#1
Posted: 5/28/05 at 10:18pm
I'm curious. Does anybody know?
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
THE MUSIC MAN What's it about?
#2
Posted: 5/28/05 at 10:22pm
Too many "what is this about" threads...
What the puck?!
#3
Posted: 5/28/05 at 10:24pm
There's just a few curious people, if you ask me.
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
#4
Posted: 5/28/05 at 10:25pm
Actually, an answer would help me a lot too. We're doing it next year at school. Right now I'm thinking that I'm not going to audition, even though, my directors are going to beat me.
#5
Posted: 5/28/05 at 10:25pm
absolutely nothing.
to expand on that thought
Dishonest salesman Harold Hill comes to a town (River City) to swindel the townspeople out of their money by organizing a boys band. he falls in love with a "old maid" the librarian Marian, but Marian knows he's a fraud and trys to notify the mayor. but she realizes that she's in love with Harold and they live happily ever after. but the real hero in the story is Harold's best friend Marcellus Washburn.
to expand on that thought
Dishonest salesman Harold Hill comes to a town (River City) to swindel the townspeople out of their money by organizing a boys band. he falls in love with a "old maid" the librarian Marian, but Marian knows he's a fraud and trys to notify the mayor. but she realizes that she's in love with Harold and they live happily ever after. but the real hero in the story is Harold's best friend Marcellus Washburn.
need to defrag my brain.
#6
Posted: 5/28/05 at 10:27pm
and there's a boy with a lisp.
RIP glebby <3
#7
Posted: 5/28/05 at 10:29pm
Wow, how compelling... does anyone know how many male leads there are in the show?
#8
Posted: 5/28/05 at 10:36pm
9ish for main male roles.
Harold, Marcellus, the Mayor, the school board(barbershop quartet), Charlie Cowell and Tommy Dijalas(sp?)and "the lisping kid" Winthrop (Marian's little brother)
Harold, Marcellus, the Mayor, the school board(barbershop quartet), Charlie Cowell and Tommy Dijalas(sp?)and "the lisping kid" Winthrop (Marian's little brother)
need to defrag my brain.
Updated On: 5/28/05 at 10:36 PM
#9
Posted: 5/28/05 at 10:39pm
Lol, that's great we have basically three male singers! Me, one that sounds like a frog, and one that is really pitchy!
#10
Posted: 5/28/05 at 10:40pm
The "lisping kid" has a NAME, PEOPLE!!! His name is Winthrop Paroo.
"Ev'ry-buddy wants ta get into de act!"
- Jimmy Durante
"Breathe from your hoo-hoo."
-Kristin Chenoweth
#11
What's THE MUSIC MAN about? Men fall into the traps set by their own malice.
Posted: 5/28/05 at 11:33pm
What's THE MUSIC MAN about? Men fall into the traps set by their own malice.
#12
Posted: 5/29/05 at 1:57am
WHY are we getting all these "What is X about?" threads?
All these shows are major hits (KISS ME KATE, MUSIC MAN) with cast albums available in libraries and music stores everywhere.
There are also several good books available which give a synopsis of each major show. Try BROADWAY'S GREATEST MUSICALS or Kurt Ganzl's Book of the Musical Theatre.
I expect BWW members are smarter than average theatre fans and would know how to use the internet and libraries to look up this info, without adding needless posts here.
So, in short ... KNOCK IT OFF!!!
All these shows are major hits (KISS ME KATE, MUSIC MAN) with cast albums available in libraries and music stores everywhere.
There are also several good books available which give a synopsis of each major show. Try BROADWAY'S GREATEST MUSICALS or Kurt Ganzl's Book of the Musical Theatre.
I expect BWW members are smarter than average theatre fans and would know how to use the internet and libraries to look up this info, without adding needless posts here.
So, in short ... KNOCK IT OFF!!!
Cast albums are NOT "soundtracks."
Live theatre does not use a "soundtrack." If it did, it wouldn't be live theatre!
I host a weekly one-hour radio program featuring cast album selections as well as songs by cabaret, jazz and theatre artists. The program, FRONT ROW CENTRE is heard Sundays 9 to 10 am and also Saturdays from 8 to 9 am (eastern times) on www.proudfm.com
#13
Posted: 5/29/05 at 9:31am
To add to what FrontRow said, there are also decent film versions of these shows available everywhere. All it takes is a little effort and a little work if one is truly interested in finding out about this stuff.
#14
Posted: 5/29/05 at 10:04am
There is also a video tape and DVD available of the perfect film version!
ConvinceMe2 is dead. Long live BrendanStryker!
#15
Posted: 5/29/05 at 10:06am
Are y'all serious?! ha!
Nicely done, DP.
A work of art is an invitation to love.
Nicely done, DP.
#16
Posted: 5/29/05 at 5:58pm
Dollypop knows what the Music Man is. Hr just forgets things so easily because he is getting so old. Poor guy, his memory is failing.
"Friends are the people you chose as family."....Me.
#17
Posted: 5/29/05 at 7:58pm
Yenta, if my memory is failing, so's your allure!
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
#18
Posted: 5/29/05 at 8:04pm
I'm not falling for any more of these "What's it about" threads. I think it's a scam.
Salmon leap from the womb of the white sea you look on; they are calves, they are lambs of good color, in peace without slaughter.
#19
Posted: 5/29/05 at 8:18pm
DollyPop......you should know all about the Music Man. Rumor has it you dated both Meredith Wilson and Robert Preston was it firsdt appeared on Broadway.
"Friends are the people you chose as family."....Me.
#20
Posted: 5/29/05 at 10:07pm
"WHY are we getting all these "What is X about?" threads?
All these shows are major hits (KISS ME KATE, MUSIC MAN) with cast albums available in libraries and music stores everywhere.
There are also several good books available which give a synopsis of each major show. Try BROADWAY'S GREATEST MUSICALS or Kurt Ganzl's Book of the Musical Theatre.
I expect BWW members are smarter than average theatre fans and would know how to use the internet and libraries to look up this info, without adding needless posts here.
So, in short ... KNOCK IT OFF!!!
You must forgive the originator of the above post for he or she does not know sarcasm when he/she sees it.
I mean really...some people need to get a sense of humor.
All these shows are major hits (KISS ME KATE, MUSIC MAN) with cast albums available in libraries and music stores everywhere.
There are also several good books available which give a synopsis of each major show. Try BROADWAY'S GREATEST MUSICALS or Kurt Ganzl's Book of the Musical Theatre.
I expect BWW members are smarter than average theatre fans and would know how to use the internet and libraries to look up this info, without adding needless posts here.
So, in short ... KNOCK IT OFF!!!
You must forgive the originator of the above post for he or she does not know sarcasm when he/she sees it.
I mean really...some people need to get a sense of humor.
Updated On: 5/29/05 at 10:07 PM
#21
Posted: 5/30/05 at 12:02am
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