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ATL || NYC✨
Arabia/Satine Cover @moulinrougebway❣️
Represented by • @nicolosi_and_co
There is power in the Name ✝️

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𝐸𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓎𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝓅𝓁𝒶𝓎 𝑒𝒶𝒸𝒽 𝓇𝑜𝓁𝑒 𝒾𝓃 𝑀𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒾𝓃 𝑅𝑜𝓊𝑔𝑒! 𝒪𝓃 𝐵𝓇𝑜𝒶𝒹𝓌𝒶𝓎!
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Yesterday marked two weeks since we bid farewell to the seven year running @moulinrougebway! Throughout its historic run, this show saw the faces of many who exquisitely took on each role in the show. Here’s a highlight on the many people who graced the Al Hirschfeld stage!

Satine 💎
@karenolivo76 @ashleyloren @ambernicoleardolino @nataliemendozaofficial @tasiajungbauer @oyoyojoi @iamjojo @rhodesreed @haileekaleemwright @_solaylay @rayvenabailey @nclaspell @megdonnelly @ariannarosario @kelsiewattsmusic

Christian 🎵
@aarontveit @_dylanpaul @aaron_c_finley @derek_klena @caseycott @jackcahilllemme @johnfcardoza @jordanfisher @christiandouglasmusic @christianbprobst

Zidler 🎩
@dannybur @kevny1866 @_dylanpaul @austinsdurant @bobbydaye @egroove @instatituss @frrankly @robertpnyc @mrbradybaby @bobthedragqueen @theestallion

The Duke 💰
@tammutu @_dylanpaul @aaron_c_finley @thisainttherapy @davidharrisoz @jackcahilllemme @andy_karl @tayediggsinsta @christianbprobst

Toulouse-Lautrec 🎨
@sahrngaujah @kevny1866 @0luuuuuuuuuu @bobbydaye @theandrelward @frrankly

Santiago 🕺
@rickyrojas1272 @brandt_martinez @calebmarshallv @julius_anthony @tdubbyo @raulcontreras.v @ricardoazayas @cruzlikepenelope @gabemartinezofficial @p.e.p.e.munoz @omaruelom

Nini 💃
@robynhurder @jodimcfadden @karlidinardo @keel_b @jessicaleegoldyn @kaitlinmesh @kelsey_orem @sophiecarmenjones @amy_quanbeck @sarahbowden.de @samanthadodemaide @tamrin.goldberg @livcece @hallitoland @aknaderer

La Chocolat 👠
@jacquelinebarnold @ambernicoleardolino @bahiyahhibah @tasiajungbauer @keel_b @kmr8787 @e.j._hamilton @mayabowles @jordanwynn @thewitcheslair @brooke.alexandria.taylor @tamrin.goldberg @janaye_mc @theadeamichelle @donbunmasterstylist

Baby Doll 🎀
@jeighmadjus @evanenannik @morgankei @kevintcurtis @mayabowles @davidlmerino @e.j._hamilton @andresquin21 @heathermakalani @neeneemartin @k.lado

Arabia 💋
@thtgirlholly @ambernicoleardolino @erickahunter @tasiajungbauer @ariannarosario @keel_b @kara.menendez @e.j._hamilton @nclaspell @jordanwynn @janaye_mc @theadeamichelle @rayvenabailey

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Our Moulin Rouge Wrapped 2019-2026 ❣️
Can’t believe it’s already been one week since closing, so we thought we’d spend the week analyzing all our show data.

Inspired by @madisonkopie // @comewhatmaymemes

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Finally, my Moulin Rouge Reflection & Recap✨

I have been sweating bullets over this post for the past week😂

I have been doing everything, except journaling... so please enjoy me processing 2 years of memories, moments, corsets, and everything in between.

Thank you, Moulin Rouge, for this page-turning chapter❤️

xo,
stage sista💋
#stagesista #moulinrougebroadway #nyc

“Why is Brooke here? She doesn’t even know how to sing.”

I heard this during my first musical theatre intensive in 2023.

Ouch.

Words hurt.

One sentence they probably don’t even remember saying…
became something I spent my entire Moulin Rouge experience trying to break free from.

I booked the show the moment I decided, in the Ripley Grier bathroom, that I was going to learn how to belt “Creole Lady Marmalade” with Liz Gray over FaceTime and a loud hand dryer to cover my sound, with “NO SINGING/PRACTICING” written on the wall.

Sorry (not sorry?) Ripley Grier.

Moulin Rouge became my master class and my spiritual sanctuary.

Yes, I was gichie gichie-ing and glorifying God at the same time in fishnets and corsets.

Running from church. Dancing on the subway with drummers. Making it to my Sunday Zoom Dunham class from my dressing room. Rushing to throw makeup on. Jumping into a split at the top of the show. (Whew chile… I definitely won’t miss that one.)

Outside of the theater, I took voice lessons every week. Inside of the theater, I asked Frank Viveros questions every day. I listened. I studied. I watched. I tried again.

You can learn a lot from actively listening.

You can learn a lot from presently watching.

And somewhere along the way, I stopped trying to fit into the mold of what I thought was “musical theater” and started to create my own definition that aligned with my artistic journey.

“Stage Sista” was born after a Moulin Rouge performance on November 11th, 2024, directly after prayer, in my five-person Brooklyn apartment. Any OG followers remember that lol?

I celebrated my grandmother’s life and celebrated three years in New York City on the same day.

I found community on and off stage — from meeting Eli on the airplane, to the security, to merchandise, to dressers, to crew,

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Moulin Rouge had their closing broadway performance on August 30, 2026😭❤️

I was able to watch this show twice. I was blown away each time. The story, acting, songs are amazing.

To the cast and crew, you guys are incredible❤️

You will be missed❤️✨️

📷 @playbill

(Instagram won't let me tag everyone😭)

#moulinrouge
#musical
#theater
#nyc
#broadway

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These women were so healing for me! Love you all!!
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Moulin Rouge Closing photo dump #1💎❤️‍🔥💎 @moulinrougebway

Styling: @tzn_tuazon
Jewelry: @charlielapson

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I guess it’s my turn I fear! truly there’s not enough words to summarize all that Moulin Rouge has been to me. I overall just feel an immense sense of gratitude, and am so thankful to EVERYONE that has been apart of my journey. I’m so grateful to have been able to embody Heel 5 and Heel 6 full time, and cover 2 Lady Ms in my time in @moulinrougebway !
I often reflect on the 22 year old I was when I first joined the show. I had SO much to learn and so many things to overcome inwardly. I was so nervous. But as I dove in, the lessons of the amazing people and creatives began to stick, and the challenge of doing new things made MASSIVE shifts in me as a performer, and exponentially grew my belief in myself.
Thank you to all cast past and present. Thank you to the FANS for always being so supportive and SEEING US🥹 thank you to the crew, the creatives, producers, FOH, security, etc! This show was nothing without EVERYONE who poured so much into it.
Thank you to the amazing creative teams of past and present that truly SAW me. I had never sang in a musical before Moulin Rouge!, and the GROWTH that I had in my voice, my confidence, my capacity as a dancer, singer, and actor, my relationship with myself, etc is something I am so fortunate to have experienced, and Rouge was the catalyst of that for me. THANK YOU! @alextimbers @sonyatayeh @mattyd0804 @nancyreneebraun and soooo many more!
This dump is so incomplete and doesn’t come close to encompassing all of my experience, and surely couldn’t fit all of the people and things that made this experience what it has been for me. I love my Moulin Rouge family so much, and I hope you ALL know and felt that!!! I will think of our dressing room chats (and sings), inside jokes, SNOBs, games, backstage bits, the support and love and joy of this building forever ❤️‍🔥 HAPPY CLOSING TO US 🥹

What really has made my experience what it is though, is the people! This cast has made me laugh until I’ve CRIED, have literally and figuratively lifted me up, and has some of the BEST dancers, singers, and overall performers on Broadway. I am so grateful to have been surrounded by so much joy, wisdom, kindness, silliness, grit, talent, realn

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𝐹𝒾𝓃.

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Closing night for @moulinrougebway. This one’s a hard goodbye. So many memories live inside this show- including the first time Fordy ever stepped foot onto an actual Broadway stage. Over these past 17 months of frequenting the show, the cast didn’t just perform for us- they opened their hearts to Fordy, again and again, in ways we’ll never forget. The connections we’ve made with these unbelievably talented humans both on and off stage are ones we’ll carry with us long after the curtain closes. Thank you for the memories, the magic, and the kindness you gave so freely. Break a leg out there in whatever comes next, you all deserve the world.

#closingnight #broadway #moulinrouge #happytrails

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One last More More More

Moulin Rouge Closing on August 30, 2026.
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#moulinrouge #broadway #musical #theatre #newyork

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Final bows from the cast of Moulin Rouge on August 30, 2026.
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#moulinrouge #broadway #musical #theatre #newyork

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MOULIN ROUGE! takes its final bow on Broadway led by Kelsie Watts, Christian Douglas and Eric Anderson.

The Tony Award-winning Best Musical ends its run tonight, August 30th, at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre. We’ll love you ‘til the end of time, bohemians!

#moulinrouge #broadway #moulinrougemusical #musicaltheatre #musicals

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