{"id":58973,"date":"2026-02-26T19:22:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T19:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/26\/megan-thee-stallion-to-star-in-moulin-rouge-on-broadway\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T19:22:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T19:22:27","slug":"megan-thee-stallion-to-star-in-moulin-rouge-on-broadway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/26\/megan-thee-stallion-to-star-in-moulin-rouge-on-broadway\/","title":{"rendered":"Megan Thee Stallion to Star in Moulin Rouge! on Broadway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/artists\/megan-thee-stallion\/\">Megan Thee Stallion<\/a> has joined the cast of <em>Moulin Rouge! The Musical<\/em> on Broadway. For eight weeks beginning in March, she\u2019ll take on the mononymic role of Zidler\u2014changed from Harold Zidler\u2014the proprietor of the Moulin Rouge cabaret and the show\u2019s de facto narrator.<\/p>\n<p>A statement obtained by <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/02\/26\/theater\/megan-thee-stallion-moulin-rouge-broadway.html\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/02\/26\/theater\/megan-thee-stallion-moulin-rouge-broadway.html&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/02\/26\/theater\/megan-thee-stallion-moulin-rouge-broadway.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The New York Times<\/em><\/a> says that \u201ca hint\u201d of Megan Thee Stallion\u2019s music will be added to <em>Moulin Rouge!<\/em>\u2019s jukebox score, which spans <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/02\/26\/theater\/megan-thee-stallion-moulin-rouge-broadway.html\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/02\/26\/theater\/megan-thee-stallion-moulin-rouge-broadway.html&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/02\/26\/theater\/megan-thee-stallion-moulin-rouge-broadway.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">70 songs<\/a> by the likes of Rolling Stones, Outkast, and Britney Spears. <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/artists\/16051-boy-george\/?utm_campaign=search&amp;utm_medium=site&amp;utm_source=search-ac\">Boy George<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/thepitch\/what-bob-the-drag-queen-is-listening-to-right-now\/\">Bob the Drag Queen<\/a> have both previously played Howard Zidler on Broadway.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, Megan Thee Stallion put out her album <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/reviews\/albums\/megan-thee-stallion-megan\/\"><em>Megan<\/em><\/a> and its deluxe version, <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/reviews\/albums\/megan-thee-stallion-megan-act-ii\/\"><em>Megan: Act II<\/em><\/a>. She dropped the one-off singles \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/megan-thee-stallion-shares-video-for-new-song-whenever-watch\/\">Whenever<\/a>\u201d and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/megan-thee-stallion-shares-new-song-lover-girl-listen\/\">Lover Girl<\/a>\u201d last year.<\/p>\n<p>Read about Megan Thee Stallion in <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/features\/lists-and-guides\/most-important-artists\/\">The 200 Most Important Artists of Pitchfork\u2019s First 25 Years<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/megan-thee-stallion-to-star-in-moulin-rouge-on-broadway\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Megan Thee Stallion has joined the cast of Moulin Rouge! The Musical on Broadway. 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