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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The Music Man (1962 film) 2
The Music Man (2003 television film) 2
The Music Man (stage production) 2

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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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The Music Man → adaptation → The Music Man self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Music Man (1962 film)
The Music Man → adaptation → The Music Man self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Music Man (2003 television film)
Craig Bierko → notableWork → The Music Man ⓘ
Craig Zadan → notableWork → The Music Man ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Music Man (2003 television film)
Kermit Bloomgarden → notableWork → The Music Man ⓘ
Bloomgarden → notableWork → The Music Man ⓘ
subject surface form: Kermit Bloomgarden
Meredith Willson → notableWork → The Music Man ⓘ
subject surface form: Shirley Jones
subject surface form: Shirley Jones
this entity surface form: The Music Man (stage production)
Shirley Jones → notableWork → The Music Man ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Music Man (1962 film)
subject surface form: Shirley Jones
this entity surface form: The Music Man (stage production)
subject surface form: Shirley Jones
this entity surface form: The Music Man (film)
Meredith Willson → wroteMusical → The Music Man ⓘ