Megan Thee Stallion to Star in Moulin Rouge! on Broadway

She’ll take on the role of Zidler—proprietor of the Moulin Rouge cabaret and the show’s de facto narrator—for eight weeks beginning in March

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Megan Thee Stallion to Star in Moulin Rouge! on Broadway

She’ll take on the role of Zidler—proprietor of the Moulin Rouge cabaret and the show’s de facto narrator—for eight weeks beginning in March

By Walden Green
February 26, 2026

Megan Thee Stallion, May 2025 (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Airbnb)

Megan Thee Stallion has joined the cast of Moulin Rouge! The Musical on Broadway. For eight weeks beginning in March, she’ll take on the mononymic role of Zidler—changed from Harold Zidler—the proprietor of the Moulin Rouge cabaret and the show’s de facto narrator.

A statement obtained by The New York Times says that “a hint” of Megan Thee Stallion’s music will be added to Moulin Rouge!’s jukebox score, which spans 70 songs by the likes of Rolling Stones, Outkast, and Britney Spears. Boy George and Bob the Drag Queen have both previously played Howard Zidler on Broadway.

In 2024, Megan Thee Stallion put out her album Megan and its deluxe version, Megan: Act II. She dropped the one-off singles “Whenever” and “Lover Girl” last year.

Read about Megan Thee Stallion in The 200 Most Important Artists of Pitchfork’s First 25 Years.

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