The Music Man

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American musical Broadway musical stage musical

The Music Man is a classic American musical by Meredith Willson about a charming con man who poses as a boys’ band organizer in a small Iowa town, ultimately finding redemption through love and community.

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All labels observed (25)

Label	Occurrences
The Music Man canonical	36
The Music Man (1962 film)	17
The Music Man (2003 television film)	9
The Music Man (Broadway production)	5
The Music Man (original Broadway production)	4
The Music Man (1957 Broadway production)	3
The Music Man (stage production)	3
The Music Man original Broadway cast recording	3
The Music Man (1957 Broadway musical)	2
The Music Man (1957 stage musical)	2
The Music Man (1962 film adaptation)	2
The Music Man (musical)	2
"The Music Man"	1
Broadway musical The Music Man	1
The Music Man (1957 musical)	1
The Music Man (2000 Broadway revival choreography)	1
The Music Man (2002 film, small role)	1
The Music Man (film)	1
The Music Man (original cast album)	1
The Music Man (stage musical)	1
The Music Man 1962 film soundtrack	1
The Music Man 2000 television film soundtrack	1
The Music Man franchise	1
The Music Man original motion picture soundtrack	1
The Music Man universe	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American musical ⓘ Broadway musical ⓘ stage musical ⓘ
adaptation	The Music Man self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Music Man (1962 film) The Music Man self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Music Man (2003 television film)
additionalBookWriter	Franklin Lacey ⓘ
award	Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
awardYear	1958 ⓘ
bookWriter	Meredith Willson ⓘ
broadwayChoreographer	Onna White ⓘ
broadwayDirector	Morton DaCosta ⓘ
broadwayPerformances	1375 ⓘ
broadwayProducer	Kermit Bloomgarden ⓘ
broadwayRunEnd	1961-04-15 ⓘ
broadwayRunStart	1957-12-19 ⓘ
composer	Meredith Willson ⓘ
genre	musical comedy ⓘ
inspiredBy	Meredith Willson’s childhood in Mason City, Iowa ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
lyricist	Meredith Willson ⓘ
mainCharacter	Eulalie Mackecknie Shinn ⓘ Harold Hill ⓘ Marian Paroo ⓘ Mayor Shinn ⓘ Winthrop Paroo ⓘ
notableSong	Goodnight, My Someone ⓘ Marian the Librarian ⓘ Seventy-Six Trombones ⓘ Shipoopi ⓘ The Wells Fargo Wagon ⓘ Till There Was You ⓘ Ya Got Trouble ⓘ
openedOnBroadway	1957-12-19 ⓘ
orchestrator	Don Walker ⓘ Herbert Greene ⓘ
originalBroadwayLeadActor	Robert Preston ⓘ
originalBroadwayLeadActress	Barbara Cook ⓘ
originalBroadwayLeadRole	Harold Hill ⓘ Marian Paroo ⓘ
originalBroadwayTheatre	Majestic Theatre ⓘ
plotSummary	A traveling con man poses as a boys’ band organizer in a small Iowa town and is transformed by love and community. ⓘ
premiereDate	1957-12-19 ⓘ
premiereLocation	Majestic Theatre (Broadway) ⓘ surface form: Majestic Theatre, New York City
producedBy	Kermit Bloomgarden ⓘ
settingCountry	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
settingPlace	River City, Iowa ⓘ
settingTimePeriod	1912 ⓘ
subject	community ⓘ con artists ⓘ romance ⓘ small-town life ⓘ

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