Barnum

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biographical musical stage musical

Barnum is a musical theater production about the life and showmanship of P.T. Barnum, known for its lively score and circus-themed staging.

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Label Occurrences
Barnum canonical 4
Barnum (revival and regional productions) 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biographical musical ⓘ
stage musical ⓘ
award Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical ⓘ
surface form: Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical (Jim Dale)
awardYear 1980 ⓘ
basedOn life of P. T. Barnum ⓘ
bookBy Mark Bramble ⓘ
composer Cy Coleman ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
genre biographical theatre ⓘ
circus-themed musical ⓘ
musical theatre ⓘ
hasRevival multiple stage revivals ⓘ
hasWestEndProduction yes ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Michael Stewart ⓘ
mainSubject P. T. Barnum ⓘ
musicalStyle lively score ⓘ
narrativeFocus showmanship of P. T. Barnum ⓘ
notableElement direct audience address ⓘ
integration of circus performance with book musical form ⓘ
notableSong Come Follow the Band ⓘ
Join the Circus ⓘ
One Brick at a Time ⓘ
The Colors of My Life ⓘ
There Is a Sucker Born Ev'ry Minute ⓘ
orchestration traditional musical theatre orchestra ⓘ
originalBroadwayClosingDate 1982-05-16 ⓘ
originalBroadwayCoStar Glenn Close ⓘ
originalBroadwayOpeningDate 1980-04-30 ⓘ
originalBroadwayRunLength 854 performances ⓘ
originalBroadwayStar Jim Dale ⓘ
originalChoreographer Joe Layton ⓘ
originalDirector Joe Layton ⓘ
originalProductionLocation Broadway ⓘ
originalTheatre St. James Theatre ⓘ
originalWestEndOpeningYear 1981 ⓘ
producer Cy Feuer ⓘ
Fritz Holt ⓘ
setting 19th-century United States ⓘ
stagingFeature big-top style design ⓘ
circus acts ⓘ
clowning ⓘ
tightrope walking ⓘ
subjectOf cast recordings ⓘ
targetAudience general audiences ⓘ
typicalVenueType proscenium theatre ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Glenn Close → notableWork → Barnum ⓘ
Michael Crawford → notableWork → Barnum ⓘ
Cy Coleman → notableWork → Barnum ⓘ
Barnum Brown → givenName → Barnum ⓘ
Gregg Barnes → notableWork → Barnum ⓘ
this entity surface form: Barnum (revival and regional productions)