• Original production

Opened 21 March 1981 at the Cirque d’Hiver, Paris
Cast: Jean-Luc Moreau (Barnum), Claudine Coster (Madame Barnum), Michel Creton
(Monsieur Loyal), Anne Forrez (Jenny Lind), Jorge Rafael (Tom Pouce), V. Mucret, G. Armstrong and members of the École Nationale du Cirque
Director: Yves Mourousi
Musical Director: Franck Bacri
Set and costumes: Michel Fresnay
Choreography: Micha Van Hœcke

Recordings: LP JMB Records ZL 37467. There’s also a 45rpm record JMB Records ZB 8633 with two songs from the show.

• Other productions

A subsequent production opened first at the Théâtre des Célestins in Lyon and then at the Grand Théâtre de la Mutualité in Paris.

Opened 30 November 1993 at the Théâtre des Célestins, Lyon
Closed 20 January 1994 after a limited run of 52 performances
Cast: Jean-Paul Lucet (Barnum), Marie Zamora (Mme Barnum), Michel Dussarat (Monsieur Loyal), Bo Ekstrand (Jenny Lind), Sherryl A. Martin (Joice Heth), Olivier Rey (Tom Pouce)
Director: Jean-Paul Lucet
Costumes: Michel Fresnay
Lights: Jean-Michel Bauer
Choreography: Viviane Van de Maële
Circus numbers designed by Terry Parsons

Opened 27 October 1995 at the Grand Théâtre de la Mutualité, Paris
Cast: Jean-Paul Lucet (Barnum), Isabelle Georges (Charity Barnum), Vincent Vittoz (Monsieur Loyal), Bo Ekstrand (Jenny Lind), Yolanda Graves, Vittorio Mascia, Frédéric Noël, Marc Forno, Caroline Roelands, Hubert Helleu, Frédéric Leroy, Isabelle Davan, Éric Nicolas, Simon Porter, Pierre Rousselle, Julien Silvéréano
Musical Director: Dino Lumbroso

This production used the sets of the Paper Mill Playhouse (Millburn, NJ) production. There is no recording.

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