The show follows Barnum as he presents his circus acts and features jugglers, trapeze artist and clowns.

BBC: Barnum musical to return at Chichester Festival Theatre

Broadway actor Christopher Fitzgerald has been cast in the title role as PT Barnum, the legendary US showman who created the famous Barnum and Bailey's Circus.

BBC: Barnum musical to return at Chichester Festival Theatre

"You didn't go to a circus, you went to the circus, " said one historian about Barnum-esque circuses: They were, in truth, all the same.

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Barnum disguised as a real estate developer rather than the circus huckster he truly is.

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Barnum and Bailey established trend-setting practices like sending promoters by train, in advance to future circus sites to pass out flyers, set up billboards and even foster rumors of the incredible shows that were coming to town.

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Barnum retired from his American Museum in New York and went on the road, in the 1880s, did the circus take the form we know: that mixture of short acts, animals, skills such as juggling and tumbling, and, most important, the gigantification of everything.

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