Hugh Jackman's Live Ad Last Night for The Greatest Showman Was Quite the Circus

A technicolor dreamcoat of a spot

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Five … four … three … two … one! Let the show begin.

Last night, during Fox’s airing of the musical A Christmas Story Live, a 2:30 ad appeared—that was also produced live—for 20th Century Fox’s The Greatest Showman, featuring Hugh Jackman performing a song as its main character, P.T. Barnum of Barnum & Bailey Circus (the greatest show in town!).

The color-saturated work also featured co-stars Zac Efron, Zendaya and Keala Settle as an epic bearded lady.

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