Moulin Rouge Cleans Up At Tony Awards
Moulin Rouge! The Musical has cleaned up at the Tony Awards. It won the coveted Best Musical award and nine other Tony Awards including Best Director for Alex Timbers and Best Choreography, Costumes and Best Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical.
"It’s such an honour and a thrill to be able to bring fellow Aussies Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin’s epic and beloved masterpiece to the stage. On behalf of Bill Damaschke, Gerry Ryan and myself, it’s such an honour to be here. We love our Moulin Rouge! company, we love our show, and we love talking about it, " said Australian Global Creatures producer Carmen Pavlovic.
"But on an historic night such as this, it feels a little odd to me to be talking about one show as Best Musical. I feel that every show of last season deserves to be thought of as the Best Musical. The shows that opened, the shows that closed, not to return, the shows that nearly opened and of course the shows that paused and are fortunate enough to be reborn. Best Musical is all those shows; ‘best’ is what we’ve had to find in ourselves as we’ve walked this unimaginable journey and carried our shows across the desert. ‘Best’ is what we know we need to become as we reimagine the Broadway of the future.”
In her acceptance she also gave a call out to her kids in Sydney, who make her life a living hell some days but for the rest of the time she lives for them.
Moulin Rouge! The Musical was nominated for a total of 14 awards across 13 categories:
- Best Musical WINNER
- Best Direction of a Musical – Alex Timbers WINNER.
- Best Book of a Musical – John Logan
- Best Choreography – Sonya Tayeh WINNER.
- Best Orchestrations – Justin Levine with Matt Stine, Katie Kresek and Charlie Rosen WINNER.
- Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical – Karen Olivo
- Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical – Aaron Tveit WINNER.
- Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical – Robyn Hurder
- Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical – Danny Burstein WINNER, Sahr Ngaujah
- Best Scenic Design in a Musical –Derek McLane WINNER.
- Best Costume Design in a Musical – Catherine Zuber WINNER.
- Best Lighting Design in a Musical – Justin Townsend WINNER.
- Best Sound Design of a Musical – Peter Hylenski WINNER
Watch the performance of Moulin Rouge ! The Musical at the Tony Awards.
The Tony Awards also celebrated the return of Broadway this month as part of a four-hour special featuring performances from the three Best Musical nominees including Moulin Rouge! The Musical.
In a return to free-to-air, the ceremony was broadcast in Australia on 10 Peach from 9AM AEST with special event performances beginning at 11AM AEST and later available for catch up on 10 Play On Demand.
Moulin Rouge! The Musical is the first Australian-produced musical to originate on Broadway and will have its Australian premiere this year at Melbourne’s Regent Theatre, with global productions set to open in London’s West End in November and Tokyo in 2023.
Moulin Rouge! The Musical is due to open in Melbourne as soon as possible. Tickets are currently on sale through to February 2022 exclusively through Ticketmaster. For more information visit moulinrougemusical.com