Barnum Backers' Audition / Coleman, Stewart

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Label
Harbinger Records
Release Date
September 1, 2017
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      COLEMAN STEWART
    • PERFORMER
      Coleman, Stewart
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      September 01, 2017
    • UPC
      632433330128
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      HCD3301
    • LABEL
      Harbinger Records
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Soundtracks & Film Scores
    Works ⌄

    1. Act I: Overture Chase

      Composer: Cy Coleman

      Performer: Michael Stewart, Cy Coleman

    2. Act I: Come Follow the Band (Potomac Marching Band, Washingtonians)

      Composer: Cy Coleman

      Performer: Michael Stewart, Cy Coleman

    3. Act I: There Is a Sucker Born Ev'ry Minute (Barnum)

      Composer: Cy Coleman

      Performer: Michael Stewart, Cy Coleman

    4. Act I: The Colors of My Life (Part 1) (Barnum)

      Composer: Cy Coleman

      Performer: Michael Stewart, Cy Coleman

    5. Act I: Now You See It Now You Don't

      Composer: Cy Coleman

      Performer: Michael Stewart, Cy Coleman

    6. Act I: One Brick at a Time (Charity, Barnum, Bricklayers)

      Composer: Cy Coleman

      Performer: Michael Stewart, Cy Coleman

    7. Act I: I Like Your Style (Barnum, Charity)

      Composer: Cy Coleman

      Performer: Michael Stewart, Cy Coleman

    8. Act I: Bigger Isn't Better (Tom Thumb)

      Composer: Cy Coleman

      Performer: Michael Stewart, Cy Coleman

    9. Act I: Love Makes Such Fools of Us All (Jenny Lind)

      Composer: Cy Coleman

      Performer: Michael Stewart, Cy Coleman

    10. Act I: Go Out There (Barnum, Charity)

      Composer: Cy Coleman

      Performer: Michael Stewart, Cy Coleman

    11. Act II: At Least I Tried

      Composer: Cy Coleman

      Performer: Michael Stewart, Cy Coleman

    12. Act II: The Prince of Humbug (Barnum)

      Composer: Cy Coleman

      Performer: Michael Stewart, Cy Coleman

    13. Act II: Black and White (Charity, Chorus, Blues Singer, Barnum, Citizens of Bridgeport)

      Composer: Cy Coleman

      Performer: Michael Stewart, Cy Coleman

    14. Act II: Join the Circus (Bailey, Circus Performers, Barnum)

      Composer: Cy Coleman

      Performer: Michael Stewart, Cy Coleman

    15. Act II: Thank God I'm Old (Joice Heth, Tambourine Players)

      Composer: Cy Coleman

      Performer: Michael Stewart, Cy Coleman


For the first time ever, a glimpse behind the scenes at the birth of a new musical comedy. Before the show could begin, production money for the budget had to be raised. And here is a unique opportunity to hear an actual backers’ audition in a fashionable East Side New York apartment with the actual songwriters performing the score. And as an added bonus, several songs were subsequently cut from the score and appear here for the first time in any medium. The extensive liner notes are written by Coleman biographer Andy Propst. Cy Coleman already could boast of hit Broadway shows such as Little Me, Seesaw, I Love My Wife and On the Twentieth Century. After the great success of Barnum, he would write the scores for the Tony Award-winning Will Rogers Follies, The Life, and others. Michael Stewart is best known for his masterful work on the libretto of Hello, Dolly! He had begun his Broadway lyric-writing career along with Cy Coleman on the hit show I Love My Wife. The two writers teamed up for their greatest success as a team, Barnum. Listening to this rare, historic recording, imagine yourself sitting in a lavish apartment plied with drinks and hors d’oeuvres and entertained by this marvelous score. Would you have invested in the show? Barnum eventually ran at the St. James Theatre for over 800 performances. It spawned a successful London production and countless regional and amateur productions since its opening night on April 30, 1980.