John Barrowman as Barnum?

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John 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

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re: John Barrowman as Barnum?

Posted: 2/15/08 at 10:00am

My favorite Glenn Close musical!

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re: John Barrowman as Barnum?

Posted: 2/15/08 at 4:34pm

John Barrowman makes me happy.

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re: John Barrowman as Barnum?

Posted: 2/15/08 at 7:28pm

Anyone been watching Torchwood lately?

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re: John Barrowman as Barnum?

Posted: 2/16/08 at 5:08am

If 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??

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re: John Barrowman as Barnum?

Posted: 2/16/08 at 7:50am

Barrowman turned 40 last year -- is that too young?

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re: John Barrowman as Barnum?

Posted: 2/16/08 at 12:02pm

He's aging very nicely.

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re: John Barrowman as Barnum?

Posted: 2/16/08 at 12:08pm

Now he's known as "Reality TV Judge"?

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re: John Barrowman as Barnum?

Posted: 2/16/08 at 12:40pm

You'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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re: 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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#11

re: John Barrowman as Barnum?

Posted: 2/18/08 at 8:20pm

I'll see it if he's doing the role naked.

#12

re: John Barrowman as Barnum?

Posted: 2/18/08 at 8:31pm

was he the lead in CHITTY CHITTY in West End or was that Michael Ball?

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re: John Barrowman as Barnum?

Posted: 2/18/08 at 10:44pm

That 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.

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re: John Barrowman as Barnum?

Posted: 2/18/08 at 10:47pm

if he disrobes anywhere I'd be happy to be there.

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re: John Barrowman as Barnum?

Posted: 2/19/08 at 11:09am

Barrowman, Barnum and schnitzel with noodles. These are a few of my favorite things!

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re: John Barrowman as Barnum?

Posted: 2/19/08 at 2:33pm

Can't Barrowman find something a little more interesting than BARNUM to appear in?

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re: John Barrowman as Barnum?

Posted: 2/19/08 at 2:50pm

You 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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re: John Barrowman as Barnum?

Posted: 2/19/08 at 3:23pm

The original production of BARNUM was a bore, I thought, almost entirely forgettable, but hey, that's just me.

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"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 My blog: http://www.roscoewrites.blogspot.com/

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re: 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