Recorded live in Webster Hall, Wildcat became Coleman's first major hit score. The show brought Lucille Ball to her first starring role in a Broadway musical and produced the memorable "Hey, Look Me Over."
If ever there were a bigger-than-life American figure whose biography seemed custom-written for the Broadway musical stage, it was the legendary showman Phineas T. Barnum. Garnering 10 Tony Award nominations, Barnum's buoyant songs include romantic drama, shameless hucksterism, and infectious crowd-