The Music Man
Well, you’ve got trouble, with a capital T
And that rhymes with P, and that stands for pool!
“The Music Man” is Meredith Wilson’s tongue-in-cheek look at small town life at the turn of the century. The citizens of River City, Iowa, fall under the spell of con man Harold Hill, who promises to start up a band to keep the kids out of trouble, and plans to skip town with the money before anyone realizes he doesn’t know a thing about music. However, when he falls in love with Marion the librarian, all of his plans fall apart, and, of course, everything turns out ok after all - and the kids even get their band!!!
“The Music Man” opened on Broadway in 1957, and Robert Preston repeated his Broadway role, imortalizing Harold Hill in the 1962 film version. Songs such as “Seventy-Six Trombones,” “Goodnight My Someone,” and “Till There Was You” have become familiar to everyone, even those who aren’t familiar with the show.
G.S.S. presented “The Music Man” in 1993. Although many of the students were wary at first of doing a show so different from “My Fair Lady” which had quickly become a favourite the year before, by the time the show was presented it was a full-fledged hit.
