Christian is returning to the Moulin Rouge.
Original Christian Aaron Tveit, is returning to the Broadway production of the 2001 Baz Luhrman film for a limited time. Tveit will be returning to the Al Hirschfeld Theatre for 15 performances only. He will be in the show between August 18 and 29.
Tveit originated the role in the show’s world premiere and on Broadway, earning the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his performance in 2021.
This marks Tveit’s final return to the spectacular production after previously stepping back into the role for special limited engagements in both 2023 and 2024.
Moulin Rouge! Premiered on Broadway in July 2019 following a successful run of preview performances.
Based on the 2001 Oscar winning film starring Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor, Moulin Rouge! ran for 7 years and won 10 Tony Awards during its time on the stage.
The production is set to close on August 30. When it wraps up its seven-year run, the hit show will have logged 2,297 regular performances after being extended out a month after its initially planned end date.
They are apparently going out with a bang with this newest announcement of Tveit returning to the role he originated leading up to the day before closing. Current cast member Christian Douglas will step back in to play Christian for the final performance on August 30. This comes off Tveit most recently starring on Broadway as Freddie Trumper in the Chess revival alongside Glee star Leah Michelle and Nicholas Christopher.
He will join a cast that includes fellow original cast member Ricky Rojas as Santiago, along with Kelsie Watts as Satine, AK Naderer as Nini, Eric Anderson as Harold Zidler, André Ward as Toulouse-Lautrec, David Harris as The Duke of Monroth, and Arianna Rosario as the Satine Alternate.
Having performed to over 12 million audience members across 15 productions worldwide, Moulin Rouge! is also currently playing North America on a national tour, in London’s West End, Germany, Korea, The Netherlands, a world tour, and in non-replica productions in Scandinavia and Italy.
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