Moulin Rouge! was their ticket. Then 2020 happened

By Michael Paulson
New York Times·
23 mins to read
Moulin Rouge! was their ticket. Then 2020 happened
Moulin Rouge!: The Broadway musical at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre in New York City. Photo / Getty Images

It was a Broadway smash with big plans until 25 company members took ill and a shutdown put everybody out of work. Inside a tumultuous year, in the words of those who lived it.

From a window in his Hell's Kitchen apartment, theatre director Alex Timbers can see the Moorish

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