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The stage production of Baz Luhrmann’s “Moulin Rouge!” that opened in Boston this summer is heading to Broadway.

Producer Carmen Pavlovic announced Monday that the musical will open on Broadway at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, with previews beginning June 28, 2019 prior to a July 25 opening night.

The cast from the show at Boston’s Emerson Colonial Theatre will transfer to Broadway, including Karen Olivo, Aaron Tveit, Danny Burstein, Sahr Ngaujah, Tam Mutu, Ricky Rojas and Robyn Hurder.

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“We are thrilled to be bringing ‘Moulin Rouge! The Musical’ to Broadway,” said producer Carmen Pavlovic in a statement. “We are especially delighted that the show is going to the Hirschfeld – the perfect theater for this production with its lavish architecture and rich history of landmark Broadway shows.”

Based on the Oscar-nominated 2001 film of the same name...

The Broadway adaptation of Baz Luhrmann’s Moulin Rouge! will begin its run on the boards next summer, producers announced, with previews starting June 28 and opening night set for July 25.

Producer Carmen Pavlovic (Global Creatures) called the show’s home, the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, “the perfect theater for this production with its lavish architecture and rich history of landmark Broadway shows.”

As in the film, Moulin Rouge! celebrates some of the greatest popular music of the last 50 years. The stage musical features many songs from the movie and also includes recent hits released since the movie premiered in 2001. After a splashy Cannes launch, the film version went on to earn eight Oscar nominations, including one for Best Picture, and took home two trophies.

Cast members from the production’s run last summer in Boston will transfer to Broadway, including Karen Olivo, a Tony winner for West Side Story and In the Heights,...

Aaron Tveit, a Broadway veteran perhaps best known for playing Danny Zuko in Fox’s “Grease: Live,” next tackles another iconic musical role: Ewan McGregor’s lovesick writer Christian in a Broadway-bound stage adaptation of “Moulin Rouge!”

And come what may, it looks like he’s nailing it.

The actor belts out the 2001 Baz Luhrmann movie’s ballad “Come What May” in a new music video released Thursday in advance of the stage adaptations’s premiere next month at Boston’s Emerson Colonial Theatre.

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The stage version, expected to transfer to New York sometime next season, also stars Tony winner Karen Olivo (“In the Heights”), Danny Burstein (“Fiddler on the Roof”), Sahr Naugjah (“Fela”), Ricky Rojas (“Burn the Floor”) and Robyn Hurder (“Nice Work if You Can Get It”).

Directed by Alex Timbers with a book by Tony winner John Logan (“Red”), the show will be choreographed by Sonya Tayeh. The Boston run is booked for a limited engagement, from June 27 through Aug. 5.

But it’s unlikely how much flying paper, roses, snow and fog will remain in the stage production.

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The stage musical will include many of the film’s songs, as well as more recent hits. The 2001 movie premiered at Cannes in 2001 before going on to become a big-screen hit.

The film earned eight Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, and won two, for art direction and costume design.

Watch the music video above.

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Tony-winner Karen Olivo, Next to Normal‘s Aaron Tveit and six-time Tony nominee Danny Burstein have been set as the principal cast in the upcoming Moulin Rouge! The Musical, the world premiere engagement in Boston of the Broadway-bound production.

Based on Baz Luhrmann’s 2001 movie, the stage version, produced by Global Creatures, is being directed by Alex Timbers, the Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson director who also has a stage version of Beetlejuice in the works.

The musical’s book is by John Logan (Red), and like the movie, the stage Moulin Rouge! will include popular songs from the past five decades, some used in the film and some from the years since the film’s release. Justin Levine is Music Supervisor, Orchestrator and Arranger and Matt Stine is Music Producer. Sonya Tayeh is the choreographer.

Moulin Rouge! The Musical will play the Boston limited engagement at the refurbished Emerson Colonial Theatre,...

Aaron Tveit and Karen Olivo will headline the new musical adaptation of “Moulin Rouge,” the stage adaptation of the 2001 Baz Luhrmann film.

Tveit, a Broadway fan-favorite whose screen work has included the film version of “Les Miserables” and TV outings “Graceland” and “Grease Live,” will play the role Ewan McGregor played in the movie, with Tony winner Olivo (“West Side Story,” “In the Heights”) on board in the Nicole Kidman part. Also on the cast list are Danny Burstein (“Fiddler on the Roof,” “Cabaret,” “Follies”), playing the host of the Moulin Rouge, as well as Sahr Ngaujah (“Fela”), Ricky Rojas, Robyn Hurder and Tam Mutu.

Alex Timbers (“Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson,” “Peter and the Starcatcher”) directs the musical, with a book by John Logan (“Red,” “Gladiator”) adapted from the screenplay by Luhrmann and Craig Pearce. Sonya Tayeh (“So You Think You Can Dance”) choreographs.

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