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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]
"Seventy-Six Trombones" is a show tune and the signature song from the 1957 musical The Music Man, by Meredith Willson, a film of the same name in 1962 and a made-for-TV movie in 2003. The piece is commonly played by marching bands, military bands, and orchestras. [1] [2]
One of the first songs in “The Music Man” is "(Ya Got) Trouble” and the latest Broadway revival has certainly faced its share. In 2021, it jettisoned its lead producer, Scott Rudin, after ...
For Tony Award-winner Hugh Jackman, who has returned to Broadway in the revival of "The Music Man," being a chronically nice guy is more than just an act (even though he does have a little ...
The Music Man, a 1957 Broadway musical play by Meredith Willson The Music Man (Broadway cast recording) , an album containing the original Broadway cast recording of the above musical The Music Man (album) , a 1959 jazz album by Jimmy Guiffre featuring tunes from the above musical
Meredith Willson’s nostalgic slice of Americana was already proudly old-fashioned when it debuted in 1957, with “Seventy-Six Trombones” leading Broadway […]
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 ...