While Jackman will perform songs from other musical projects, his role as a circus impresario in The Greatest Showman has catapulted him - and his co-stars including Zac Efron, Michelle Williams and Rebecca Ferguson - to staggering attention in the last year. Tickets for most shows go on sale this Friday. The traveling production will kick off next year with 12 shows across Europe and the United Kingdom beginning on May 19th, and 24 shows in North America beginning on June 18th. The Show”) on Thursday, with the Tony-Award-winning actor performing hit songs from The Greatest Showman, Les Misérables and other songs from Broadway and film accompanied by a live orchestra. Jackman announced the arena tour (titled, in a style befitting of The Greatest Showman‘s flamboyance, “The Man. Since opening in theaters in December last year, the musical film - despite drawing largely tepid responses from critics - has broken a litany of box office records and music chart records its success has been so ludicrous that lead actor Hugh Jackman is now embarking on a massive world tour. The Greatest Showman continues to blow past all odds and expectations.
