While introducing the "Museum Song," that show-stopping patter that nimbly tripped from his tongue eight times a week when he starred inBarnum back in 1980 ("Quite a lotta / Roman terra cotta, / Livin' lava from the flanks of Etna..."), the beloved stage star explains that he and on-stage pianist Mark York are going to slow composer Cy Coleman's tempo down a bit so that we can appreciate the creative wordplay of Michael Stewart's lyric.