Jane Bradley goes behind the scenes of Moulin Rouge! The Musical which is kicking of it World Tour at Edinburgh Playhouse.<br /><br />TRUTH, BEAUTY, FREEDOM, and LOVE<br />Baz Luhrmann’s iconic film comes to life onstage, remixed for today in a new musical mash-up extravaganza. Moulin Rouge!<br />The Musical invites you to enter a world of passionate romance and eye-popping splendour... a place where Bohemians and<br />aristocrats revel together in electrifying enchantment... a place where all your wildest dreams come true!<br /><br />Moulin Rouge! The Musical celebrates over 160 years of music – from Offenbach to Lady Gaga - encompassing 75 songs<br />credited to 165 songwriters, administered by 31 publishers.<br />The stage musical features many of the iconic songs from the movie and also includes recent hits released since the movie<br />premiered over 20 years ago.<br />Over 300 costumes involved with the show (not including swings and understudies)<br />150,000 + crystals used per show<br />Approx. 20,000 crystals used per Satine<br />Approx 4878 crystals on Blue ELM costume<br />5000+ used for Satine Diamonds<br />Approx. 1500 crystals per pair of Satine gloves (1550 on green fairy & 1465 Diamonds), 1200+ different fabrics & trims used over approximately 450 costumes – over 200 of which are seen on stage nightly 250 pairs of gloves.<br />
