Moulin Rouge: La Goulue silhouettes. Cannily focusing on the dancer La Goulue, whose energetic kicks and insatiable appetites had made her famous, gave the poster an additional boost in popularity. However, it was Toulouse-Lautrec's own artistic skill that made him a star overnight. Moulin Rouge: La Goulue Moulin Rouge: La Goulue is a poster by French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. It is a colour lithograph from 1891, probably printed in about 3,000 copies, advertising the famous dancers La Goulue and "No-Bones" Valentin, and the new Paris dance hall Moulin Rouge. Although most examples were pasted as advertising posters and lost, surviving examples are in
Moulin Rouge! (musical) possibly in Las Vegas, but there had been no public talks in the years since. Some sources claimed in 2006 that the director, Baz Luhrmann, had approached the leads of the film, Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor, to star in the potential stage version. In 2016, it was announced that a stage musical was being developed by Global Creatures, with direction by Alex Timbers. A workshop took place in 2017, starring Aaron Tveit and Karen Olivo. The lab ran from October 30 until December 15. "Moulin Rouge!" is set in Montmartre Quarter of Paris, France, during the Belle Epoque at