations are scheduled to take place April 24 through May 5 in New York. The staged adaptation titled, Moulin Rouge! The Musical, will have a book by Tony Award winner John Logan and direction by Tony nominee Alex Timbers.
Released by Twentieth Century Fox, Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge! premiered at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival and has earned over $179 million worldwide. At the 74th Academy Awards, film was nominated for eight Oscars, including Best Picture, and won two.
On the announcement that John Logan and Alex Timbers had signed on to create the new musical, Moulin Rouge!, Baz Luhrmann, the film's director, producer, and co-writer, said, "I first encountered Alex Timbers through the remarkable and inventive production of Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson and the brilliance of Here Lies Love. I immediately recognized the young director's creative spirit and felt we shared similar sensibilities and instincts. So I'm tremendously happy to celebrate that Moulin Rouge! will be under his direction and that the book will be the creation of the gifted Tony Award-winning playwright John Logan whose writing I also admire deeply. It's immensely gratifying to know that a new wave of artists will be leading Moulin Rouge! into its rightful theatrical realm."
Carmen Pavlovic said, "Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin are so special to Global Creatures and I'm thrilled that we have the opportunity to partner with them once again to bring their ground-breaking work to the stage. Moulin Rouge! is a film begging to be theatricalized. I can think of no better creative collaborators than Alex Timbers and John Logan to realise this new musical."
We are also delighted to be partnering with Twentieth Century Fox and Moulin Rouge in this hugely exciting venture."
Moulin Rouge! tells the story of a young poet/writer, Christian, who falls in love with the star of the Moulin Rouge, cabaret actress and courtesan Satine using the musical setting of the Montmartre Quarter of Paris, France.
In its day, some people did not fully appreciate how inventive the movie was! But it actually reinvigorated the moribund movie musical genre at that time ( Lalaland, take note -- and paved the way for the success of CHICAGO as a film adaptation) - with its dazzle and innovativeness. Maybe introducing it in a theatrical setting and in this day and age of current musical theatre tastes is just about perfect timing for the story of Satine!
Hey, FOX is finally getting to producing on Broadway. They must have taken a leaf from the notebook of Universal which produced WICKED.
Does this mean FOX can now be open to a new stage production with Hugh Jackman
No -- not WOLVERINE The Musical ( giggle) but something else? Although right now, they are busy financing, producing, and releasing a new movie musical called THE GREATEST SHOWMAN!
SCHIKANEDER maybe? If Hugh is interested enough in that one? Could also be a reverse project -- do the stage version...and if highly successful, do a film adaptation
I digress - LOLOL!
Jo