Of course, Jackman won his Tony for playing Peter Allen in ''The Boy From Oz.'' He also spent a few years trying to develop a Harry Houdini musical with Stephen Schwartz. He withdrew from that, citing ''I wasn't able to commit the time.'' Yet ''Greatest Showman'' seems like another longtime project of his.
The shot panning across the rooftops reminded me of ''Moulin Rouge''; also, the lavish period costumes and backstage setting.
