MOULIN ROUGE! Broadway Casting Thread — Page 10

Hailee Kaleem Wright from Six has been announced as the new Satine alternate, taking over from Oyoyo Joi.
 
There is a rumor going around that Oyoyo Joi will be announced soon as Broadway’s next Juliet in & Juliet (still a rumor). Would love to see her either as lead Satine or as Juliet, she’s unbelievably talented. 

That aside, Hailee will be a fantastic Satine and I’m so excited for her continued success on BWAY. 

Updated On: 4/8/24 at 05:42 PM

Does anyone knows if Derek is back or when will he be back? I think he's out since saturday.

Aaron Tveit and JoJo will return as Christian and Satine from July 23 until October 13. 

Well, this will get me back to see it again, one more time...Aaron's singing in this is thrilling...

quizking101 said: "Who do I have to make nasty with for them to stop recycling Christians and get some new ones?

Aaron is the best of the pretty white boy brigade they have going, but good lord, are they just not even trying to find new faces?"

Moulin Rouge’s sales have historically lagged over the summer. This is a distinct effort to counteract that. It’s not a cheap show to run with a break even probably north of $1mil, so they can’t lose money all summer every year and keep running along. But yes, there are so many more interesting choices they could make with these two roles, but I gave up on that when they proved they were never going to give a Black Satine the role full time despite multiple opportunities to do so with their incredible understudies.

bwaylady3 said: "This will provide the boost the show needs for sure. With N2N likely postponing their transfer(yes, I am willing Aaron to be Dan when it does), the producers were smart to bring him in for a much needed boost. Given The Notebook’s likely fate, John Cardozo could be ready to step in with a new Satine mid-October. ."

Fingers crossed they promote Hailee, the current standby. I've only heard good things! 

OhHiii said: "quizking101 said: "Who do I have to make nasty with for them to stop recycling Christians and get some new ones?

Aaron is the best of the pretty white boy brigade they have going, but good lord, are they just not even trying to find new faces?"

Moulin Rouge’s sales have historically lagged over the summer. This is a distinct effort to counteract that. It’s not a cheap show to run with a break even probably north of $1mil, so they can’t lose money all summer every year and keep running along. But yes, there are so many more interesting choices they could make with these two roles, but I gave up on that when they proved they were never going to give a Black Satine the role full time despite multiple opportunities to do so with their incredible understudies."

That is a ridiculous take. London has had 2 full time Black Satines so far.

Updated On: 6/20/24 at 11:20 PM

I’m not a dedicated Aaron fan, but it’s not too hard to figure out. He departed the show shortly after its 500th performance in 2022, then returned for 12 weeks in 2023. Considering the fact that he’s known for hardly ever calling out, I’d estimate that he’s somewhere in the upper 500s. Now for an exact number, that would definitely take a devoted fan!

Saw the show last night for the first. I really did not care for it. Derek was straining a bit (nothing major though) and Courtney Reed sounded really rough. I thought both of their acting was pretty good - nothing mind blowing. I would love to see Aaron and Jojo, but I don't feel like sitting through that again.

Armpits nails it yet again: John Cardoza, Solea Pfeiffer, and Pepe Muñoz begin as Christian, Satine, and Santiago in the Broadway company October 15.