Boy George — the Culture Club icon of the Eighties — is returning to Broadway in “Moulin Rouge! The Musical.”
The singer-songwriter whose hits embody “Karma Chameleon” and “Do You Really Want to Hurt Me” will play Moulin Rouge membership proprietor Harold Zidler within the jukebox adaptation of Baz Luhrmann’s hyperactive 2001 film.
He begins Feb 6 and ends May 12 at Broadway’s Al Hirschfeld Theatre, taking on the function from Tituss Burgess.
The present in regards to the goings-on in a turn-of-the-century Parisian nightclub has been up to date with tunes like “Single Ladies” and “Firework” alongside the large hit “Lady Marmalade.” It received 10 Tony Awards in 2021, together with finest new musical.
Boy George was final represented on Broadway in 2003 with “Taboo,” for which he wrote music and lyrics. Critics largely disliked the present, which advised a few of his life story. He additionally carried out in that present, however didn’t play himself.
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