P.T. Barnum was involved in four lines of entertainment: (a) circus; (b) museum of curiosities; (c) theatrical (he produced plays and helped several actors and actresses get their start); and (d) ...

A Broadway veteran and a regional circus school will help The Rev Theatre Company realize a rarely produced musical about one ...

And the "menagerie of performing animals and circus 'novelties'" feel "forgivingly glossed over". Still, this is an "immensely beguiling production" with flawless performances that "work magic".

Barnum is a role that Rawle seems born to play. As a musician, he is another pair of hands on the piano. As a member of the circus, he confidently walks the tightrope 6ft high above the stage.

He is a delight in Ferguson Rattigan‘s bouncy performance. One of Barnum’s notable ‘clients’ was the legendary Swedish soprano Jenny Lind, whose tours all over the USA and the rest of the world he ...

All new photos have been released from the Watermill Theatre's production of Barnum, the venue’s summer musical that is now playing. Check out the photos here!

Shelley Cooper portrays Swedish opera singer Jenny Lind as she confronts racism and misogyny in “Jenny Lind Presents P.T. Barnum,” part of Orlando Fringe’s FestN4.

Vocals cannot be discussed without mentioning the extraordinary voice of Joanne Shearsby, who plays the Swedish Nightingale, Jenny Lind. Her singing is a breath of fresh air in a show that is jam ...

Early in “The Greatest Showman,” P.T. Barnum, played with gung-ho sincerity by Hugh Jackman, says he has long served up hokum but now wants to do more for his audience: “Just once I’d like ...

The awkward marriage between Lind’s artistic principles and Barnum’s circus tactics is the issue Larsen takes as central to her piece. And it plays out in music where the worlds of European culture ...

Growing up in west Denver, Jamie Torres heard the stories about how the Barnum neighborhood got its name. Everyone knew it had something to do with celebrated circus entrepreneur Phineas Taylor ...