Liisi LaFontaine News

PEN America has announced recipients of two monumental career achievement honors to be presented live at the 59th Annual PEN Literary Awards, March 2 at The Town Hall.

This weekend, the West End cast of Moulin Rouge! performed on Britain's Got Talent and you can watch the full performance video here.

WhatsOnStage today announced that Jodie Prenger and Tom Read Wilson will host the 22nd Annual WhatsOnStage Awards. They are joined by presenters Chris Bush, Graziano Di Prima, Omari Douglas, James Graham, David Harewood, Frances Mayli McCann, Stephanie McKeon, Drew McOnie, Daniel Monks, Tracy Ann Oberman, Johannes Radebe, and more.

Moulin Rouge! officially opened in London on 20 January at the Piccadilly Theatre. The cast of Moulin Rouge! is led by Liisi LaFontaine and Jamie Bogyo in the roles of Satine and Christian.

There can be few shows that have been quite so pushed from pillar to post by Covid. The West End version of Moulin Rouge! The Musical has stuttered, started and stopped a dizzying number of times. After winning 10 Tony awards on Broadway, the long-awaited adaptation of Baz Luhrmann’s extravagant 2001 film is now officially open at a red velvet-swathed Piccadilly Theatre in a blaze of sparkle and light.

Today's top stories include a confirmed Broadway production of The Kite Runner. The stage adaptation of the book will play July 6 through October 30, 2022 at the Hayes Theatre. Plus, the full casting and dates have been announced for the Broadway premiere of A Strange Loop. 

All new production photos have been released for Moulin Rouge! in the West End. The musical opens on 20 January at the Piccadilly Theatre. The cast of Moulin Rouge! is led by Liisi LaFontaine and Jamie Bogyo in the roles of Satine and Christian.

We chat to the cast of Moulin Rouge! The Musical about bringing the spectacular spectacular to the West End.

Though hardly an ideal start to the new theatrical year, we want to applaud all of the incredible casts, creatives, backstage and front-of-house staff who are working so hard to keep shows on. If you can support productions, please do – whether revisiting an amazing long-running show or checking out something new. And speaking of which: here are some of the most intriguing London additions for this month. Keep checking back for our reviews, interviews and features!

Performances of Moulin Rouge! The Musical will resume this evening at the Piccadilly Theatre with a new official Opening Night set for Sunday 9 January 2022.

Moulin Rouge! The Musical will officially open at the Piccadilly Theatre on December 8. Liisi LaFontaine and Jamie Bogyo lead the production in the roles of Satine and Christian.

Moulin Rouge! The Musical has become the first show in the West End to require that their audiences wear face coverings throughout the show. Mask-wearing is asked of audiences in the West End, but it is not mandatory. 

El musical subirá el telón este otoño

The hit Broadway musical, Moulin Rouge!, is set to make its West End debut this November!

BroadwayWorld has just learned that Liisi LaFontaine will be seen recurring, season long, in ABC Freeform’s ‘Good Trouble’. She will be playing TAYNA who is in a polyamorous relationship and discusses her lifestyle openly.

Michael Childers’ star-studded musical production of One Night Only “Back to the ’70s” will be presented on Wednesday, November 10, 2021 at 6:00 p.m., at the McCallum Theatre for the Performing Arts. This year’s show benefits Barbara Sinatra Children’s Center, which is celebrating its 35th anniversary. One Night Only is now in its 15th successful year as one of the Desert’s most thrilling theatrical evening.

Hale Center Theatre’s A Christmas Carol (December 12), We Need A Little Christmas to benefit Shelter & Crisis at Christmas (December 18), Hip Hop Nutcracker (December 18 – January 10), Dickens’ Holiday Classic (December 19), Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker (December 19), and more will stream in December!

Art Lab and ShowTown Productions will present two virtual presentations of Disenchanted! Stay-At-Home Version. The Off-Broadway musical comedy with book, music, and lyrics by Dennis T. Giacino and developed with Fiely Matias, will be streamed via Broadway on Demand on Tuesday, December 15 and Thursday, December 17.

What do you do when the governor changes the rules and you have live concerts booked THIS WEEKEND? That’s what the Embassy Theatre in Fort Wayne, Indiana asked themselves yesterday when their scheduled, socially distance audience of 400 was mandated to reduce that number to 50 overnight.

A group of stars have performed a new virtual cover of The New World from Jason Robert Brown's Songs For a New World.