John Barrowman as Barnum?
John Barrowman as Barnum?
#1John Barrowman as Barnum?
Posted: 2/15/08 at 9:58am
Looks like it will happen -- in London
Reality TV judge set for starring role in hit Broadway production
#2re: John Barrowman as Barnum?
Posted: 2/15/08 at 4:34pmJohn Barrowman makes me happy.
"I am open, and I am willing,
For to be hopeless would seem so strange.
It dishonors those who go before us,
So lift me up to the light of change."
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#4re: John Barrowman as Barnum?
Posted: 2/16/08 at 5:08amIf that happens I'll definitely have a trip there. One of my favorite Cy Coleman shows. Though, perhaps it's just me, isn't John Barrowman a little too young for this part??
#5re: John Barrowman as Barnum?
Posted: 2/16/08 at 7:50amBarrowman turned 40 last year -- is that too young?
#7re: John Barrowman as Barnum?
Posted: 2/16/08 at 12:08pmNow he's known as "Reality TV Judge"?
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#8re: John Barrowman as Barnum?
Posted: 2/16/08 at 12:40pmYou're right, Rath. He IS doing a lot of reality tv judging over here but he's more known to non-theatre audiences through 'Torchwood'. I'll wait anxiously to see if this will come off. That guy has charisma and charm by the bucket-load. He'd be perfect in this role.
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#9re: John Barrowman as Barnum?
Posted: 2/16/08 at 6:30pm
"He's aging very nicely"
He is indeed. I would never have guessed he was 40. 
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#10re: John Barrowman as Barnum?
Posted: 2/18/08 at 8:20pmI'll see it if he's doing the role naked.
#11re: John Barrowman as Barnum?
Posted: 2/18/08 at 8:31pmwas he the lead in CHITTY CHITTY in West End or was that Michael Ball?
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#12re: John Barrowman as Barnum?
Posted: 2/18/08 at 10:44pmThat was Michael Ball. I'd love to see John in a new musical though. If he takes his shirt off in Barnum I'll be there.
#13re: John Barrowman as Barnum?
Posted: 2/18/08 at 10:47pmif he disrobes anywhere I'd be happy to be there.
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#14re: John Barrowman as Barnum?
Posted: 2/19/08 at 11:09amBarrowman, Barnum and schnitzel with noodles. These are a few of my favorite things!
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#15re: John Barrowman as Barnum?
Posted: 2/19/08 at 2:33pmCan't Barrowman find something a little more interesting than BARNUM to appear in?
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#16re: John Barrowman as Barnum?
Posted: 2/19/08 at 2:50pmYou mean like Dirty Dancing, Desperately Seeking Susan or Fame? Barnum is a fantastic show with a wonderful Coleman score. The original staging was stunning.
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Roscoe
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#17re: John Barrowman as Barnum?
Posted: 2/19/08 at 3:23pmThe original production of BARNUM was a bore, I thought, almost entirely forgettable, but hey, that's just me.
"If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about the answers." Thomas Pynchon, GRAVITY'S RAINBOW
"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." Philip K. Dick
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#18re: John Barrowman as Barnum?
Posted: 2/22/08 at 8:25am
Playbill has the story now:
London Production of Barnum, with John Barrowman, Likely for 2009
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