Barnum: A Musical Suggested by the Life of P.T. BarnumThis play follows the ups and downs of P.T.'s varied life, from his fraudulent and sensational promotions to his American Museum and Barnum and Bailey Circus. It takes us backstage as well, giving us a glimpse of his love affairs and marriage. It takes place 1835 through 1880 all over America and the major capitals of the world. |
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American Museum AMOS SCUDDER applause BAILEY Barbara Nadel Barnum and Chairy Barnum's American Museum begins BLACK AND WHITE BLESS BLUES SINGER BORN EV'RY MINUTE Bricklayers Bridgeport Chairy Barnum choir Circus chase music clown coin COLORS COMB AGAIN READY Cy Coleman dance DARN door End number End song exit Left FLIM-FLAM FOLLOW THE BAND FOOLS PLAYING gonna hand HEAR HIGH AIN'T humbug James Theatre JOICE HETH JOIN THE CIRCUS jugglers juggling KID CLIMB ABOARD Ladies and gentlemen Lind's LIVIN look LOT IN SODOM LOVE Miss Lind MORRISSEY music comes music continues NIGHT Oldest Woman ONE-MAN BAND P. T. Barnum P.A. PACK Phineas Taylor Barnum POP THEIR EARS reading JENNY LIND RINGMASTER Ringmaster comes RINGMASTER'S VOICE SHERWOOD STRATTON sings Stage Left Box Stage Right Box starts Step right STYLE SUCKER BORN EV'RY Swedish Nightingale takes tell THERE'S A SURE-AS-SHOOTIN Thumb Tom Thumb what's WILTON WOMAN IN BOX