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We are welcomed to the world of Jerry Herman, one of the Golden Age of Broadway's pre-eminent tunesmiths, with the glittering opening number from Mame – " It's Today!

" Also included in this dazzling opening number is yet another optimistic view of life in Show Biz – " Big Time " from the 1974 hit Mack and Mabel – originally starring Robert Preston and Bernadette Peters.