Seven years in the making, and five consecutive musical workshops later, Hugh Jackman looks like he has a bona fide hit with “The Greatest Showman.”
The triple-threat showed in person to the 20th Century Fox CinemaCon presentation in Las Vegas to give a peek of his original musical based on the life and innovative work of P.T. Barnum — the man behind the game-changing Barnum & Bailey Circus.
“I did not have this part in the bag just because I was a producer, I had to audition. My biggest competition was Chris Aronson,” Jackman joked of the 20th Century Fox Domestic Distribution chief who opened the show with a dance number.