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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.
The Broadway cast recording of the 1957 musical The Music Man was released as an album by Capitol Records. The original release formats included LP, 4×EP, and reel-to-reel tape. [2] The album spent several weeks at number one on Billboard's Best Selling LPs chart. [5]
The Black Crook, which ran from 1866 to 1868, was the first Broadway show to run for over one year. [127]This is a list of shows that have held the record for being the longest-running show (including straight plays and musicals) on Broadway since 1853.
The producers of Broadway’s hit musical revival The Music Man will end the show’s successful run on Jan. 1, 2023, when star Hugh Jackman exits after a year a Professor Harold Hill.
Hugh Jackman is playing one of musical theater's greatest con men on Broadway these days but he's not fooling anyone: He's the real deal. As Harold Hill in a glorious and exuberant new revival of ...
“The Music Man,” a musical revival featuring Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster, is one of the hottest tickets on Broadway. For students in the New York City area, the price of admission will ...
He played a shy man always trying to get advice on women. His character was ditzy as well, basically a male version of Allen's. In 1942, Willson had his own program on NBC. Meredith Willson's Music was a summer replacement for Fibber McGee and Molly. [10] Sparkle Time, which ran on CBS in 1946–47, was Willson's first full-season radio program ...
NEW YORK — There will be a little less music on Broadway in the new year. The celebrated revival of “The Music Man,” starring Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster, will shut down on Jan. 1 after ...