European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 2, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse                                 a  &a-.-. Fai of7r. I -.,. �. To of � " m on Broadway mama swore showman Phineas t. Barnum Prince of  Jim Dale As Barnum Marianne Tatum As Jenny Lind. As Pago m by Sid Schapiro new York bureaus ill c inc l s ims conic to Lown m  one s in i billed As "1 lie Ira test show on i  bin  critics have hailed the new musical hash  in Virnum As a Triumph of stage Craft blending circus arts and Broadway skills with such dexterity thai it becomes a captivating entertain ment one reviewer put in this Way  is a musical about illusion bul there s no illusion in what it delivers it s great fun " starring Jim Hale the versatile British actor to targum tells the Story of i Hacas t. Barnum ik10-i89i. The legendary showman tabbed the i Ricc of  i run a at the St. James theater sketches in fast Broad Stokes 45 years in the life of the flamboyant i. To. Who gave the country the swedish Nightingale Jenny Lind Tom thumb and a museum on wheels that evolved into the much Bally cd the Cire test show on Tarth not the Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey circus. Currently a half mile Down the Road at Madison Square Carden if the real i. T. Barnum cynically Cun Lendi a that a sucker has Horn to a minute he counted himself in the stars and stripes that Gullible company. And so Loo dues the musical. With blaring brass. Eye catching sets and costumes ear catching Lunes and old fashioned Ramala.  nuni has done p. T. Proud bursting with color Energy and excitement. There Are no animals in this three ring circus of a musical though there Are amusing representations of tigers and an elephant. However.  has All the other circus trappings clowns acrobats tumblers gymnasts jugglers High wire artists traces swinging oomph pah pah bands marching up and Down the aisles and balloons and con Fetti pelting the audience. Director choreographer Joe  has turned the St. James into a carnival of color and movement. Even the theater is decorated Wuh circus posters Bunting and balloons. The Brilliant sol designed a Dpi id Mitchell resembles a circus kith a male if wire and ropes. I Theoni v. Aldredge s costumes Are Gaudy and Tesline. Mark tramble did the Bonk. There arc 19 performers in Hornum. Along with the on slag musicians. They fill the stage with so much Lively entertainment Dale who is so versatile he   a ngh Trupe and sing it the same Lime.  is urn the stage he . Is. He prances and he sings engagingly. By Coleman s music and Michael Stewart Lyric delightful. Their songs include a pretty Ballad colors of my  Sung with romantic verve by there s a sucker Horn livery minute and com Low the band a rousing number played in the afo a marching band. Cailenn close who portrays Barnum s wife c works magic with the lilting "1 i Ike your  Marianne Tatum. A pretty and shapely blonde a striking Jenny Lind. Love makes such Fombo which she sings in both English and  Ballad. Terri while who plays the oldest woman in us stops the show with two satirical songs the  old and Black and  Leonard Jomoc a dancing Tom thumb embellishes bigger to tar with underplayed Charm and it. In one Brick at a time about the construct museum to House Barnum s sideshow Alurac Loim clowns build a Wall and juggle the bricks. The key moments of Barnum s career a staged like circus acts even though most of i with the relationship Between the Imp Rossario wife. A ringmaster William c. Wilder Grandf Liu announces each chapter in Barnum s Story pc Early assembling of fraudulent sideshow allot his partnership with circus Man James a. Bailey.