Broadway adaptation of Greatest Showman film musical

I heard Joshua Henry was attached to this at one point, but I’m unsure for which role though.

This was announced years ago, Hugh Jackman would never be a part of it. Hope that helps!

Def feels weird with Water For Elephants on Broadway now (I know its not at all the same story) but circus musical will feel a bit played out perhaps

Casey is a great choice. i was worried Hugh Jackman might be involved and insist they hire his friend Warren.

Thankfully, they got a real director for this......

Curious if Alex Timbers and Disneys relationship is still soured? He’d be pretty good for this and reunite him with Sonya Tayeh as choreographer!

This sounds like a dumpster fire...

^ Are you kidding? I was a fan of his work on Aladdin

I think Nicholaw is a fairly limited director, but he’s helmed two of the biggest successes on Broadway in the last 15 years and both are still running, and this is firmly in his wheelhouse. One of those hits, not coincidentally, was also Disney Theatrical’s last Broadway success. After the disappointment of Frozen and the crash and burn of Hercules, it’s not surprising they’d want to go with a reliable and proven director.

I just hope he doesn’t make the gay character tap again.

RippedMan said: "I just hope he doesn’t make the gay character tap again."

The Prom was full of gay characters and no tap in sight.

I think musicals like something rotten and the prom and the drowsy chaperone and some like it hot are quintessential casey Nicholaw. It’s all good, it just feels so dated. Even tho I was actually pleasantly surprised at how fresh some like it hot was, but that was because of the book. Not because of the score or direction or choreo.

They'll need a strong actor, with singing and dancing talent, if they are going to base it on the movie. PT Barnum was not very likable and was too obsessed with his ambitions.

It is doubtful that HughJackman will be involved. This was his passion project after Oscars producer Larry Mark suggested a Barnum musical to him when HJ was rehearsing his 2009 Oscars duties. Announced the project in 2009 but it was only released in 2017.

If the timetable is 2026, HJ will likely be filming his Wolverine role in an Avengers 6 MCU movie - not confirmed but subject of much speculation. Coming from the success of his latest movie (Deadpool&Wolverine, which has just crossed the milestone $ 1 Billion mark at the global box office), it is likely he will be involved in Avengers 6.

In the meantime, he is filming a comedy ( 3 Bags Full :A Sheep Detective Movie) now, with Emma Thompson & Nicholas Galitzine. Of more interest is his next project "The Death of Robin Hood" with Jodie Comer, a rethinking of the last battles of RobinHood and his healing under the care of a mysterious woman. It is an action-drama movie.

Is it possible that they will cast the UK version of Greatest Showman with British musical theatre talent?

That will be a bit sad as the workshops for the movie were done with Jackman, Keala, Cynthia Erivo, other Broadway actors and Loren Allred.(Never Enough) Interestingly, the first workshop included Keala, Aaron Tveit( as Philip) & Sutton as Charity.

We'll see.

Updated On: 8/12/24 at 04:46 AM