This winter, the Eccles Theater presents one of the most beloved musicals of all time, Moulin Rouge! The award-winning show written by Baz Luhrmann and Craige Pearce will take over Salt Lake City’s premier entertainment destination from November 30 to December 11, 2022! During this run, the Eccles Theater will host 16 showings, so there’s plenty of opportunities to score tickets and even watch the show multiple times! Experience the breathtaking love story of Satine and Christian in this groundbreaking musical filled with incredible visuals and modern music’s biggest hits! Moreover, the touring production, led by award-winning director Alex Timbers, will feature a stellar cast and an outstanding creative team! Hurry and grab your tickets now to see Moulin Rouge! at the Eccles Theater this winter!
Moulin Rouge! tells the story of a backstage romance between Satine and Christian. Christian is a young poet and composer who visits France’s most exclusive and popular gentlemen’s club, Moulin Rouge. He hopes to have his music produced and performed by the club’s famous singers. Upon his arrival, he was quickly captivated by the club’s most popular performer, Satine. Meanwhile, Satine, a cabaret actress, is on a mission to impress an incoming guest, the Duke of Monroth. The Duke is the only one who can save Moulin Rouge from financial ruin. Thus, Satine plans to seduce the Duke and save the club. Upon meeting Christian, Satine mistakes him for the Duke and brings him backstage. She later discovers his true identity, but it is too late because she has already fallen in love with the young poet.
After a trial run in Boston, Moulin Rouge opened on Broadway in 2019. The original production was directed by the musical’s writer Baz Luhrmann. Moulin Rouge!, based on the 2001 film with the same name, featured a storyline written by John Logan, whose credits include The Gladiator, Spectre, Skyfall, and the play Red. One year later, the production premiered in London’s West End. From 2022 to 2023, Moulin Rouge embarks on a North American tour with stops in more than 15 major cities.
“An eye-popping spectacle” and has “off-the-charts energy.” – The Hollywood Reporter.
“A fabulous musical. The high begins the instant you walk into the theater.” – The New York Post.
In 2020, Moulin Rouge! dominated the 74th Tony Awards by winning ten of their 14 nominations, including Best New Musical, Best Musical, Best Sound Design, and Best Music Director. Meanwhile, at the Drama Desk Awards, Moulin Rouge! took home five awards in choreography, scenic, costume, lighting, and sound design.
The musical was well-received by the general public. Moulin Rouge! mainly garnered positive reviews from professional critics. The Hollywood Reporter’s David Rooney described the show as “an eye-popping spectacle” with “off-the-charts energy.” Rooney also mentioned that director Alex Timbers and the whole creative team had taken the musical to a whole new level.
Meanwhile, Kate Wyver from The Guardian said, “There is a lot to love: with a wonderfully wild energy throughout, it’s happily queerer than the film, and the well-known songs are really spectacular.” Furthermore, The New York Times’ Ben Brantley gave a stellar review on Moulin Rouge’s Broadway production. “The jukebox musical to end all jukebox musicals. It’s hard to imagine how it can be topped.”
Moulin Rouge will open at the Eccles Theater on Tuesday, November 30th, 2022. The production’s stop at Salt Lake City will have one to two daily showings for 12 days. Since 2016, the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Theater has become Salt Lake City’s prime destination for touring Broadway musicals. The venue is furnished with 2,500 seats, each providing an excellent view of the stage. The theater is also equipped with a state-of-the-art sound and light system and top-tier acoustics to give the guests an outstanding entertainment experience.
See Moulin Rouge! at the Eccles Theater this November 30 to December 11, 2022! If you want to experience one of the most thrilling and visually remarkable musicals of all time, you should secure your tickets now before it’s too late!
“The jukebox music to end all jukebox musicals. It’s hard to imagine how it can be topped.” – Time Out New York.
“Euphoric, gasp-inspiring. Forbidden pleasures abound in this spectacular musical. In Moulin Rouge, life is beautiful.” – New York Times.
The spectacular, the ring-ding razzle dazzle, the gitchie gitchie ya-ya da-da: It’s all in Moulin Rouge!, a Broadway musical so stuffed with songs and sequins and sheer outrageous excess that it’s hard to catch a breath for most of its two-hour-and-45-minute runtime (at least not without inhaling an errant feather or a spangled scrap of confetti). – Leah Greenblatt from Entertainment Weekly.