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roosevelt Jul 4th, 2009 06:06 PM

Moulin Rouge
 
Please advise - best way to obtain good tickets for Moulin Rouge and any other advice regarding seeing this show.

nytraveler Jul 4th, 2009 06:12 PM

The best advice is don't waste your time and money. It's a tourist trap with an old-fashioned Las Vegas style show and incredibly expensive and poor quality food and wine.

You're in Paris - do something French. Go to a jazz club. Or a film festival. See an opera or symphony or ballet. Check with your hotel concierge to see what special concerts or activities are available while you're there. (Several years ago ours was abLe to get us fantastic tickets to a concert by Kiri Te Kawana - incredible!)

roosevelt Jul 4th, 2009 06:21 PM

Does anybody have advice or a recommendation of an event that you might know about within the Sept. 7 - 13, 2009 time period. I will check with concierge but appreciate if there are suggestions.

latedaytraveler Jul 4th, 2009 06:51 PM

Roosevelt, I agree with NYtraveler, forget the Moulin Rouge, vastly overrated and expensive. There is a great deal of security on the premises, the theater itself has seen better days, and the show is only so-so.

I do not have suggestions for an alternative, but I am sure that many Fodorites will. Enjoy Paris. Of course, a cruise down the Seine in the evening is always lovely….

ira Jul 5th, 2009 08:43 AM

Hi R,

>Jul 4, 09 at 10:21 PM<

Do you mean any event, or just at the MR?

((I))

StCirq Jul 5th, 2009 10:13 AM

Go to Au Lapin Agile, the oldest cabaret in Paris, and not a hokey tourist show.

For other events going on in Paris, check out www.whatsonwhen.com

roosevelt Jul 5th, 2009 10:29 AM

Ira, I am looking at any event, not just the Moulin Rouge.


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