The Music Man

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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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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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