Marian is falling more in love with Harold and is the first time she has even been with a man. : [citation needed], The musical includes numerous references to popular culture of the time. | Because she loves him, she gives him the incriminating page out of the Indiana State Educational Journal. : She didn't knew the deception but didn't tell because she is now in love with him along with the song, "Till There Was You". Prim librarian and piano teacher Marian sees through him, but when Harold helps her younger brother overcome his lisp and social awkwardness, Marian begins to fall in love with him. : Seventy Six Trombones Harold Hill, Boys and Girls . Mayor Shinn leads a meeting in the high school gym to decide what to do with Harold, asking, "Where's the band? He also informs Hill that a new pool table was just delivered to the town's local billiard parlor so, to launch his scheme, Harold convinces River City parents of the "trouble" that can come from a pool table ("Ya Got Trouble"). He says, on the DVD commentary track for the aforementioned Simpsons episode, that it was the hardest choice he's ever had to make professionally, because The Music Man is one of his favorites. 2. He only has a few minutes before his train leaves, but stops to flirt with Marian. Eddie Albert and Bert Parks each replaced Preston as Hill later in the run, and Paul Ford was a replacement for Mayor Shinn, later reprising the role in the film version. Or, why Harold Hill takes it upon himself to deliver Winthrop’s cornet to him personally. The town ladies are very excited about the band and the ladies' dance committee that Harold plans to form. Marian Paroo The librarian hasn't felt much like doing research lately, but she did plenty when you first came here. [1], Meredith Willson was inspired by his boyhood in Mason City, Iowa, to write and compose his first musical, The Music Man. He chooses to stay and tells Marian that he never really fell in love until he met her ("Till There Was You" [Reprise]). I was going to use it against you, but now I give to you with all my heart. They warn Harold that she advocates "dirty books" by "Chaucer, Rabelais and Balzac" ("Pick-a-Little, Talk-a-Little"). She delays him so he won't have time to deliver the evidence, eventually kissing him. : The success of the 2000 stage revival prompted a 2003 television movie starring Matthew Broderick as Hill and Kristin Chenoweth as Marian, with Victor Garber, Debra Monk, and Molly Shannon in supporting roles. [3], Frank Aston of the New York World-Telegram and Sun declared "It deserves to run at least a decade", especially praising Barbara Cook's performance as Marian: "If all our stack-tenders looked, sang, danced, and acted like Miss Barbara, this nation's book learning would be overwhelming". : In the 1960 film The Apartment, Jack Lemmon's character is given tickets to the show but is stood up at the Majestic Theatre. Howard Bay designed the sets. May one call upon you some evening? The Music Man has been parodied in a number of TV shows, including The Simpsons episode "Marge vs. the Monorail", written by Conan O'Brien. The first recording of "Till There Was You" was released before the original cast album version. [3] In the Journal-American, John McClain deemed the show "a whopping hit. look to its laurels".[3]. Marian tells her to just say goodnight to her "someone" ("Goodnight, My Someone"). Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. [11] In 1987, a Chinese translation of the musical was staged at Beijing's Central Opera Theater. It ran for 395 performances at the Adelphi. Do you think that I'd allow a common masher - ? Its equal arrived in 1950 – Guys and Dolls – and I would say that The Music Man ranks with these two". [6] In the original production (and the film), the School Board was played by the 1950 International Quartet Champions of the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America (SPEBSQSA),[7] the Buffalo Bills. : [36], MSNBC's Keith Olbermann has numerous times referred to Fox News TV host Glenn Beck as "Harold Hill" on the air.[37][38][39]. The school board arrives to review Harold's credentials, but he leads them in song and slips away ("Goodnight, Ladies"). | Marian defends Harold. Marian urges Harold to lead the River City Boys' Band in Beethoven's Minuet in G. Despite the boys' limited musical ability, the parents in the audience are nonetheless enraptured by the sight of their children playing music. Doro Merande and Sandy Duncan played, respectively, Eulalie and Zaneeta Shinn. There was love all around, but I never heard it singing. The Music Man's popularity has led to its being mentioned, quoted, parodied or pastiched in a number of media, including television, films and popular music. Marian Paroo : The one thing one must remember, no matter who one is or what one is working for, one can do anything if one puts one's mind to it. [9] Liza Redfield became the first woman to be the full-time conductor of a Broadway pit orchestra when she assumed the role of music director for the original production's final year of performances beginning in May 1960. Charlie Cowell Other Characters From The Music Man. I have my standards where men are concerned and I have no intention... Mrs. Paroo It opened on December 19, 1957, at the Majestic Theatre. I don't know about you, but I'd like to make today worth remembering. : | After an Angry mob captured Hill, he brought before a town meeting to be tarred and feathered. This salute by Meredith Willson to his native Iowa will make even Oklahoma! In the early summer of 1912, aboard a train leaving Rock Island, Illinois,[19] Charlie Cowell and other traveling salesmen debate whether innovations are making their profession more difficult. Marian Paroo Age 25-35 Soprano: Low G to High A Daughter of Mrs. Paroo, sister to Winthrop. Winthrop returns home after spending time with Harold and tells Marian and Mrs. Paroo about Harold's hometown ("Gary, Indiana"). Even Mayor Shinn is won over, and, as the townspeople cheer, Harold is released into Marian's arms ("Finale"). For the 1962 film adaptation, see, Original 1962 Movie Soundtrack CD booklet. Technical Specs. In Episode 22 of Boston Legal, "Men to Boys", Alan Shore sings a parody of the song "Trouble" to convince patrons of a restaurant not to eat the salmon. The Mayor tells the townspeople standing there like a cote of Shropshire sheep of how much Hill has taken from them for instruments and he loudly wants to know where the band is and Hill is saved by the town's boys and the entire townspeople begin a parade as she and Hill became a couple leading the marching band. Willson returned several times to his home town of Mason City during the 1950s to participate in the event, including leading the "Big Parade", and the stars of the film version participated in the event in 1962. Mayor Shinn, who owns the billiard parlor, tells the bickering school board to get Harold's credentials, but Harold gets them to sing as a Barbershop Quartet to distract them ("Ice Cream/Sincere").
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