THEATER REVIEW: "Barnum" at the Mercury Theater ★★★ THEATER REVIEW: "Barnum" at the Mercury Theater ★★★ ... "Barnum," the 1980 musical about that great showman Phineas Taylor Barnum, is very rarely produced in Chicago. There is a reason. It's really hard to stuff a circus into a theater, especially when you're trying to do a legitimate Cy Coleman musical at the same time. &nb…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune at 11:44AM on April 5, 2013