Sentences with phrase «circus promoters»

Well - educated and a talented violinist, Solomon is invited to Washington, D.C. by a pair of circus promoters who offer him a lucrative job playing at one of their shows.

The city was governed at one point by circus promoter P.T. Barnum, and is also home to the first Subway restaurant.

Based on a true story, the plot follows Solomon Northup (Ejiofor), a free black man tricked into slavery by a pair of men posing as circus promoters, then transported south to Louisiana, where he's forced to live out his predicament alongside a plantation owner (Fassbender).

Northup tells the story of how two men approached him under the guise of circus promoters who were interested in his violin skills.

Hot off their Oscar wins for La La Land and Tony wins for Dear Evan Hansen, the composing and songwriting duo Benj Pasek and Justin Paul are already looking to conquer next year's Oscars with The Greatest Showman, a new musical film based on the life of world renowned circus promoter P.T. Barnum, founder of Barnum & Bailey Circus.

12 Years A Slave is based on the memoir of Solomon Northup, a free black man in the North, and a skilled carpenter and fiddler, who was lured to Washington, D.C. by a pair of circus promoters in 1841, then kidnapped and sold into slavery in New Orleans.

The plot follows Solomon Northup (Ejiofor), a free black man tricked into slavery by a pair of men posing as circus promoters, then transported south to Louisiana, where he's forced to live out his predicament alongside a plantation owner (Fassbender).