Sonya Tayeh Is Done Proving Herself, But Never Done Growing

When Sonya Tayeh saw Moulin Rouge! for the first time, on opening night at a movie theater in Detroit, she remembers not only being inspired by the story, but noticing the way it was filmed. “What struck me the most was the pace, and the erratic feeling it had,” she says. The camera’s quick shifts […]

ICYMI, the Moulin Rouge! Musical Now Has a Choreographer (And She's Going to be Spectacular)

Ever since it was announced that Baz Luhrmann’s spectacular (spectacular!) movie musical Moulin Rouge! would be adapted for the stage, we’ve been cautiously excited. The 2001 film feels like a natural fit for Broadway, what with its genre-bending soundtrack stocked with absurdly catchy mash-ups, decadent costumes and sets, epic production numbers and show-within-a-show premise. Not […]