What is The Music Man?
{{italictitle}} {{Infobox musical | name = The Music Man | image = The Music Man poster, 1957.jpg | caption = Original Broadway Poster | music = [[Meredith Willson]] | lyrics = Meredith Willson | book = Meredith Willson <br> [[Franklin Lacey]] | productions = 1957 [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] <br /> 1961 [[West End theatre|West End]] <br /> 2000 Broadway revival <br /> 2021 Broadway revival<!-- Please do not include regional productions in the Infobox: Include only long-running major-market productions THAT HAVE OFFICIALLY OPENED. --> <!-- Please do not include production-specific (acting, directing, etc.) awards --> | awards = [[Tony Award for Best Musical]] }} '''''The Music Man''''' is a 1957 musical written by [[Meridith Willson]]. It won a [[Tony Award for Best Musical]]. In its original run, it starred [[Robert Preston]], [[Barbara Cook]], [[David Burns]], [[Pert Kelton]] and [[Iggie Wolfington]]. Two movies have been made of it, in 1962 and 2003. It was also revived several times. ==Plot== Harold Hill, a [[con man]], goes to River City, [[Iowa]] and tries to make money by starting a boy's band. He is helped by [[sidekick]] Marcellus Washburne. Most of the town is taken in by him, including Winthrop Paroo, a boy with a [[lisp]]. Hill also forms the school board into a [[barbershop quartet]] and organizes a lady's dance society led by town busybody Eulalie Shinn. However, some people are suspicious of him. One of these people is Mayor Shinn, who owns the pool hall that Hill blames for the serious trouble River City is in. The other is music teach and librarian Marian Paroo. Hill tries to woo Marian, but has no luck. In the second act, it's looking good for Hill. He is actually getting somewhere with Marian, and it looks as though he will be able to collect his money and get out of town. However, anvil salesman Charlie Cowell shows up and exposes him during the summer sociable. Hill tries to leave, but he cannot because he is too in love with Marian. H