A: Is for art coming our way

There is a sucker born every minute and it sure isn't Hugh Jackman. Twentieth Century Fox has signed Jackman to star as P.T. Barnum in a new musical "The Greatest Showman on Earth" which will be written by Jenny Bicks (Sex and the City). Producers Laurence Mark, Jackman and John Palermo are talking with singer-songwriter Mika to help with the score. That warbly songbird Jenny Lind is said to be being written for Anne Hathaway. In 1980 Jim Dale showed he was up to playing that legendary showman as he took home a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for Barnum. Michael Crawford a year later reprised the role in London and proved he was no slouch as he took home the Oliver.

Jackman and Daniel Craig start staring on Broadway on September 10th in A Steady Rain which is sure to bring a multitude of sighs, during it's limited 12 week engagement.

Jackman will also star in 20th Century Fox's film comedy "Avon Man."

Hugh Jackman won a 2004 Tony Award, Drama Desk, Drama League, Outer Critics Circle and Theatre World Award for his role in The Boy From Oz. He also did Carousel at Carnegie Hall and Oklahoma at the National Theater in London. In his native Australia he was Joe Gillis in Sunset Boulevard, and that beast in Disney's Beauty and the Beast.

Looks like the Great White way has stole his heart.

On Monday, August 10th, 2009 at 11:45AM to celebrate the box office opening at Broadway’s new Henry Miller’s Theatre (124 West 43rd Street, ticket buyers and fans of Bye Bye Birdie are invited to:

● Purchase $10 tickets for the 1st preview of Bye Bye Birdie, made possible by Bank of America. Limit of two tickets per person.

● Meet the actor who will play “Conrad Birdie” (Nolan Funk from Nickelodeon’s “Spectacular!”) & meet the award winning Composer Charles Strouse & Lyricist Lee Adams.

● Win big prizes! The first 50 fans in line will receive a Bye Bye Birdie lunchbox and one lucky lunchbox will contain 2 tickets to the opening night performance - and after party with the cast - courtesy of Bank of America!

● Additional fans in line will get the chance to receive an original Bye Bye Birdie Playbill from 1960 and have it autographed by Charles Strouse & Lee Adams.

Bye Bye Birdie stars John Stamos (Albert Peterson), Gina Gershon (Rose Alvarez) & Bill Irwin (Mr. Harry MacAfee) with Jayne Houdyshell (Mrs. Mae Peterson) & Dee Hoty (Mrs. MacAfee).

Bye Bye Birdie received the 1961 Tony Award for Best Musical and features such beloved songs as “Put on A Happy Face,” “Kids,” “The Telephone Hour” and “A Lot of Livin’ To Do.”

Now that's a hummable F.A.C.T.