MOULIN ROUGE will be finally be a stage musical — Page 4

Play Esq. said: "The timing on this is kinda perfect for a trip to Boston: run begins at the end of June which is when Jagged Little Pill is scheduled to run (and I'm sure there will be extensions)!"

While possible, remember that Olivo is due to perform in Fun Home in Wisconsin at some point in fall 2018. I'm guessing she agreed to a summer Boston run because her 2 kids might have school off during that time. She talked several times about missing them and her husband during the Hamilton Chicago run.

Any idea when dates or tickets will go on sale?

Boston on sale dates! So excited for this one. I'll definitely be making a trip up there this summer to see this.

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Tickets-on-Sale-Tomorrow-for-MOULIN-ROUGE-20180116

Note: tomorrow IS only for AmEx holders. They don't go on sale for us slobs until the 28th.

Aiming for the first weekend! I have an Audience Rewards membership. Fingers crossed I can get a ticket.

Valentina3 said: "Gizmo6 said: "Only 36 performances at Emerson. Does this mean it'll be in NYC before Thanksgiving?"

At least as of now, I'd say that's a safe no since she's supposed to go in Forward Theater's production of Fun Home in her current hometown Madison, WI sometime in fall (I think Sept/October)."

Do we even know that the lab cast is even doing the Boston tryout?

Call_me_jorge said: "If Karen doesn’t go through with it, I hope Betsy Wolfe does! She would be phenomenal."

Is she a good dancer? Genuinely asking. I need Moulin Rouge to have a lead actress who moves like fluid (Karen Olivo is absolute perfection for this)

JennH - yep, that's what I meant to say - we need a person who has sultry, fluid movements for the stage character to work (unless they go in a remarkably different direction from the movie). Funnily enough, the first name that popped into my head was Katrina Lenk. She was easily my favorite part in The Band's Visit (Shaloub was out) and dear god she has some strong stage presence and moves like a snake. 30 years ago, Bebe Neuwirth would have been my choice. Hell, she can play the role now and I'd still go, lol.

They are charging $200 for the best seats on a weekend after it "opens", which is at the end of the run. Have any other out of town tryouts charged this much before?

$180 + fees for front orch/mezz? They have to be out of their freaking minds.

I was fully prepared to pay $150 per.

$16 in fees per ticket?!

Not going all the way to Boston without the best seats and $400 all in is nuts.

Updated On: 1/17/18 at 10:13 AM

The fees, more than the ticket prices, floored me. I went for orch row R for 109 each which was more than I wanted to spend but $40+ in fees for 3 tickets is ridiculous. Oh well, it's done now and no regrets, LOVE this movie and I'm sure the show will be fantastic. Now to find a hotel in the area, I'm sure I'm going to faint when I see those prices.

Seems that a lot of seats were held back too. First 3 rows of orchestra were not available.