Prologue (

Manhattan 1920s)
(Piano version of this is me)
Narrator 1: Can you imagine how boring of a world we would have. If everyone was exactly
the same.
Narrator 2: Does anyone get inspired to do amazing things from an easy life with no
struggle, no.
Narrator 3: Inspiring stories are always the ones who fought their way from the bottom and
succeeded while remaining true to themselves.
Narrator 4: There is no such thing as somebody who’s bad, just because he or she is
different.
Narrator 1: Be proud to say, this is me. ”throwing his head back, arms wide ”
Welcome……. to the greatest show on earth.
( Short version of the greatest show Dance )

The greatest show

BARNUM
Ladies and gents, this is the
moment you've waited for.
Been searching in the dark, your sweat
soaking through the floor.
And buried in your bones there's
an ache that you can't ignore.
Taking your breath, stealing your mind.
And all that was real is left behind.
Don't fight it, it's
coming for you, running
at ya.
It's only this moment, don't
care what comes after.
Your fever dream, can't
you see it getting closer.
Just surrender 'cause you
feel the feeling taking
over. It's fire, it's freedom,
it's flooding open.
It's a preacher in the pulpit
and you'll find devotion.
There's something
breaking at the brick of
every wall it's holding all
that you know, so tell me
do you wanna go?
Where it's covered in
all the coloured lights.
Where the runaways
are running the night.
Impossible comes true,
it's taking over you.
Oh, this is the greatest show.
We light it up, we won't come
down. And the sun can't stop us
now.
Watching it come
true, it's taking over
you.
Oh, this is the greatest show.
It's everything you ever
want. It's everything you
ever need.
And it's here right in front of you.
This is where you wanna be.
It's everything you ever want.
It's everything you ever need.
And it's here right in front of you.
This is where you wanna be.
It's everything you ever want
It's everything you ever need.
And it's here right in front of you.
This is where you wanna be. It's everything you ever want. It's everything you ever need.
And it's here right in front of you.
We see a magic trick using the screen
Scene 1 1910s
CHARITY
( ’s house)
(During transitions from one scene to the next we see 3 students dressed as mime actors and
they do funny stuff while teachers set up the stage)

BARNUM Hello and welcome to The Greatest show. You have just had a brief glimpse of
my show, they are all amazing people, but how did this show happen? Where did it come
from? All will become clear my friends, so sit back, and relax while I tell you our story and
how my circus was created.It all started back when I was a little boy…..

BARNUM’s Father : Phineas, hurry up. We are gonna miss the train. Stand up straight.
Wipe that muck off. Keep up.
(Knock at CHARITY’s house )
Assistant: Arm extended, elbow out. Sip, and never slurp. Begin here, arm extended...
elbow out. Keep your cup level.
Low your cup.
Shall we do it again?
Arm extended, elbow out. Gracefully.

(Young Barnun makes funny faces Young CHARITY Drinks tea and makes funny faces looking at
BARNUM and they both laugh)

Mr. Hallet: CHARITY! Is this how we have taught you to behave? Like a person with no breeding?
Come here! Look at your dress! How many times have I told you not to trouble the help!
BARNUM It's my fault, sir. I made her laugh.
Mr. Hallet: Well,thank you for your honesty.(CHARITY’s Father slaps young BARNUM) Stay
away from my daughter. (Walks out with young CHARITY)
Scene 2
( CHARITY’s house)
Young BARNUM How did you get out?
CHARITY: The window. Father is sending me to finishing school. I don't know what my future
will be.
Young BARNUM I do.

A Million Dreams

YOUNG BARNUM & YOUNG CHARITY:

I close my eyes
and I can see.
The world that's
waiting up for
me.
That I call my own.
Through the dark,
through the door
Through where no one's
been before
but it feels like home. They can say,
they can say
it all sounds crazy. They can say,
they can say I've lost my mind.
I don't care, I don't
care, so call me
crazy. We can live in
a world that we
design
'Cause every night I lie in bed.
The brightest
colours fill my
head.
A million dreams
are keeping me
awake.
I think of what
the world could be.
A vision of the one I see.
A million dreams
is all it's gonna
take.
A million dreams for the
world we're gonna
make. They can say,
they can say it all sounds
crazy.
They can say, they can
say we've lost our minds.
CHARITY!
I don't care, I don't care
if they call us crazy.
run away to a
world that we
designed.
Cause every night I lie in bed.
The brightest colours fill my
head.
A million dreams
are keeping me
awake.
I think of what
the world could be.
A vision of
the one I
see.
A million dreams
is all it's gonna
take. No.
A million dreams for the
world we're gonna
make.
A million dreams are
keeping me awake. I
think of what the world
could be.
A vision of
the one I
see.
A million dreams
is all it's gonna
take.
A million dreams for the
world we're gonna
make.
 CHARITY and young BARNUM go out : Mr. Hallet, Mother , BARNUM and
CHARITY comes in
BARNUM Sir I, I know I don't come from much but I will take care of your daughter
and I will give her a life as grand as this one.

(CHARITY hugs her mother, who is crying into a handkerchief then leaves hand in
hand with BARNUM)

Mr. Hallet: She'll be back. Sooner or later she will get tired of your life of having nothing
and she will keep running back home.

Million Dreams (Reprise)

BARNUM & CHARITY:
Every night I lie in bed.
The brightest
colours fill my head.
A million dreams are keeping me
awake.
I think of what the world could
be.
A vision of the one I see. A million
dreams is all it's gonna take.
A million dreams for the world
we're gonna make.

However big, however small.

Let me be part of it all.
Share your dreams with me. You
may be right,
you may be wrong.
But say that
you'll bring me along. To the
world you see. To the world I
close my eyes to see.
I close my eyes to see
Cause every night I lie in bed. The
brightest colours fill my head.
A million dreams are keeping me
awake. A million dreams,
a million dreams.
I think of what the world could be.
A vision of what I see.
A million dreams is all it's gonna take.
A million dreams for the world
we're gonna make.
For the world we're gonna make.

Scene 3 1920s
(The Office)
( Waiting for Office Manager, Mr Smith with some blue, dismisses BARNUM and gathers
the office workers)

Mr Smith: Gentlemen. Can I have your attention? You are all dismissed. we’re bankrupt
BARNUM Bankrupt? I thought the company had a dozen trading ships.
Mr Smith: Yes, at the bottom of the South China Seas. A typhoon sa them
all. (BARNUM returns home looking glum)

Scene 4 1920s
( BARNUM’s House)
Narrator 1: BARNUM enters, exhausted from work. He carries the pencil, holder, and
several large files.
Narrator 2: BARNUM and CHARITY are in their 30s now. His daughters,
CAROLINE and HELEN, greet him with cries of happiness.
CHARITY: you're home early *smiles*
BARNUM you have a notice *gives the paper*
CHARITY: I know you won't be able to last long that makes your life so exciting
BARNUM This isn't the life I promised you.
CHARITY: I have everything I want right here with you.
BARNUM What about that house we were going to fill :: with magic and
wonder?
CHARITY: What do you call those two girls downstairs?
Narrator 3: He looks at his wife, finally smiles. She's gotten through.
(CHARITY taps on his shoulder. Delicately, he ventures)
Girls: Daddy!

Million Dreams (Reprise 2)

Every night I lie in bed.
The brightest colours fill my head.
A million dreams are keeping me
awake.
I think of what the world could be.
A vision of the one I see. A million
dreams is all it's gonna take.
A million dreams for the world
we're gonna make.

Scene 5 1920s
(The Bank)

BARNUM enters the Bank and sits down BARNUM sits opposite a Bank Clerk.
BANKER: Mr. BARNUM, this venture you propose is risky, if not downright bizarre. The
bank is going to need substantial collateral
BARNUM puts a full set of legal documents on the desk.
BARNUM I own the deed and title to every trading vessel in this flotilla.
*The Banker looks at the documents, then at BARNUM, impressed*
Banker surveys the papers carefully then they shake hand)
Scene 6 1920s (Outside
Museum)

The family gives fliers outside of their museum but

then no one has the interest. When the night
comes, BARNUM think of an idea that will surely
hook people's eyes
BARNUM: Welcome to the BARNUM Museum. (Passers by shaking their heads NO)
It is one hour of your time, sir... but it will change your life. We have a show on the hour, every
hour. I can tell you that you'll love it. Half the price for anyone who is wearing a hat. Ho ho, That's
you, sir. Welcome to the BARNUM Museum.
(BARNUM looking defeated)
(BARNUM leaves. Goes to see the girls in their beds)
CAROLINE :How many tickets did we sell?
BARNUM: Three.
HELEN:Three? Dad?
BARNUM: Most of 'em was rushing home, it's Friday. We sold a few.
(We see CHARITY holding the three tickets)
CAROLINE: I think you have too many dead things in your museum dad.
BARNUM: Do you?
HELEN: She is right. You need something alive.
CHARITY: They, you know.
CAROLINE: Something sensational.
BARNUM : That is a big word.
HELEN: That's your word.Something that isn't stuffed.
CAROLINE: Like a mermaid.
HELEN: Or a unicorn.
CAROLINE: Unicorns aren't real.
HELEN: Well, mermaids aren't real either.
Scene 7 ( Manhattan
Square 1920s)
(Sees Charles in the street hiding)
BARNUM: Hey, what’s your name?
CHARLES : Charles.
BARNUM: P. T BARNUM. At your service. I'm putting together a show...and I need a star.
CHARLES : You want people to laugh at me?
BARNUM: I see a soldier.No, a general...riding across the stage with a sword and
gun and... and the most beautiful uniform ever made.People will come from all over
the world and when they see him they won't laugh.They will salute.
(Holding a flyer hanging them on the stage in the street)
Wanted! Unique persons. Daring acts. Wonders of the world.
(LETTIE Lutz is singing. BARNUM stops in his tracks to find out where it is coming from)
BARNUM Who is doing that singing?
(Looks behind the washing line)
BARNUM It's you, isn't it?
Factory Worker: Sir, I'll have to ask you to leave.
BARNUM: You are so talented, blessed...Extraordinary. Unique and even beautiful
(Factory girls start giggling)
LETTIE: Sir, please leave me alone.
BARNUM: They don't understand it, but they will.
(People start gathering around BARNUM - *BARNUM posted fliers everywhere on the walls*
the unique performers saw the fliers agreeing to the content*)

Scene 8 ( 1920’s got

talent)

(the screen turns into 1920’s got talent)

BARNUM Terrific. And what do you do?
ANNE: Trapeze.
BARNUM Trapeze. OK. (looking impressed)
WD: You know, people aren't gonna like it if you put us on the stage.
BARNUM Oh, I am counting on it.
(rubs his hands together, looks sneakily)
BARNUM Can I just ask how heavy you are?
World’s Heaviest Man: I prefer not to say it, but…
BARNUM Just between you and me.
World’s Heaviest Man: (whispering to him) 500 pounds.
BARNUM 750 pounds? Is what you said?
BARNUM What's your name? (standing on a chair pointing to Irish Giant)
Giant: Vasily Palvos, sir.
BARNUM Yeah, we are going to change that name. I think you're Irish. Irish Giant. We have a show!
Short person: I am short for my age... but my dreams are BIG.
BARNUMYou've come to the right show.
SOUND EFFECT: ♪Badum Ching♪
SIGN PERSON: sign #2 : Ha Ha Ha
BARNUM: Everyone loves a good groaner.
TREE: Walks/waddle on holding a leaf.
SOUND EFFECT: ♪Badum Ching♪
SIGN PERSON: As Tree walks on. sign #3 : Boooo
Tree: Holds hand up as if about to speak.
BARNUM: Before Tree speaks..... Hits the red buzzer
Tree: Leaves sadly
(Head hung low TREE: Drops leaf)
BARNUM: Somebody has to take the FALL.
SOUND EFFECT: ♪Red Buzzer Sound♪
SOUND EFFECT: ♪Badum Ching♪
(Prop Person 1 and 2 Drag a very "heavy" set of weights onto the stage.)
Strong person: I am strong. Pick up the weights easily.
BARNUM: How can I say no? You're in.
JUGGLER: (Juggling a couple balls.)
BARNUM: The kids will love you. Perhaps we can set those on fire?
Juggler catches balls and then smiles and nods.
HULA HOOPER: (Hula Hooping)
BARNUM Wow! You're a real Huper Hero.
(BEARDED LADY enters )
LETTIE: People tell me that I don't belong here, that I am out of place.
BARNUM: They are small minded people. Why do you care what they say?
LETTIE: You have never had somebody look at you the way they look at me.
BARNUM: That is true. Let's see your talent.
We see BARNUM giving his face to the audience
Lettie Sings Something Jazzy
BARNUM turns around after hearing LETTIE’s amazing voice giving her the golden
buzzer

CHARITY: Amazing Job gathering these people, but how you’re gonna pay for them.
BARNUM: I think I have an Idea.
SCENE 9 (Fancy
Restaurant )

(BARNUM sits next to Phillip Carlyle in the Restaurant)

BARNUM Mr Phillip Carlyle ? You produced this play?

Phillip Carlyle : Yes I do, indeed.
BARNUM P.T. BARNUM.
Phillip Carlyle : From the circus?
BARNUM Yes. You've been?
Phillip Carlyle : No. But I've seen the crowds. People leave your show happier than
when they came in. Which is much more than I can say from my play.
BARNUM: Come join our circus. You clearly have a flair for show business. If we
present legitimate entertainments, we can expand our appeal.Go after the
high:brows.Can I buy you a Cola?
Phillip Carlyle : Funny, you want to attract the snobs and I've spent my entire life wishing to get
away from them.
BARNUM Why not? Sounds thrilling doesn't it?
Phillip Carlyle : Let’s just say that I find it much more comfortable...admiring your
show from afar. Do you understand that just associating with you could cost me my
inheritance. I would be risking everything.
BARNUM: But, on the other hand, well, you just might find yourself a free man.

The Other Side

Right here, right now I put the
offer out.
I don't want to chase you down. I
know you see it.
You run with me.
And I can cut you free. Out of the
drudgery and walls you keep in. So
trade that typical for something
colourful.
And if it's crazy, live a little crazy.
You can play it sensible, a king of
conventional.
Or you can risk it all and see.
Don't you wanna get away from
same old part you gotta play.
'Cause I got what you need.
So come with me and take the ride.
It'll take you to the other side.
'Cause you can do like you do Or
you can do like me.
Stay in the cage, or you'll finally
take the key.
Oh, damn! Suddenly you're free to
fly.
It'll take you to the other side.
Okay, my friend, you want to cut
me in.
Well I hate to tell you, but it just
won't happen. So thanks, but no.
I think I'm good to go.
'Cause I quite enjoy the life you
say I'm trapped in. Now I admire
you, and that whole show you do.
You're onto something,
really it's something.
But I live among the swells, and
we don't pick up peanut shells. I'll
have to leave that up to you.
Don't you know that I'm okay with
this uptown part I get to play.
'Cause I got what I need and I don't
want to take the ride
I don't need to see the other side.
So go and do like you do.
I'm good to do like me. Ain't in a
cage, so I don't need to take the
key.
Oh, damn! Can't you see I'm doing
fine?
I don't need to see the other side.
Now is this really how you like to
spend your days? Whiskey and
misery,
and parties and plays.
If I were mixed up with you, I'd be
the talk of the town. Disgraced and
disowned, another one of the
clowns. But you would finally live
a little, finally laugh a little.
Just let me give you the freedom to
dream and it'll wake you up and
cure your aching.
Take your walls and start 'em
breaking.
Now that's a deal that seems worth
taking.
But I guess I'll
leave that up to you.
Well it's intriguing, but
to go would cost me greatly. So
what percentage of the show
would I be taking?
Fair enough, you'd want a piece of
all the action.
I'd give you seven, we could shake
and make it happen.
I wasn't born this morning,
eighteen would be just fine. Why
not just go ahead and ask for
nickels on the dime?
: 15.
: I'm doing eight.
: 12.
Make it 10.
Sir, it looks like you
have yourself a junior partner.
What I have is an
overcompensated apprentice.
Don't you wanna get away to a
whole new part you're gonna play.
'Cause I got what you need, so
come with me and take the ride. to
the other side.
So if you do like I do So if you do
like me.
Forget the cage, 'cause we know
how to make the key.
Oh, damn!
Suddenly we're free
to fly.
We're going to the other side.
So if you do like I do.
To the other side.
So if you do like
me. 'Cause if we do
we're going to the other side.
( BARNUM shakes hand with Phillip Carlyle )
SCENE 10 (The
Circus)

(BARNUM takes Phillip Carlyle to meet the others)

All: Who is that?
BARNUM WD, Anne, I want to introduce my newest hire, Mr Philip Phillip Carlyle .
LETTIE: It's a pleasure to meet you.
Phillip Carlyle : Yeah, pleasure.
Charles: And what is your act, Mr. Phillip Carlyle ?
Phillip Carlyle : I don't have an act.
Irish Giant: Everyone has got an act. O’Malley : Mr. BARNUM.
BARNUM Yeah?
O’Malley: You better come see this. Protesters : Go home you, we don’t want you here..
BARNUM Do you have any thoughts on this?
Phillip Carlyle : As a matter of fact, I do. (Reads the following: )
"The master of the Household, has it in the command of the Queen...To invite Mr. Phineas
BARNUM and his theatrical troupe to a reception at Buckingham Palace."
LETTIE: Queen Victoria? Is this real?
Phillip Carlyle : I had to pull a few strings. If you want society to accept you,
Anne: Are we all invited?
(Phillip Carlyle nods his head)
Phillip Carlyle : The Queen of England. Can't get much better than that.
SCENE 11 (THE
PALACE)
(BARNUM and gang arrive to meet Queen Victoria)

The Caller: Mr Phineas T. BARNUM and his...Oddities from America

Phillip Carlyle : Your Majesty, may I present Mr BARNUM. BARNUM : The honour is mine,
Mr. BARNUM.
Queen Victoria: And I've heard all about your little colonel from my friends in America.
Charles: General, ma'am.
Queen Victoria: You are even smaller than I imagined.
Charles: Well, you are not exactly reaching the top self yourself sweetheart.
(Queen starts laughing her head off).
Jenny is standing in front of BARNUM and Philip

Phillip Carlyle : This is Miss Jenny Lind. She is the most famous
performer in all of Europe. She has sold out La Scala a dozen times. Not to
mention the French Opera.
BARNUM and Philip head towards Jenny
Phillip Carlyle :
My name is Phillip Phillip Carlyle . And this extraordinary gentleman next to me...
Phineas Taylor BARNUM.
BARNUM : The pleasure is mine.
Jenny : Of course, you are the American. I believe I might have heard of you.
BARNUM : Oh well, If you've heard of me all the way over here,I must have been doing something right.
Jenny : That, or something very wrong.
BARNUM : A showman, Miss Lind, just a showman. The best on my side of the Atlantic.
Jenny : If you just say so yourself.
BARNUM : I do, but I don't have to. Miss Lind, let me get to the point.
I would like to bring you to New York. And if you agree...I will make you the most famous
singer not in Europe but in the entire world.
Jenny : And have you heard me sing?
BARNUM : Absolutely. No, I haven't. But like mine, your reputation precedes you...
You will be the "Voice of a nightingale, Heart of an Angel."
BARNUM kiss her hand out of respect

SCENE 12
( BARNUM’s house)
CHARITY: How could you risk it all for this lady that you didn’t hear her voice before, and you
let your circus down, you will lose everything, I don’t think you are doing this because you like
her voice, I think you like HER.
BARNUM : What are you saying? Are you jealous ? this is absurd, and no i just believe I
need to go bigger and she’s going to be the key.
CHARITY: this is nonsense. I’m gonna be staying at my father’s house till you figure yourself
out.
BARNUM: You all will see, this Jenny will bring the fortune we are waiting for.
CHARITY: We weren’t waiting for the extra money, when I first loved and married you it was
the passionate man who cares about art and artists, not the one who runs behind money and risk-
free hypocrates shows. This woman is gonna ruin you. You will be left with nothing.
(CHARITY storms off the stage_

*Scene Change Music*

SCENE 13 (THE
OPERA)

( BARNUM in the Backstage of the opera stage)

BARNUM : Oh, God, I hope she can sing.
( BARNUM facing the audience)
BARNUM :Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for your patience. I recently had the privilege
of hearing the most divine voice..
May I present the Swedish Nightingale... Miss Jenny Lind.
(Jenny Lind takes centre stage for her first American performance)

Never Enough
I'm trying to hold my breath
let it stay that way.
Can't let this moment end. You set
off a dream with me. Getting
louder now.
Can you hear it echoing? Take my
hand.
Will you share this with me?
'Cause darling without you.
All the shine of a thousand
spotlights.
All the stars we steal from the
night sky will never be enough
never be enough.
Towers of gold are still too little.
These hands could hold the world
but it will never be enough
never be enough for me!
never, never, never, never, never
for me.
Never enough, never enough,
never enough, for me, for me for
me.
All the shine of a thousand
spotlights. All the stars we steal
from the night sky will never be
enough, never be enough.
Towers of gold are still too little.
These hands could hold the world
but it will never be enough
never be enough for me
never never never never never for
me for me never enough never,
Never never enough for me for me,
for me… for me.
(Crowds from the choir erupt with applause and Bravo etc.)
Man 1: Bravo. Bravo.
Man 2: Lind. Awesome.
Woman 1: Superb.
(Everybody Clapping - Circus Gang in the crowd - Ann and Philip are not here)
Charles : Lord, that lady can sing.
LETTIE : I know.
(BARNUM go to them)
BARNUM : What are you doing here? You got a show in an hour, OK?
Irish Giant : That's enough time for us to have dinner. (raises a fork and a spoon)
(Everyone in the party starts staring at them and laughing)
BARNUM: Go home.

This is Me
I am not a stranger to the dark.
"Hide away," they say.
"'Cause we don't want your broken
parts"
I've learned to be ashamed of all
my scars. "Run away," they say
"No one will love you as you are."
But I won't let them break me
down to dust
I know that there's a place for us.
For we are glorious.
When the sharpest words wanna
cut me down.
I'm gonna send a flood, gonna
drown them out. I am brave, I am
bruised
I am who I'm meant to be this is
me.
Look out 'cause here I come.
And I'm marching on to the beat I
drum.
I'm not scared to be seen I make no
apologies,
this is me.
What are they doing here?
Another round of bullets hits my
skin. Well, fire away.
'Cause today,
I won't let the shame sink in.
We are bursting through the
barricades and reaching for the
sun,
we are warriors.
Yeah, that's what we've become.
Won't let them
break me down to dust.
know that there's a place for us.
For we are glorious.
When the sharpest words wanna
cut me down.
Gonna send a flood, gonna drown
them out. I am brave, I am bruised
I am who I'm meant to be, this is
me. Look out 'cause here I come.
And I'm marching on to the beat I
drum.I'm not scared to be seen.
I make no apologies.
This is me This is me.
And I know that
I deserve your love.
There's nothing I'm not worthy of.
When the sharpest words wanna
cut me down.
I'm gonna send a flood, gonna
drown them out.
This is brave, this is bruised. This
is who I'm meant to be, this is me.
Look out 'cause here I come.
And I'm marching on to the beat I
drum. Marching on, marching,
marching on.
I'm not scared to be seen. I make
no apologies. This is me.
When the sharpest words wanna
cut me down.
I'm gonna send a flood, gonna
drown them out I'm gonna send a
flood, this is me.
*Scene Change Music*

SCENE 14
(The Opera House Outdoor)
(Anne goes to ticket office)

Anne : Mr. BARNUM said he left a ticket for me.

Ticket seller : I'm sorry, there’s only one.
Anne : No, there's meant to be two.
Phillip Carlyle : Wasn't sure you'd come if I asked.
Anne : I've always wanted to go to the theater.
(Phillip’s Father and Mother arrives)
Phillip’s Father : Phillip, is that you?
Phillip Carlyle : Mother. Father. This is Anne Wheeler.
Phillip’s Father : Phillip, have you no shame? To associate yourself with that BARNUM
business is one thing...but parading around with that...
Anne : Anne.
Phillip Carlyle : How dare you speak to her like that?
Phillip’s Mother: You forget your place, Phillip.
Phillip Carlyle : My place? Mother, if this is my place, then I don't wanna be a part of it.
They are small minded people.
(Phillip’s Father and Mother leave, Anne tries to hold his hand he refuses)
Anne : Why do you care what they say?
Phillip Carlyle : It's not just them.
Anne : Never had somebody look at you the way your parents looked at me. The way
everyone would look at us.
ReWrite the Stars
You know I want you.
It's not a secret I try to hide.
I know you want me.
So don't keep saying our hands are
tied. You claim it's not in the cards.
And fate is pulling you miles away.
And out of reach from me.
But you're here in my heart.
So who can stop me if I decide

that you are my destiny?

What if we rewrite the stars?
Say you were made to be mine.
Nothing could keep us apart.
You'd be the one
I was meant to find.
It's up to you,
and it's up to me. No one can say
what we get to be.
So why don't we rewrite the stars?
Maybe the world could be ours,
tonight.
You think it's easy?
You think I don't want to run to you.
But there are mountains.
And there are doors that we can't
walk through.
I know you're wondering why.
Because we're able to be Just you
and me
within these walls.
But when we go outside,
you're gonna wake up and see that
that it was hopeless after all.
No one can rewrite the stars.
How can you say you'll be mine?
Everything keeps us apart.
And I'm not the one you were meant
to find. It's not up to you,
it's not up to me.
When everyone tells us what we can
be. How can we rewrite the stars?
Say that the world can be ours,
tonight.
All I want is to fly with you. All I
want is to fall with you. So just give
me all of you. It feels impossible
It's not impossible.
Is it impossible?
See that it's possible.
How do we rewrite the stars?
Say you were made to be mine?
Nothing can keep us apart.

Cause you are the one I was meant

to find.
It's up to you, and it's up to me.
No one can say what we get to be.
And why don't we rewrite the stars?
Changing the world to be ours. You
know I want you.
It's not a secret I try to hide. But I
can't have you.
We're bound to break and my hands
are tied.

SCENE 15
(The Train)
Jenny: You should finish your tour without me.
BARNUM : It's two hours until curtain, but I, I should go. I have become a distraction.
I'm sorry.
Jenny : What? You're leaving?
BARNUM : The itinerary is well in hand.
Jenny : So that's it. I'm just another one of your acts. I'm done.
BARNUM : Jenny, Jenny, please. You have to finish the tour.
Jenny : Must I?
BARNUM : It will ruin me.
Jenny : When you're careless with other people Mr BARNUM...you bring ruin upon
yourself.
BARNUM : I have risked everything.
Jenny : Well, so did I. And it seems we've both lost.
BARNUM : What does that mean?
 Jenny : That’s goodbye Mr BARNUM.

(Jenny storms off the stage_

SCENE 16
(The Circus outside)
(Crowd shouting, ‘Fire!’)
Crowd : Fire! Out of the way. Fire! Hurry, it's coming from the circus.
BARNUM : Phillip, is everyone out? Is everyone okay? The animals?
Phillip Carlyle : We set them free. What else could we do?
(Everyone helps each other from the fire and begins to sing…)
TATTOOED PERSON: Figured you'd end up here.
LETTIE : Feeling sorry for yourself?
BARNUM : Folks if you have come to get paid, the money's gone. All of it.
WD : You just don't get it. Our own mothers were ashamed of us. Hide us our whole lives.
Charles : Then you pull us out of the shadows. And now you are giving upon us too.
Irish Giant : But you gave us a real family. And the circus...
LETTIE: That was our home.
World’s Heaviest Man : We want our home back.
BARNUM hand over a paper to Littie )
LETTIE : The bank said no?
BARNUM : Emphatically. And repeatedly. I don't think there is a bank left in this
country...I can fool into loaning me more money, so...I'm really sorry to disappoint you all.
Charles : Don't worry, BARNUM. We've gotten used to it by now.
Phillip Carlyle : You know, BARNUM...when I first met you...I had an inheritance...and
an invitation to every party in town. And now thanks to you. All that's gone. All that's left
is this friendship, love and work that I adore. You brought joy into my life.
LETTIE : Into all our lives.
All : Yeah.
BARNUM : I need a bank who takes joy as collateral.
Phillip Carlyle : They may not… But I will. I own 10% of the show. Knowing who I was
working for...I had the good sense to take my cut weekly.
BARNUM : Phillip, I can't let you gamble it on me…
Phillip Carlyle: Sure you can.
WD : Don't turn sensible on us now.
(CHARITY and the girls come stand next to BARNUM)
Phillip Carlyle : I don’t know if we are going to afford a building
BARNUM : We don’t need a building all we need is a Tent
Phillip Carlyle : Partners.
BARNUM : Partners.

Epilogue
(BARNUM Circus)
BARNUM :Gives him his hat
Phillip Carlyle : What are you going to do?
BARNUM : Watching my girls grow up. The show must go on
All : Come on.
The Greatest
Show
Colossal we calm these renegades
in the rain
where the lost get found in the
crown of the circus cage.
Don't fight it, it's coming for you,
running at ya.
It's only this moment, don't care
what comes after.
It's blinding outside and I think
that you know.
Just surrender 'cause you're calling
and you wanna go.
Where it's covered in all the
coloured lights.
Where the runaways are running
the night. Impossible comes true,
intoxicating you.
Oh, this is the greatest show. We
light it up,
we won't come down.
And the sun can't stop us now.
Watching it come true,
it's taking over you.
Oh, this is the greatest show. It's
everything you ever want. It's
everything you ever need.
And it's here right in front of you.
This is where you wanna be.
It's everything you ever want. It's
everything you ever need.
And it's here right in front of you.
This is where you wanna be.
This is where you wanna be.
When it's covered in all the
coloured lights.
Where the runaways are running
the night. Impossible comes true,
BARNUM : This is for you.
it's taking over you
Oh, this is the greatest show.
We won't come down.
And the sun can't stop us now.
Watching it come true,
it's taking over you.
This is the greatest show.
When it's covered
in all the colored lights.
Where the runaways are running
the night. Impossible comes true,
it's taking over you.
Oh, this is the greatest show we
won't come down.
And the walls can't stop us now.
I'm watching it come true,
it's taking over you.
Oh, this is the greatest show.
'Cause everything you want is right
in front of you.
And you see the impossible is
coming true.
And the walls can't stop us now,
yeah.
This is the greatest show.
This is the greatest show!

All the cast gather onto the stage for

finale