"Fitting 71 songs into one show was definitely challenging, but luckily we didn't do it all at once," says Justin Levine, the music supervisor, orchestrator, and arranger of Moulin Rouge! The Musical. Watch the video above to see how the story and the music came together to create a narrative.
Levine says, 鈥淭he great thing about this show is that it is a container for the last hundred years of popular music.鈥�
The Grammy-nominated cast recording, produced by Baz Luhrmann, Levine, Matt Stine, and , is available from Luhrmann鈥檚 label, House of Iona, and RCA Records. The recording debuted at No. 1 on Billboard鈥檚 Cast Album chart.
Directed by Tony nominee Timbers, Moulin Rouge! has a book by Tony winner , choreography by Sonya Tayeh, and plays the Theatre.
The cast is led by Tony Award winner Olivo as Satine, Aaron Tveit as Christian, and Austin Durant as Harold Zidler, filling in for six-time Tony nominee during his six-week medical leave of absence to repair a torn meniscus.
The production features sets by , costumes by , lighting by , and sound design by . Casting is by Jim Carnahan and Stephen Kopel.
