Moulin Rouge! Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film Fatboy Slim. The song contains portions of "Zidler's Rap", performed in the film by Jim Broadbent as the character Harold Zidler, and has been called the "'Can Can' for the next generation". "Sparkling Diamonds" is performed by Kidman, Broadbent, Caroline O'Connor, Natalie Mendoza and Lara Mulcahy. The song is a medley featuring "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend", written by Jule Styne and Leo Robin and introduced by Carol Channing in the Broadway production of "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" (1949), and "Material Girl" by Madonna. "Rhythm of the Night" was a hit single made famous in 1985 by the American R&B
The Boy Friend (musical) The Boy Friend (musical) The Boy Friend (sometimes misspelled The Boyfriend) is a musical by Sandy Wilson. The musical's original 1954 London production ran for 2,078 performances, making it briefly the third-longest running musical in West End or Broadway history (after "Chu Chin Chow" and "Oklahoma!") until these were all surpassed by "Salad Days". This musical marked Julie Andrews' American stage debut. Set in the carefree world of the French Riviera in the Roaring Twenties, "The Boy Friend" is a comic pastiche of 1920s shows (in particular early Rodgers and Hart musicals such as "The Girl Friend"). Its relatively small