The Greatest Show
*spoiler free*
Queue -
Guests are allowed to begin queing a hour before showtime, and such whichever entrance they wish. However no matter early a guest gets there a group of people in long coats and hats will somehow appear in front of them. No matter guests waiting will be delighted to see that the ceiling has been adorned with fans to blow a gentle breeze downwards to cool guests off. On the wall and edges, of the queue posters of various performers will be hung for guests to see. The posters will be copies of those shown above. Eventually as the queue fills up the cast members will stop allowing guests into the queue, and inform them of other showings later in the day.
Show Stats & Info -
Attraction Type: Show
Theme: The Greatest Showman
Amount of People per Showing: 1,500
Duration: 20 Minutes
Viewers per Day : 6,000 - 7,500
Height Restriction : None
Show Experience -
Upon walking in guests will notice a small table in the center of the performance area. On top of this table lies a lamp with with a lampshade on top of it, the lampshade itself has stars cut into it. The walls and ceiling of the theater will have these stars projected onto them. As guests continue to file in they may notice people wearing hats , and large coats on themselves pay no attention to them. How each coat seems o be a different color, and one coat is red with gold embellishments. As all the guests finish getting seated in the theater, the first notes of Come Alive begin to play as the stars begin to spin faster and faster.
Scene 1: Come Alive
The man in the red coat with golden embellishments begins to sing to the person next to him. Pretty soon he jumps up shedding his coat, and revealing he is PT Barnum. He begins to walk around the theater singing to various audience members. Various audience members begin to snap along with the beat. As he continues to walk around the other people with coats begin to join along, and shed their coats revealing that they are performers in the greatest show. Pretty soon PT Barnum has several performers following him in his movements and actions. He points his cane to the large red curtains as they part to reveal the rest of the performers led by Lettie Lutz. They run into the performance area, and take part of the song as the chorus begins to swell.
As the song begins to end PT Barnum, Phillip, Anne Wheeler, Charity, and Jenny Lind all leave the performance area leaving all of those that PT Barnum has collected. They walk on strangely as if they're scared of the audience. Out of nowhere Lettie Lutz walks forward as the spotlight begins to shine on her.
Scene 2: This Is Me
Lettie Lutz walks out of the group of performers as they all look stunned and afraid she begins to sing to the audience, and her fellow performers. As she sings she parades throughout front of the group, and brings forth courage to the performers. Reinvigorated by Lottie's passion the rest of the performers begin to sing once more as they take part in the dance. As the main group of performers those that once wore coats, and were hidden throughout the audience being to pull out, and prep what seem like mattresses below a tightrope that some viewers may not have noticed before. As song beings to come to an end the performers shift around, and dance as they walk backwards away from guests into the shadows once more.
A few notes go off as the spotlights leave the performers below, and focus on a balcony above where they once were. Now PT Barnum and Charity are seen atop of the balcony looked towards the tightrope. Fog machines begin to cover the ground in a fine mist seeming as if the two are above the clouds, and in fact on the walls and ceiling the cloudy night skies are now being projected.
Scene 3: Tightrope
As Charity begins to sing, PT motions towards the tightrope leading the way. Hand in hand they walk across the tightrope, and they suddenly stop in the middle. A form of dance commences as the couple walks forward a step, and back a step. The two begin to sway in unison as Charity reaches towards the crowd, and PT lifts out his staff as they maintain perfect balance on the tightrope. They straighten up, and begin to finish the crossing of the tightrope. Along the way Charity performs some false losses of balance, and PT manages to catch her before she falls. He leads off onto the opposite balcony. Throughout the performance a silhouette of the two appear out of the cloud projection as they dance throughout the clouds occasionally disappearing.
The curtains below the two begin to open up as a stage begins to move outwards towards the performance area. However due to the fact the stage is not lit it is hard to make up what is on the stage itself. The couple walk into the shadows, and a spotlight illuminates the stage below. Jenny Lind is seen ready to perform on an ornate stage adorned by frills of golden swirls towards her back. The gold itself glistens when the spotlights shine upon her, and the stage.
Scene 4: Never Enough
The clouds of the night sky continues to sway around the theater even as Jenny Lind begins to perform. This performance will be the most simple as it only consists of Jenny Lind singing Never Enough. However as the performance continues the cloud projections begin to dissipate revealing stars dotting the walls and ceiling.
Throughout the duration of the song the tightrope is unattached from one of the balconies, and a machine pulls the rope quickly back into the opposite balcony allowing for the rest of the acts to continue as normal. As the song begins to end the moving stage begins to back up behind the curtain as they close on her.
Scene 5: Rewrite the Stars
Anne Wheeler is on top of one of the balconies as she is seen "tieing" on her own rope for her practice. Philip runs out into the performance area looking for her as he begins to serenade her with Rewrite the Stars. As he begins to sing; Anna jumps from the balcony falling towards him, but before he can catch her she flips above him circling around the room. As she flies Philip finds a rope, and clips himself into the rope; Phillip is sent flying into the air. Anne now on top a balcony once more jumps off towards Phillip as they continue their performance as they fly throughout the theater singing and dancing in the air. The fog below them begins to disappear, and the two land on a balcony. They unstrap themselves as the song finishes, and the rope raise into the ceiling.
Scene 6: The Greatest Show
The theater is completely empty, but with every stomp heard flashes of coloured light appear. With every stomp the intensity of the flashes begins to become more powerful. Until the curtains fly open revealing Barnum, and all his performers. They run into the performance area. Bike riders race throughout the performance area perimeter doing bike tricks in front of guests. Ribbon dancers come out as they twirl around, confetti cannons go off filling the air with more color. All the while the performers dance and sing their infectious song.
Silk and acrobatic rings begins to lower from the ceiling. Anne Wheeler and Phillip run on stage as Anne grabs hold of silk. Various other acrobats that have just appeared grab ahold of the rings. The rings begin to raise into the air as the acrobats begin to dance within their ring. Phillip assists with launching Anne to swing around the air as rolls up and down her silk above guests. All the while not only is singing, dancing, ribbon twirling, bike riding happening, but also the flashes of color, confetti still flying through the air, bubbles have been added to the mix, and projections of fireworks now illuminate the ceiling.
As the final note hits everyone stands still as the lights go out, and gold light appears from behind the performers causing them to appear as they glow. The rings have begun to lower. The entire cast now on the floow bows as group by group they exit until the theater is empty save for the guests who struggle to understand the explosion of movement, song, and color they have just witnessed in front of their very eyes. Guests now exit the same way they came in, and if they so wish they can come again later in the day to do it all again.
- Thanks for reading
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- This concept was designed with no particular park in mind, but the soundtrack of the film is very energetic, and I felt deserving of a show -
*spoiler free*
Queue -
Guests are allowed to begin queing a hour before showtime, and such whichever entrance they wish. However no matter early a guest gets there a group of people in long coats and hats will somehow appear in front of them. No matter guests waiting will be delighted to see that the ceiling has been adorned with fans to blow a gentle breeze downwards to cool guests off. On the wall and edges, of the queue posters of various performers will be hung for guests to see. The posters will be copies of those shown above. Eventually as the queue fills up the cast members will stop allowing guests into the queue, and inform them of other showings later in the day.
Show Stats & Info -
Attraction Type: Show
Theme: The Greatest Showman
Amount of People per Showing: 1,500
Duration: 20 Minutes
Viewers per Day : 6,000 - 7,500
Height Restriction : None
Show Experience -
Upon walking in guests will notice a small table in the center of the performance area. On top of this table lies a lamp with with a lampshade on top of it, the lampshade itself has stars cut into it. The walls and ceiling of the theater will have these stars projected onto them. As guests continue to file in they may notice people wearing hats , and large coats on themselves pay no attention to them. How each coat seems o be a different color, and one coat is red with gold embellishments. As all the guests finish getting seated in the theater, the first notes of Come Alive begin to play as the stars begin to spin faster and faster.
Scene 1: Come Alive
The man in the red coat with golden embellishments begins to sing to the person next to him. Pretty soon he jumps up shedding his coat, and revealing he is PT Barnum. He begins to walk around the theater singing to various audience members. Various audience members begin to snap along with the beat. As he continues to walk around the other people with coats begin to join along, and shed their coats revealing that they are performers in the greatest show. Pretty soon PT Barnum has several performers following him in his movements and actions. He points his cane to the large red curtains as they part to reveal the rest of the performers led by Lettie Lutz. They run into the performance area, and take part of the song as the chorus begins to swell.
As the song begins to end PT Barnum, Phillip, Anne Wheeler, Charity, and Jenny Lind all leave the performance area leaving all of those that PT Barnum has collected. They walk on strangely as if they're scared of the audience. Out of nowhere Lettie Lutz walks forward as the spotlight begins to shine on her.
Scene 2: This Is Me
Lettie Lutz walks out of the group of performers as they all look stunned and afraid she begins to sing to the audience, and her fellow performers. As she sings she parades throughout front of the group, and brings forth courage to the performers. Reinvigorated by Lottie's passion the rest of the performers begin to sing once more as they take part in the dance. As the main group of performers those that once wore coats, and were hidden throughout the audience being to pull out, and prep what seem like mattresses below a tightrope that some viewers may not have noticed before. As song beings to come to an end the performers shift around, and dance as they walk backwards away from guests into the shadows once more.
A few notes go off as the spotlights leave the performers below, and focus on a balcony above where they once were. Now PT Barnum and Charity are seen atop of the balcony looked towards the tightrope. Fog machines begin to cover the ground in a fine mist seeming as if the two are above the clouds, and in fact on the walls and ceiling the cloudy night skies are now being projected.
Scene 3: Tightrope
As Charity begins to sing, PT motions towards the tightrope leading the way. Hand in hand they walk across the tightrope, and they suddenly stop in the middle. A form of dance commences as the couple walks forward a step, and back a step. The two begin to sway in unison as Charity reaches towards the crowd, and PT lifts out his staff as they maintain perfect balance on the tightrope. They straighten up, and begin to finish the crossing of the tightrope. Along the way Charity performs some false losses of balance, and PT manages to catch her before she falls. He leads off onto the opposite balcony. Throughout the performance a silhouette of the two appear out of the cloud projection as they dance throughout the clouds occasionally disappearing.
The curtains below the two begin to open up as a stage begins to move outwards towards the performance area. However due to the fact the stage is not lit it is hard to make up what is on the stage itself. The couple walk into the shadows, and a spotlight illuminates the stage below. Jenny Lind is seen ready to perform on an ornate stage adorned by frills of golden swirls towards her back. The gold itself glistens when the spotlights shine upon her, and the stage.
Scene 4: Never Enough
The clouds of the night sky continues to sway around the theater even as Jenny Lind begins to perform. This performance will be the most simple as it only consists of Jenny Lind singing Never Enough. However as the performance continues the cloud projections begin to dissipate revealing stars dotting the walls and ceiling.
Throughout the duration of the song the tightrope is unattached from one of the balconies, and a machine pulls the rope quickly back into the opposite balcony allowing for the rest of the acts to continue as normal. As the song begins to end the moving stage begins to back up behind the curtain as they close on her.
Scene 5: Rewrite the Stars
Anne Wheeler is on top of one of the balconies as she is seen "tieing" on her own rope for her practice. Philip runs out into the performance area looking for her as he begins to serenade her with Rewrite the Stars. As he begins to sing; Anna jumps from the balcony falling towards him, but before he can catch her she flips above him circling around the room. As she flies Philip finds a rope, and clips himself into the rope; Phillip is sent flying into the air. Anne now on top a balcony once more jumps off towards Phillip as they continue their performance as they fly throughout the theater singing and dancing in the air. The fog below them begins to disappear, and the two land on a balcony. They unstrap themselves as the song finishes, and the rope raise into the ceiling.
Scene 6: The Greatest Show
The theater is completely empty, but with every stomp heard flashes of coloured light appear. With every stomp the intensity of the flashes begins to become more powerful. Until the curtains fly open revealing Barnum, and all his performers. They run into the performance area. Bike riders race throughout the performance area perimeter doing bike tricks in front of guests. Ribbon dancers come out as they twirl around, confetti cannons go off filling the air with more color. All the while the performers dance and sing their infectious song.
Silk and acrobatic rings begins to lower from the ceiling. Anne Wheeler and Phillip run on stage as Anne grabs hold of silk. Various other acrobats that have just appeared grab ahold of the rings. The rings begin to raise into the air as the acrobats begin to dance within their ring. Phillip assists with launching Anne to swing around the air as rolls up and down her silk above guests. All the while not only is singing, dancing, ribbon twirling, bike riding happening, but also the flashes of color, confetti still flying through the air, bubbles have been added to the mix, and projections of fireworks now illuminate the ceiling.
As the final note hits everyone stands still as the lights go out, and gold light appears from behind the performers causing them to appear as they glow. The rings have begun to lower. The entire cast now on the floow bows as group by group they exit until the theater is empty save for the guests who struggle to understand the explosion of movement, song, and color they have just witnessed in front of their very eyes. Guests now exit the same way they came in, and if they so wish they can come again later in the day to do it all again.
- Thanks for reading
-- This concept was designed with no particular park in mind, but the soundtrack of the film is very energetic, and I felt deserving of a show -
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