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History of "The Music Man"
"The Music Man" opened on 12/19/1957
and ran for 1375 shows...
Awards
Winner of 8 Tony Awards including Best Musical,
Author, Composer and Lyricist.
Its cast album won the Grammy Award (the first ever),
while the score for the film won an Academy Award.
Song List
"Rock Island"
"Iowa Stubborn"
"Ya Got Trouble"
"Good Night My Someone"
"Seventy-Six Trombones"
"Sincere"
"The Sadder-But-Wiser Girl"
"Pickalittle/ Good Night, Ladies"
"Marian The Librarian"
"My White Knight"
"Wells Fargo Wagon"
"It's You"
"Shipoopi"
"Lida Rose"
"Will I Ever Tell You"
"Gary, Indiana"
"Till There Was You"
The Broadway Cast
(In order of appearance)
TRAVELLING SALESMEN
Russell Goodwin, Hal Norman, Robert Howard,
James Gannon, Robert Lenn, Vernon Lusby, Robert Evans
CHARLIE COWELL - Paul Reed
CONDUCTOR - Carl Nicholas
HAROLD HILL - Robert Preston
MAYOR SHINN - David Burns
EWART DUNLOP - Al Shea
OLIVER HIX - Wayne Ward
JACEY SQUIRES - Vern Reed
OLIN BRITT - Bill Spangenberg
MARCELLUS WASHBURN - Iggie Wolfington
TOMMY DJILAS - Danny Carroll
MARIAN PAROO - Barbara Cook
MRS. PAROO - Pert Kelton
AMARYLLIS - Marilyn Siegel
WINTHROP PAROO - Eddie Hodges
EULALIE MACKECKNIE SHINN - Helen Raymond
ZANEETA SHINN - Dusty Worrall
GRACIE SHINN - Barbara Travis
ALMA HIX - Adnia Rice
MAUD DUNLOP - Elaine Swann
ETHEL TOFFELMIER - Peggy Mondo
MRS. SQUIRES - Martha Flynn
CONSTABLE LOCKE - Carl Nicholas
RIVER CITY TOWNSPEOPLE AND KIDS
Pamela Abbott, Babs Delmore, Martha Flynn, Janet Hayes,
Peggy Mondo, Barbara Williams, Elaine Swann, Marie Santella,
Marlys Watters, James Gannon, Russell Goodwin, Robert
1-loward, Peter Leeds, Robert Lenn, Hal Norman, Carl Nicholas,
Joan Bowman, Alice Clift, Nancy Davis, Penny Ann Green,
Lynda Lynch, Jacqueline Maria, Marilyn Poudrier, Pat Man-ano,
Elisabeth Buda, Babs Warden, Tom Panko, Ronn Cum-mins,
Robert Evans, Vernon Lusby, Gary Menteer, John Sharpe,
Roy Wilson, Gerald Teijelo, Bob Mariano, Vernon Wendorf.
UNDERSTUDIES
Harold HillLarry Douglas; Marian ParooMarlys Watters;
Mayor ShinnPaul Reed; Mrs. ParooAdnia Rice; Marcel1us
WashburnPaul Reed; Charlie CowellHal Norman; Tommy
DjilasJohn Sharpe; Zaneeta ShinnLynda Lynch; Ewart
DunlopRobert Lenn; Oliver HixRussell Goodwin; Jacey
SquiresArt Rubin; Olin BrittRobert Howard; Winthrop
ParooBob Mariano; Eulalie Mackecknie ShinnAdnia Rice;
Alma Hix, Maud Dunlop, Ethel ToffelmierMartha Flynn;
Gracie ShinnPat Mariano; AmaryllisBarbara Travis.
Choreography by Onna White
Settings and Lighting by Howard Bay
Costumes by Raoul Pene Du Bois
Musical Direction and Vocal Arrangements by Herbert Greene
Orchestration by Don Walker and Sidney Fine
Dance Arrangements by Laurence Rosenthal