A brand new book, Moulin Rouge! The Musical: The Story of The Broadway Spectacular, is now available to purchase; providing a glittering backstage pass to the Tony Award-winning musical, with contributions from cast and crew, interviews with film director Baz Luhrmann and film designer Catherine Martin, and a chronicle of the musical’s triumphant 2021 return to the Great White Way.

An iconic Parisian club, a cinema masterpiece, and now a hit Broadway musical—the Moulin Rouge has been a tantalizing pop-culture phenomenon for over a century. The 2019 Broadway debut of Moulin Rouge! The Musical astounded theatre critics and theatregoers alike and received ten Tony Awards including Best Musical.

Via a lush photo essay and oral history, the process of crafting Moulin Rouge! The Musical springs to life from early sketches, historical research, technical diagrams, and rehearsal photos. Theatre writer David Cote gathers the cast and crew’s firsthand accounts of the excitement and challenges of creating a show that referenced as much as it reinvented the Broadway musical. From set and costume design to casting and opening night, readers witness the creation and birth of this gem in modern musical theatre.

For lovers of musicals, fans of the movie, or anyone fascinated by the glamorous Belle Époque, this exquisitely realised book will seduce all—bohemian and aristocrat alike.

Co-writer and director of award-winning film Moulin Rouge, Baz Luhrmann, will join Moulin Rouge! The Musical original Broadway cast members Danny Burstein and Aaron Tveit, alongside writer David Cote, to sign copies of Moulin Rouge! The Musical: The Story of The Broadway Spectacular on 2 December at the Rizzoli Bookstore at 1133 Broadway, NYC.

Tickets are required for the signing and can be purchased via Eventbrite at the link here.

To purchase a copy of the book, please click here.