| Mike Burstyn | Phineas Taylor Barnum | (Oct 13, 1981 - ?) |
| Marshall Coid | White-Faced Clown | |
| Catherine Cox | Chairy Barnum | (Mar 3, 1981 - ?) |
| SuEllen Estey | Chairy Barnum | |
| Jenny Lind | ||
| Colleen Flynn | Lady Aerialist | |
| Catherine Gaines | Jenny Lind | |
| Fred Garbo Garver | Pre-Show Entertainer | |
| Broadway debut | Chief Bricklayer | |
| Richard Gervais | Amos Scudder | |
| Edgar Templeton | ||
| R. J. Lewis | Chester Lyman | |
| Humbert Morrissey | ||
| Pre-Show Entertainer | ||
| Sherwood Stratton | ||
| Wilton | ||
| Dirk Lumbard | Pre-Show Entertainer | |
| Terrence V. Mann | James A. Bailey | |
| Julius Goldschmidt | ||
| Ringmaster | (Apr 14, 1981 - ?) | |
| Navarre Matlovsky | Chief Bricklayer | |
| Robert Melvin | Chester Lyman | |
| Humbert Morrissey | ||
| Barbara Nadel | Pre-Show Entertainer | |
| Tony Orlando During Jim Dale's vacation | Phineas Taylor Barnum | (May 5, 1981-May 25, 1981) |
| Deborah Reagan | Chairy Barnum | |
| Mary Testa | Pre-Show Entertainer | |
| Lady Juggler | ||
| Kelly Walters | Ringmaster | |
| Wilton | ||
| Missy Whitchurch | Lady Plate Balancer | |
| Lillias White Broadway debut | Joice Heth | (Apr 14, 1981 - ?) |
| Andrea Wright | Lady Juggler | |
| Mrs. Sherwood Stratton |