There’s a new sparkling diamond heading to the Al Hirschfeld Theatre. The Tony Award-winning Best Musical Moulin Rouge! The Musical will welcome platinum-selling singer, songwriter, and actress Joanna “JoJo” Levesque making her Broadway debut in the role of Satine beginning Tuesday, April 11, 2023. She will play a 14-week limited engagement through July 16, 2023.
JoJo will star opposite Tony Award nominee Derek Klena who returns to the production in the role of Christian. Ashley Loren and Tony Award winner Aaron Tveit play their final performance as Satine and Christian, respectively, on Sunday, April 9, 2023.
Joanna “JoJo” Levesque is a chart-topping, award-winning singer, songwriter, and actress who, at just 32 years old, is already a veteran of the music industry. 17 years into her career, JoJo made a “triumphant return” [Uproxx] in 2020 with her fourth studio album good to know, debuting at #1 on the Billboard R&B Albums Chart and earning widespread global acclaim. At just 13, JoJo burst onto the scene with her self-titled debut album, whose breakout smash “Leave (Get Out)” made her the youngest-ever solo artist to have a debut #1 single in the U.S. JoJo went on to sell over four million copies and became the singer’s first platinum record, which she followed with a string of additional hits, including another #1 single “Too Little Too Late.” In 2016, JoJo returned with Mad Love, which debuted in the Top 10 on the Billboard Top 200. In 2018, JoJo re-recorded and re-released her first two albums (JoJo and The High Road) under her own label Clover Music. In 2020, her song “Say So” with PJ Morton won a prestigious Grammy Award for “Best R&B Song”. On film, she’s appeared in Aquamarine, RV (opposite Robin Williams), among others.
The current Broadway cast of Moulin Rouge! The Musical is led by Ashley Loren as Satine, Tony Award winner Aaron Tveit as Christian, Eric Anderson as Harold Zidler, André Ward as Toulouse-Lautrec, David Harris as The Duke of Monroth, Caleb Marshall-Villarreal as Santiago and Jessica Lee Goldyn as Nini, with Oyoyo Joi as the Satine Alternate.
Enter a world of splendor and romance, of eye-popping excess, of glitz, grandeur, and glory! A world where Bohemians and aristocrats rub elbows and revel in electrifying enchantment. Welcome to Moulin Rouge! The Musical! Baz Luhrmann’s revolutionary film comes to life onstage, remixed in a new musical mash-up extravaganza. Directed by Tony Award winner Alex Timbers, Moulin Rouge! The Musical is a theatrical celebration of Truth, Beauty, Freedom, and — above all — Love. With a book by Tony Award winner John Logan, music supervision, orchestrations, and arrangements by Tony Award winner Justin Levine, and choreography by Tony Award winner Sonya Tayeh, Moulin Rouge! is more than a musical — it is a state of mind.
