Annie Jones, The Bearded Lady InThe Greatest Showman, Jackman's Barnum, searching for acts, hears a beautiful singing voice emanating from the window of a warehouse where women are taking in washing. Following the resplendent melody, he stumbles on its origin, a girl with a beard hiding behind...
Opening Day:28 December 2017 Synopsis:"The Greatest Showman" is a bold and original musical that celebrates the birth of show business and the sense of wonder we feel when dreams come to life. Inspired by the ambition and imagination of P.T. Barnum, "The Greatest Showman" tells the story ...
“This is Me,” the soundtrack’s breakout song, is a beautifully uplifting tribute to self-acceptance and self-love, as sung byKeala Settle,who plays the bearded lady in the blockbuster hit. Check out the full lyrics to “This Is Me,” which Settle performed at the 90th annual Oscar...
And to be honest that kind of insanity is really fun to watch.The Greatest Showmanis a lot of things, but it's not boring. The songs, by Justin Paul and Benj Pasek ofLa La LandandDear Evan Hansenfame, are plentiful and insidiously catchy. Most of them are about following your dreams ...
The Greatest Showman: Directed by Michael Gracey. With Hugh Jackman, Michelle Williams, Zac Efron, Zendaya. Celebrates the birth of show business and tells of a visionary who rose from nothing to create a spectacle that became a worldwide sensation.
“The world was ashamed of us, but you put us in the spotlight. You gave us a real family.”– The Bearded Lady Barnum’s story resonated deeply with me because I’ve lived the majority of my life in the shadow of shame. According to Research Professor Brené Brown, there is a stark...
s because Michael Gracey, in his directorial debut, is trying so very hard to pull the strings. The strategy often backfires. If anything, the dejected bearded lady (Keala Settle) bellowing out a tune about how she just wants to be accepted veers close to aSaturday Night Live-esque ...
(this never occurred in real life. Barnum was a humbug but not a thief). The museum is full of fake curiosities and wax figures until Barnum conceives of his “oddities show” starring Tom Thumb (Sam Humphrey), the bearded lady Lettie Lutz (Keala Settle), the Wheeler brother and sister...
(Williams) and raises a family in New York; all the while holding onto the dream of making his name as an impresario. Finding fortune by creating a show featuring bizarre individuals, like a bearded lady and conjoined twins, the disrespect he feels from the city’s elite provokes him to ...
“Come Alive,” Barnum leads his human menagerie into his original big top before stands full of eager patrons, in a sequence that is meant to be the first true realization of Barnum’s dream of “the greatest show.” The Dog Man, an albino woman, the Bearded Lady back him up in ...