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About Music Man

After years of hard work, a variety of producers, and more than forty outlines, the original Broadway production, directed by Morton DaCosta and choreographed by Onna White, staged on December 19, 1957 at the Majestic Theatre. There it remained for almost three years before moving to The Broadway Theater to overtake its 1,375-performance run. The earlier cast comprised Robert Preston as Harold Hill, Barbara Cook as Marian, and Eddie Hodges as Winthrop, with Pert Kelton, David Burns, and Iggie Wolfington in supporting roles. Eddie Albert substituted Preston later in the run. The original cast recording was released on January 20, 1958 and achieved the #1 spot on the Billboard charts for twelve weeks, staying on the charts for a total of 245 weeks.

After eight previews, the first Broadway revival was directed and choreographed by Michael Kidd. And this time it opened on June 5, 1980 at the New York City Center, where it staged 21 times. The cast consisted Dick Van Dyke as Hill, Meg Bussert as Marian, and Christian Slater as Winthrop. After twenty-two previews, the next Broadway revival came to be directed and choreographed by Susan Stroman, opened on April 27, 2000 at the Neil Simon Theatre. And here it made a splendid record, running for 699 performances. The brilliant cast included Craig Bierko, making his Broadway debut as Hill, and Rebecca Luker as Marian. Robert Sean Leonard and Eric McCormack portrayed Hill later in the run. The success of the 2000 revival led to 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.

"Professor" Harold Hill is a con man whose scam is to win over parent's hearts, that he can instruct their musically indisposed children to play a musical instrument. He takes pre-paid orders for instruments and uniforms with the assurance that he would form a band, he leaves the town and proceeds to the next one before his fraud is revealed. Reaching at fictional 1912 River City, Iowa, Hill's, he makes a compromise with his modus operandi, when he is attracted to a local librarian Marian Paroo, who recognizes him for the fraud he is. However, she falls in love with the sweet talking charmer when he draws her self-conscious, lisping brother Winthrop from his shell. When Hill's scheme leads off to disclosure, he is left with the option of running away yet again or staying with Marian and facing the outcome