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UPDATE: Moulin Rouge! The Musical institution personnel Patrick Clanton, who has antecedently served arsenic standby for nan roles of Harold Zidler and Toulouse-Lautrec, will temporarily return complete nan Zidler domiciled aft Megan Thee Stallion plays her last capacity today.
Clanton will statesman his tally arsenic Zidler connected Saturday, May 2, playing done Sunday, May 17. As announced this week, Megan Thee Stallion plays her last capacity tonight. Eric Anderson, who played Zidler from 2022 to 2024, returns to nan domiciled connected Tuesday, May 19.
Clanton made his Broadway debut successful Moulin Rouge! in 2022, appearing successful nan ensemble and arsenic nan Zidler/Toulouse-Lautrec standby. He has appeared connected circuit successful nan Tony Award-winning revival of Oklahoma! directed by Daniel Fish, arsenic good arsenic School of Rock and Sister Act. On TV he’s appeared successful Fox’s Best Medicine.
PREVIOUS, April 27: There’s going to beryllium an unexpected casting alteration for Broadway’s Moulin Rouge! The Musical this week.
Multi-Grammy victor Megan Thee Stallion said Monday that her last capacity arsenic nan impresario Zidler successful nan show astatine nan Al Hirschfield Theatre will beryllium connected Friday, May 1. Making her Broadway debut, she was to person played nan domiciled done May 17.
“Unfortunately, my past capacity connected Moulin Rouge! The Musical will beryllium May 1,” she said successful a statement. “It’s been specified an grant to beryllium portion of Moulin Rouge and I’ve met truthful galore astonishing group successful this theater! Y’all activity truthful difficult and I person truthful overmuch respect for nan dedication, nan stamina, nan activity ethic, nan clip and nan effort y’all put into nan work! Every azygous personification astatine nan Moulin Rouge has inspired maine to spell harder arsenic an entertainer. I’m truthful grateful for nan formed and unit that made this acquisition truthful meaningful. Y’all are really immoderate of nan kindest quality beings I’ve ever met! To each nan Hotties that showed up aliases planned to attend, convey you for supporting maine during this unthinkable journey!”
She did not elaborate connected a logic for nan early departure.
Megan Thee Stallion began her eight-week engagement successful nan show connected March 24 and ran into immoderate problem a week later. She was taken to a section infirmary aft falling “very ill” during nan March 31 performance. The pursuing day, she put retired a connection saying she was “running connected empty” that night, having been diagnosed pinch utmost exhaustion, dehydration, vasoconstriction and debased metabolic levels. She returned 2 nights later to a afloat house.
Since she joined nan cast, container agency receipts person soared, going from nan $872,702 for nan pre-Megan week ending March 1 to beyond $1 cardinal for each week aft her arrival. The show’s astir precocious disposable play gross, for nan week ending April 19, $1,663,269.
Producers will denote a replacement character for what would person been Megan’s past 2 weeks of shows successful nan coming days.
The news comes connected nan heels of Moulin Rouge! The Musical‘s tally being extended for 5 weeks, now group to wrap connected August 30.
