Producers of the North American tour of the Tony Award®-winning Best Musical Moulin Rouge! The Musical have announced new casting starting December 23, 2025 in San Francisco.
Broadway stars Gabriela Carrillo and Ryan Vasquez will assume the roles of “Satine” and “Christian,” with Adéa Michelle Sessoms returning to the company, now in the role of “La Chocolat.”
Jay Armstrong Johnson, Arianna Rosario and Renee Marie Titus will take their final bows with the company on December 21.
Carrillo, Vasquez, and Sessoms are joined on stage by Bobby Daye as “Harold Zidler,” Jahi Kearse as “Toulouse-Lautrec,” Andrew Brewer as “The Duke of Monroth,” Danny Burgos as “Santiago,” Katilin Mesh as “Nini,” and Jerica Exum in the role of the “Satine Alternate.” The North American tour cast also features Amara Berhan, Rodney Thompson, Justina Aveyard, Mateus Barbosa da Silva, Gabriella Burke, Runako Campbell, Rhys Carr, Yossi Chaikin, Darius Crenshaw, Nicolas De La Vega, Nathan Fister, Jeremy Gaston, Collin Heyward, Jordan Fife Hunt, Charizma Lawrence, Katie Lombardo, Emerson Majarucon, Amanda Mitchell, Luke Monday, Kenneth Michael Murray, Brayden Newby, Luke Rands, Logan Gray Saad, Jeff Sullivan, Carmella Taitt, Jordan Vasquez and Jerald Vincent.
Biographies
GABRIELA CARRILLO is a Mexican-American performer, songwriter, and Berklee College of Music graduate. She was previously seen as Catherine Parr in SIX (Broadway and 1st Nat’l Tour). Satine has been her dream for many years. Thank you for being a part of the dream coming true. @officialgabrielacarrillo
RYAN VASQUEZ originated the role of “Middle Noah Calhoun” in the Tony-nominated Broadway production of The Notebook. He has also been seen on Broadway in productions of Hamilton, Waitress, and Wicked. He has been involved in the World Premiere productions of The Outsiders, Water for Elephants, The Janeiad, Schmigadoon!, Walk On Through, and The Wrong Man. TV, films, and albums, oh my! He is an advocate for reclaiming our focus from our phones. For Gavin.
ADÉA MICHELLE SESSOMS has performed with Santigold in the “10 Years Golden” and “99 Cents” tours. Her credits also include the First and Second National Tours of Wicked. She has been involved in Regional Productions at North Shore Music Hall and can be seen on TV/Film on “The Other Two” (HBO Go), and “The Ellen Show”. BFA: The University of the Arts. Instagram @theadeamichelle
Enter a world of splendor and romance, of eye-popping excess, of glitz, grandeur and glory! A world where Bohemians and aristocrats rub elbows and revel in electrifying enchantment. Pop the champagne and prepare for the spectacular spectacular … Welcome to Moulin Rouge! The Musical.
Baz Luhrmann’s iconic film comes to life onstage, remixed in a new musical mash-up extravaganza. Moulin Rouge! The Musical is a theatrical celebration of Truth, Beauty, Freedom, and – above all – Love. Moulin Rouge! The Musical is more than a musical; it is a state of mind.
Moulin Rouge! The Musical is the winner of ten 2021 Tony Awards® including Best Musical, two Drama League Awards including Outstanding Production of a Musical, five Drama Desk Awards and ten Outer Critics Circle Award Honor citations including New Broadway Musical.
Moulin Rouge! The Musical opened to critical acclaim at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre in the Summer of 2019 and reopened in September 2021 following the shutdown of Broadway due to the pandemic.
Moulin Rouge! The Musical is directed by Tony Award® winner Alex Timbers and with a book by Tony Award® winner John Logan, choreography by Tony Award® winner Sonya Tayeh and music supervision, orchestrations and arrangements by Tony Award® winner Justin Levine.
The design team for Moulin Rouge! The Musical includes Tony Award® winner Derek McLane (sets), Tony Award® winner Catherine Zuber (costumes), Tony Award® winner Justin Townsend (lighting), Tony Award® winner Peter Hylenski (sound), Drama Desk Award winner David Brian Brown (wig and hair design), Sarah Cimino (Make-up design) and Tony Award® winner Matt Stine (Music Producer). Casting is by Jim Carnahan and Stephen Kopel.
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