Drag Superstar, Comedian, Actor & New York Times Best-Selling Author Bob The Drag Queen To Make Broadway
Debut in the Tony Award®-Winning Best Musical Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Playing “Harold Zidler”
Beginning Tuesday, January 27, 2026 For Eight Weeks Only Through Sunday, March 22, 2026
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(New York, NY – September 19, 2025) Producers of the Tony Award®-winning Best Musical Moulin Rouge! The Musical are pleased to announce that drag superstar, comedian, actor & New York Times Best-Selling author Bob The Drag Queen will make his Broadway debut as “Harold Zidler” starting Tuesday, January 27, 2026 for an eight-week limited engagement through Sunday, March 22, 2026 only at Broadway’s Al Hirschfeld Theatre (302 West 45th St, NYC). Click here to download photography of Bob The Drag Queen by Albert Sanchez & Pedro Zalba.
Bob the Drag Queen said, “Being on Broadway has always been a dream of mine. I moved to NYC almost 17 years ago to pursue it. Some roads take a while.”
Wayne Brady performs the role through Sunday, November 9th with Robert Petkoff, who currently plays Zidler on tour, joining the cast in the role from Tuesday, November 11th to Sunday, January 25, 2026. Tickets are now on sale through April 26, 2025. For more information and to buy tickets, visit www.MoulinRougeMusical.com.
ABOUT BOB THE DRAG QUEEN
Non-binary comic/actor Caldwell Tidicue, or “Bob The Drag Queen” (pronouns: he/him and she/her) on your 'For You' page, describes himself as “hilarious, beautiful, talented and ... humble.” We can blame Bob’s mother for his unabashed confidence that won him the title of “America’s Next Drag Superstar'' on season 8 of “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” as well as multiple acting roles for HBO, Netflix, Sony Tristar, MTV, and VH1.
Through his work co-hosting HBO’s first unscripted show, “We’re Here,” Bob has been awarded a Peabody Award, GLAAD Media Award, and a Television Academy Honors recognition. “Sibling Rivalry,” his highly rated podcast with Monét X Change, has also won a Queerty Award as well as a GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Podcast.
Over the past few years, Bob has not had much down time between interviewing with Gayle King, Sherri Shepherd, Kesha, and NPR’s Ari Shapiro, attempting murder on third season of Peacock’s “The Traitors,” being the Master of Ceremonies for Madonna’s international Celebration Tour, completing his own world comedy tour, debuting an EP ‘Gay Barz’, and dropping his comedy special “Woke Man In a Dress.”
He is most proud of his recently released debut novel Harriet Tubman: Live In Concert which immediately became a New York Times Best-Seller. Bob is represented by UTA and managed by Producer Entertainment Group (PEG).
Learn more about Bob at bobthedragqueen.com.
ABOUT MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL
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.
Having performed to over 10 million audience members worldwide, Moulin Rouge! The Musical is currently playing in New York, across North America on a national tour, in London’s West End, Germany, Japan, The Netherlands and on World Tour.
“Spectacular! Euphoric! In Moulin Rouge! The Musical, life is beautiful,” raves The New York Times. “Moulin Rouge! The Musical is a fabulous new musical. The high begins the instant you walk into the theatre,” said the New York Post. Entertainment Weekly concludes that “it’s easy to believe that Moulin Rouge! The Musical could run for 50 years.”
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.
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 Musicalis more than a musical; it is a state of mind.
As in the film, Moulin Rouge! The Musical celebrates over 160 years of music – from Offenbach to Lady Gaga. The stage musical features many of the iconic songs from the movie and also includes recent hits released since the movie premiered more than 20 years ago.
Moulin Rouge! The Musical is produced by Carmen Pavlovic and Gerry Ryan OAM for Global Creatures and BillDamaschke. General management is by Foresight Theatrical.
Co-producers of the Broadway production include Aaron Lustbader, Hunter Arnold, Darren Bagert, Erica Lynn Schwartz / Matt Picheny / Stephanie Rosenberg, Adam Blanshay Productions / Nicolas & Charles Talar, Iris Smith, Aleri Entertainment, CJ ENM, Sophie Qi/Harmonia Holdings, AF Creative Media / International Theatre Fund, Baz & Co. / Len Blavatnik, Endeavor Content, Tom & Pam Faludy, Gilad-Rogowsky / InStone Productions, John Gore Organization, Mehr-BB Entertainment GmbH, Spencer Ross, Nederlander Presentations / IPN, Eric Falkenstein / Suzanne Grant, Jennifer Fischer, Peter May / Sandy Robertson, Triptyk Studios, Carl Daikeler / Sandi Moran, Desantis-Baugh Productions, Red Mountain Theatre Company / 42ND.CLUB, Candy Spelling / Tulchin Bartner, Roy Furman and Jujamcyn Theatres.
Released by 20th Century Studios, Baz Luhrmann’s MOULIN ROUGE! premiered at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. At the 74th Academy Awards, the film was nominated for eight Oscars, including Best Picture, and won two.
Global Creatures, Producer of Moulin Rouge! The Musical, specializes in producing original theatrical works. The company has produced critically acclaimed productions Walking with Dinosaurs — The Arena Spectacular, How to Train Your Dragon Live Spectacular, Strictly Ballroom The Musical, and King Kong. Muriel’s Wedding The Musical toured throughout Australia in 2017 and 2019 and has opened in Leicester for its UK premiere season from April 2025. Global Creatures’ Tony Award®-winning Moulin Rouge! The Musical is currently playing on Broadway, the West End, Cologne in Germany, Utrecht in the Netherlands and across North American on tour. Moulin Rouge! The Musical recently launched its first ever World Tour in Edinburgh, with a return to Seoul, Korea for a second season in November 2025. Past productions have included Tokyo & Osaka (2023 & 2024), Seoul (2023) and an Australian tour (2021-2024). www.global-creatures.com
The Moulin Rouge of Paris, managed by Jean-Jacques Clerico (CEO), is a dazzling and spectacular universe, the symbol of the Parisian way of celebrating since 1889. Starting life as a popular cabaret and dance hall, the venue became an iconic music hall in the Roaring Twenties, and then a theatre where numerous famous French and international artists stepped out into the limelight. Today, the Moulin Rouge and its 60 artists present the Féerie revue show: two hours of amazement between cabaret and music hall styles where dance scenes and surprise acts intersperse – without forgetting the Moulin Rouge’s most emblematic dance, the French Cancan! Since its creation, the Moulin Rouge of Paris has always been an invitation to live and share all the emotions and effervescence of a unique party extravaganza. http://www.moulinrouge.fr/
The Grammy-nominated Moulin Rouge! The Musical Original Broadway Cast Recording, produced by Baz Luhrmann, Justin Levine, Matt Stine & Alex Timbers, is now available by Baz Luhrmann’s label, House of Iona, and RCA Records. The album debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Cast Album chart.
The book Moulin Rouge! The Musical: The Story of the Broadway Spectacular, a glittering backstage pass to Moulin Rouge! The Musical and its journey to Broadway, is now available from Rizzoli.
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