NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� 鈥� the Culture Club icon of the 1980s 鈥� is returning to Broadway in
The singer-songwriter whose hits include 鈥淜arma Chameleon鈥� and 鈥淒o You Really Want to Hurt Me鈥� will play Moulin Rouge club owner Harold Zidler in the jukebox adaptation of Baz Luhrmann鈥檚 hyperactive 2001 movie.
He starts Feb. 6 and ends May 12 at Broadway鈥檚 Al Hirschfeld Theatre, taking over the role from Tituss Burgess.
The show about the goings-on in a turn-of-the-century Parisian nightclub has been updated with tunes like 鈥淪ingle Ladies鈥� and 鈥淔irework鈥� alongside the big hit 鈥淟ady Marmalade.鈥� It won 10 Tony Awards in 2021, including best new musical.
Boy George was last represented on Broadway in 2003 with 鈥淭aboo,鈥� for which he wrote music and lyrics. Critics largely disliked the show, which told some of his life story. He also performed in that show, but did not play himself.
Mark Kennedy, The Associated Press
