Search results
Forty songs
- After years of development, a change of producers, almost forty songs (twenty-two were cut), and more than forty drafts, the original Broadway production was produced by Kermit Bloomgarden, directed by Morton DaCosta and choreographed by Onna White.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Music_Man
People also ask
How many songs were in the Music Man?
Is the Music Man based on a true story?
When did the Music Man come out?
How long is the Music Man?
Did Meredith Willson write the Music Man?
How long did it take to film 'The Music Man'?
The Music Man is a musical with book, music, and lyrics by Meredith Willson, based on a story by Willson and Franklin Lacey. The plot concerns con man Harold Hill, who poses as a boys' band organizer and leader and sells band instruments and uniforms to naïve Midwestern townsfolk, promising to train the members of the new band.
- Meredith Willson, Franklin Lacey, Abba Bogin
- 1983
The Music Man song list including song titles, associated characters and recommended audition songs.
The Music Man is a 1962 American musical film directed and produced by Morton DaCosta, based on Meredith Willson's 1957 Broadway musical of the same name, which DaCosta also directed. Robert Preston reprises the title role from the stage version, starring alongside Shirley Jones, Buddy Hackett, Hermione Gingold, Ronny Howard, and Paul Ford.
- Synopsis
- Summary of Plot
- Musical Numbers
- Cast
THERE is nothing more disarming than the gentle form of flattery that suggests our children have some unsuspected artistic talent. It is this flattery which Harold Hill (a virile baritone) employs; so cleverly that his confidence trick of posing as a Professor of Music claiming to teach boys how to play military band instruments over-night, succeed...
Professor Harold Hill has developed a reputation among travelling salesmen and none of it good. In order to sell his band instruments and uniforms he promises to form a local student band. After he gets paid it's away - and - no band. He is concentrating this time on River City, Iowa. To focus attention on the need for a boys' band he attacks the t...
Rock IslandIowa StubbornTroublePiano Lesson29 roles, 14 principals, including 2 children, and an authentic barber-shop quartet. 6 to 10 children. Large singing and dancing ensembles. Total cast, 40-60.
Sep 29, 2022 · What are the songs in The Music Man? Meredith Willson's musical features 24 songs. Because the musical is all about a marching band, many of the songs are written with parts for plenty of band instruments, making for a complex and sumptuous score.
The Music Man contains numerous songs, most notably "76 Trombones", "Being in Love", "Shipoopie" and "Till There Was You", a song that has the notoriety of being the only Broadway number that The Beatles did a cover of.
The Music Man plot summary, character breakdowns, context and analysis, and performance video clips.
