The Greatest Showman Broadway

I would love to see Zac Efron and Zendaya in a limited run. Though I'd also be open to Jeremy Jordan as Phillip.

I bet Keala Settle would also do at least a limited run.

I know she kind of looks like her, but ever since I saw the movie all I pictured was Willemijn Verkaik as Jenny the singer

I'd love for people to realize that not every single hit movie needs to be adapted for the stage. It could ruin the magic of the movie. ENOUGH.

I've tried to watch this film 5 or 6 times and always turn it off *shudders

I know the movie was a sizable hit, but it was also pretty mediocre. Living in Sarasota, FL, it costume $8 to see it first run. It is one thing to see a movie for $8 - $15; it is another thing to pay around $200 for a ticket to see it live. I cannot believe that there are that many people out there who will be willing do so, without Hugh Jackman.

Let's say that HJ does agree to do it; it opens, gets lousy reviews, but sells well because of HJ. What happens when he leaves? The same thing that happened when he left Boy From Oz. IT closed rather than trying to replace him. Boy was very mediocre show, but it became an event only because of HJ.

Now, assuming that he does NOT want to commit to doing it on Broadway (why would he??). What other big star is there to fills shoes?

Theatrefanboy1 said: "So it seems like they are really planning to bring this to broadway. Any thoughts on who you’d like to see in it. I’m assuming that they are going to try and keep Hugh Jackman on as long on as they can. And he seems to be interested

I’d actually like to see matt Doyle or Jonathan groff in the zac Efron role. Maybe Kara Lindsey or Ciara in the zendeya role
And then maybe Audra and Kelly in the singer and wife"

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What makes you think this? Fox owns, and Disney will own in about five minutes. Are you confusing the before the movie was made labs, with something current?

Updated On: 12/17/18 at 06:24 PM

After seeing his cover of From Now On, I think Ramin Karimloo would be fantastic in the lead role. Also, I'm not sure how the movie was received by this community as it came out before I started regularly participating in these message boards, but I feel like it should generate decent traffic on name alone, along with the fact that it's Pasek and Paul and a lot of the music seems to have gone almost mainstream. Limited run appearances by just about any of the cast couldn't hurt, but I don't think Hugh Jackman would be required to make it succeed. Though I'd like to see some major rewrites before it comes to Broadway, if it in fact does--the book did have a tendency of glossing over things and generating drama for the sake of drama, and the placement of songs didn't seem to quite click in at appropriate moments. I would definitely be excited to see it on stage though, especially just to see how they would stage certain numbers.