The Greatest Showman
The impossible comes true.
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A vibrant, energetic musical celebration of ambition and acceptance that transforms a rags-to-riches biography into a spectacle of color, song, and found family.
The story of American showman P.T. Barnum, founder of the circus that became the famous traveling Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.
Essence
Ensemble
Hugh Jackman
P. T. Barnum
Zac Efron
Phillip Carlyle
Michelle Williams
Charity Barnum
Rebecca Ferguson
Jenny Lind
Zendaya
Anne Wheeler
Keala Settle
Lettie Lutz
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
W. D. Wheeler
Natasha Liu Bordizzo
Deng Yan
Paul Sparks
James Gordon Bennett
Sam Humphrey
Charles Stratton
Austyn Johnson
Caroline Barnum
Cameron Seely
Helen Barnum
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