{"id":2797,"date":"2025-09-19T14:49:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T14:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/2025\/09\/19\/bob-the-drag-queen-sets-broadway-debut-in-moulin-rouge\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T14:49:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T14:49:08","slug":"bob-the-drag-queen-sets-broadway-debut-in-moulin-rouge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/2025\/09\/19\/bob-the-drag-queen-sets-broadway-debut-in-moulin-rouge\/","title":{"rendered":"Bob the Drag Queen Sets Broadway Debut in \u2018Moulin Rouge!\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/bob-the-drag-queen\/\" id=\"auto-tag_bob-the-drag-queen_1\" data-tag=\"bob-the-drag-queen\">Bob the Drag Queen<\/a> is heading to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/broadway\/\" id=\"auto-tag_broadway_1\" data-tag=\"broadway\">Broadway<\/a>, baby!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe <em>RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race<\/em> season eight winner is set to make his Broadway debut as Harold Zidler in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/moulin-rouge\/\" id=\"auto-tag_moulin-rouge_1\" data-tag=\"moulin-rouge\">Moulin Rouge<\/a>! The Musical<\/em>, producers from the show announced on Friday. Bob will join the cast of <em>Moulin Rouge! <\/em>on Jan. 27, 2026, where he will begin an eight-week limited engagement through March 22, 2026, at Broadway\u2019s Al Hirschfeld Theatre.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tBob is no stranger to the spotlight and recently appeared on the third season of the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-news\/2025-emmy-reality-competition-series-the-traitors-1236370024\/\">Emmy Award-winning<\/a> series <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-features\/bob-the-drag-queen-traitors-elimination-boston-rob-feud-1236130014\/\"><em>The Traitors<\/em><\/a>. After competing on the reality competition program, the drag artist released his debut novel, <em>Harriet Tubman: Live In Concert<\/em>, which became a New York Times Best-Seller.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cBeing on Broadway has always been a dream of mine,\u201d Bob said in a statement. \u201cI moved to NYC almost 17 years ago to pursue it. Some roads take a while.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tAfter winning the eighth season of the RuPaul-led drag competition in 2016, Bob\u2019s stardom has continued to rise. He previously co-hosted HBO\u2019s <em>We\u2019re Here<\/em> in its first three seasons, and currently co-hosts the <em>Sibling Rivalry<\/em> podcast, where he and fellow <em>Drag Race<\/em> alumni Mon\u00e9t X Change recap the drag show and entice listeners with their dynamic friendship.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tBefore embarking on <em>The Traitors<\/em>, Bob toured the world alongside Madonna on her Celebration Tour, and has continued to travel around the globe solo performing his own comedy tours.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tWayne Brady is currently performing in the role of Dizler in <em>Moulin Rouge! <\/em> through Nov. 9, and will be preceded by Robert Petkoff on Nov. 11 until Jan. 25, just in time for Bob\u2019s arrival.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bob the Drag Queen is heading to Broadway, baby!\u00a0 The RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race season eight winner is set to make his Broadway debut as Harold Zidler in Moulin Rouge! The Musical, producers from the show announced on Friday. Bob will join the cast of Moulin Rouge! on Jan. 27, 2026, where he will begin an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2798,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[2958,649,576,2959,2960,1903,2961,617],"class_list":{"0":"post-2797","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fashion","8":"tag-bob","9":"tag-broadway","10":"tag-debut","11":"tag-drag","12":"tag-moulin","13":"tag-queen","14":"tag-rouge","15":"tag-sets"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2797"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2799,"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2797\/revisions\/2799"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}