Another relevant lost musical: I Can Get It For You Wholesale

While prepping next week's Labor Day episode, I listened more to "I Can Get It For You Wholesale," the show that's usually remembered for Barbra Streisand's first Broadway role ("Miss Marmelstein"). It came out the same time as the satirical look at business "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying," where the lead is cute and endearing. The businessman in Wholesale is the opposite - cold and determined, essentially ending up almost alone (except for his devoted mother and girlfriend.) One synopsis to the story states "The ending does not necessarily imply that simplicity and goodness are the best rewards but only that Harry is neither ruthless nor cunning enough to attain his goals." Which also goes hand in hand with the latest research from Cornell. Could be one of those shows that gets more relevant with time.