Megan Thee Stallion explains why she was drawn to Moulin Rouge
We spoke with artist Megan Thee Stallion to find out what inspired her to take her talents to Broadway and star in Moulin Rouge.
Megan Thee Stallion was hospitalized on Tuesday, March 31st after feeling unwell during a performance of the Broadway show Moulin Rouge! The Musical, in which she was starring.
The “His” rapper started feeling “very sick” during a show at Manhattan’s Al Hirschfeld Theater, her publicist Didier Moret confirmed to USA TODAY. She was immediately taken to a local hospital to have her symptoms evaluated.
“We will share additional updates as more information becomes available,” Moret said in a statement.
The Grammy Award-winning musician made his Broadway debut as Zidler in the classic musical on March 24th.
She told USA TODAY earlier this month that starring in a Broadway production was something she had wanted to do since her late mother, Holly Thomas, put her in plays when she was young.
“So, love ‘Moulin Rouge!'” I feel like my mom watched this for me because I knew she loved theater. I feel like she showed me that. So I’m really looking forward to doing this and I’m going to give it my all,” she said.
she continued. “I think I remember my mom a lot now. As I grow older, I keep thinking, ‘Damn, that’s Holly (expletive),’ or ‘Damn, that’s what my mom would have done or said.'” So I think just like I follow my mom, my little self just follows me. ”
Megan Thee Stallion is the first woman to play the difficult role of Zidler in New York, joining drag queen Bob, Tituss Burgess, Boy George, Wayne Brady, and Danny Burstein, who won a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his performance.
Zidler, a hip-hop favorite, performs about a third of the two-and-a-half hour musical on stage, performing highly choreographed numbers such as “So Exciting!” ” and “Chandelier,” and serves as the show’s de facto narrator and host. She incorporates some of her signature catchphrases into the musical’s opening and closes the show with a medley of hits like “WAP” and “Savage.”
The gore of “Moulin Rouge”! According to the Broadway League, box office sales soared in the first week after Megan Thee Stallion joined the production, with eight performances to 100% capacity, grossing $1.6 million and ticket prices reaching a record high of $599.
She is currently scheduled to appear in “Moulin Rouge”! The 10-time Tony Award-winning musical will run through May 17, before ending its seven-year run on Broadway on July 26.
Contributor: Meghan L. Hall, USA TODAY
