The Music Man
Warren Carlyle's energetic, song-and-dance choreography blends vaudeville panache, ballet and pre-Depression dance craze, hitting all the right spots at all the right angles.
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Why see The Music Man?
starring sutton foster and Hugh Jackman!
CLOSING JANUARY 1, 2023
Nominated for SIX Tony Awards! Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster return to Broadway with Scott Rudkin's production of The Music Man! Sutton Foster is no stranger to the Broadway stage, and has won two Tony Awards as well as six nominations! She's most recently been heating up the West End in a highly acclaimed, sold-out revival of Anything Goes. Seeing a Broadway star of this calibre alongside one of Hollywood's leading men is a real treat!
Jackman made his Broadway debut back in 2003's The Boy From Oz, before starring in unmissable productions of Carousel and Oklahoma! among others. A veritable musical theatre star, Jackman made the successful jump to Hollywood to don the spikes of Wolverine and became a household name in the process. Now, following appearances in some of the decade's best movie musical as and headlining solo show in 2019, Jackman will return to the Great White Way to shower Broadway in some of his razzle-dazzle in Meredith Wilson's 1957 classic.
With direction by four-time Tony-winning director Jerry Zaks, choreography by Warren Carlyle, the minds behind the recent Hello, Dolly! revival with Bette Midler, expect a triumphant stage return for Jackman - and a scramble for the box office!
The Music Man
A runaway Tony and Grammy-winning success in 1957, Meredith Wilson and Franklin Lacey's The Music Man continues to be enduring popular with audiences today, what with its theme of love and redemption, a cast of sunny characters and a score that has now passed into the American Musical Theatre canon. Included are the standards 'Goodnight Someone','Seventy-Six Trombones','Gary, Indiana', and 'Til There Was You' (which was even covered by The Beatles!)
I think I'll have to give Iowa a try - the story of The Music Man
Having made a living pitching marching bands (then disappearing when he gets the loot) to small towns across the Midwest, Harold Hill pitches up to River City with his usual scheme. Throwing himself into the act, he gets the whole town interested in his new project. But when the man who can't tell a trombone from a treble clef accidentally launches a new musical trend, he discovers leaving might not be so easy after all. Not only that, but skeptical librarian Marian has stamped his heart, marking his time to fall in love as overdue. Will he be able to make good on his hustle? Or is it time to stop running and settle down?
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Cast
Hugh Jackman as Harold Hill
Sutton Foster as Marian Paroo
Jayne Houdyshell as Mrs. Shinn
Jefferson Mays as Mayor Shinn
Shuler Hensley as Marcellus Washburn
Marie Mullen as Mrs. Paroo
Remy Auberjonois as Charlie Cowell
Gino Cosculluela as Tommy Djilas
Emma Crow as Zaneeta Shinn
Benjamin Pajak as Winthrop
Kayla Teruel as Amaryllis
Garret Long as Ethel Toffelmier
Linda Mugleston as Alma Hix
Jessica Sheridan as Maud Dunlop
Rema Webb as Mrs. Squires
Phillip Boykin as Olin Britt
Eddie Korbich as Jacey Squires
Daniel Torres as Ewart Dunlop
Nicholas Ward as Oliver Hix
ENSEMBLE
Nick Alvino, Jordan Beall, Ronnie S. Bowman Jr., Maria Briggs, Audrey Cardwell, JT Church, Max Clayton, Kammie Crum, Aydin Eyikan, Carlee Flanagan, Ethen Green-Younger, Emily Hoder, Curtis Holland, Eloise Kropp, Ethan Lafazan, Kayla LaVine, Andrew Minard, Sean Montgomery, Tanner Quirk, Lance Roberts, Daniel Patrick Russell, Ann Sanders, Sherisse Springer, Mitchell Tobin, Kathy Voytko, Branch Woodman and Ryan Worsing.
Creative
Book, music and lyrics by Meredith Wilson
Based on a story by Wilson and Franklin Lacey
Directed by Jerry Zaks
Choreography by Warren Carlyle
Costume by Santo Loquasto
Lighting by Natasha Katz
Sound by Scott Lehrer
Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick
Dance arrangements by David Chase
Music direction by Patrick Vaccariello
Awards
2022 Tony Award Nominations
Best Revival of a Musical
Best Choreography
Best Leading Actor in a Musical
Best Leading Actress in a Musical
Best Featured Actress in a Musical
Best Costume Design of a Musical
2022 Drama Desk Nominations
Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical
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Lorraine Wright
Best show.