The Music Man
The Music Man
musicalsinger20
Understudy Joined: 9/3/04
#0The Music Man
Posted: 1/30/05 at 5:48pm
Please only respond to this if you like "The Music Man"
What is your favorite scene? I really like the Library scene and "Till There Was You"
#1re: The Music Man
Posted: 1/30/05 at 5:52pmanything with eulalie... she cracks me up
#2re: The Music Man
Posted: 1/30/05 at 5:52pm
I adore the entire Beggining of The Music Man.
From 'Rock Island' through 'Iowa Stubborn' all the way to the end of 'Ya Got Trouble' and the scenes in between them.
A brilliant opening trio of songs.
I, also, love the library scene.
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
#3re: The Music Man
Posted: 1/30/05 at 6:02pm
Rock Island= one of the most brilliant, daring opening numbers ever created for a musical
I also love Trouble and Marian the Librarian.
GovernorSlaton
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/14/04
#4re: The Music Man
Posted: 1/30/05 at 6:06pm
Marian the Librarian was the most fun to do when I played Hill, although Trouble was great too. 
Derek
Broadway Star Joined: 9/14/03
#6re: The Music Man
Posted: 1/30/05 at 6:23pmI loooove "The Music Man", but my faborite scene is probably "Gary, Indiana." I love the whole show, so it's hard to say!
seasons of love
Leading Actor Joined: 1/8/05
#7re: The Music Man
Posted: 1/30/05 at 6:30pmoy vey.... i could never pick just one favorite scene. the music man was one of the classics that i grew up on...
timote316
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/04
#8re: The Music Man
Posted: 1/30/05 at 6:32pm
I love, love, love the Music Man! The theater group I'm in was going to do it this summer, but extrenuating circumstances canned that idea.
My favorite song is definately Rock Island.
#9re: The Music Man
Posted: 1/30/05 at 6:33pmlibrary scene and rock harbor are great! Timote- i'd like to rent your sig space.
Marquise
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/1/04
#10re: The Music Man
Posted: 1/30/05 at 6:35pmit's had to pick but among them most definitely "76 Trombones", "Rock Island", "Marian" (the library scene) and "Shipoopi".
#11re: The Music Man
Posted: 1/30/05 at 7:04pmahh i LOVE the music man. we just watched the movie in my musical theatre class last week (robert preston version), and i've seen it numerous times onstage. my favorite scenes would have to be "trouble" the piano scene at the puru's with amaryllis, and "shipoopi"
#12re: The Music Man
Posted: 1/30/05 at 7:05pmshipoopi has a special place in my heart, since that was my first acting ever, being zaneeta in 8th grade. But I really like Rock Island and Marian the Librarian.
#13re: The Music Man
Posted: 1/30/05 at 7:07pmRock Island . . . pure genius
Chrysanthemum62001
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/14/04
#14re: The Music Man
Posted: 1/30/05 at 7:10pmHELLO CRAIG BIERKO!!! Sorry, I couldn't resist. I saw this in February of 2001 and I will never forget hom amazed I was with Craig Bierko. He is the best part! But seriously, my favorite part is Trouble.
La Vie Boheme
Leading Actor Joined: 1/7/05
#15re: The Music Man
Posted: 1/30/05 at 7:17pm
Def the trouble scene...
Music Man is your classic, fun, ol' skool B'way show...I like it
#16re: The Music Man
Posted: 1/30/05 at 7:18pmi agree with La Vie
#17re: The Music Man
Posted: 1/30/05 at 7:18pmI love Rock Island....but mostly that's becuase I go to school there, and my mom and dad work there, so it's fun to sing a song about a town that I know about...but I always have loved the library scene. It rox my sox
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#18re: The Music Man
Posted: 1/30/05 at 7:18pmIf you have a good barbershop quartet, those numbers are quite enjoyable, espcially the Lida Rose sequence when they sing counterpoint with Marian.
Elizabeth_DeBris
Broadway Star Joined: 1/29/05
#19re: The Music Man
Posted: 1/30/05 at 7:25pm
Rock Island! Oh, and Trouble. I was never really partial to the library scene, but it's been growing on me. And Pick-a-Little, Talk-a-Little cracks me up every time I hear it.
"Balzac!"
wicked1
Featured Actor Joined: 12/25/04
#20re: The Music Man
Posted: 1/30/05 at 7:29pm
I really loved "The Music Man"! I saw if for the first time a few years ago on Broadway. I had never seen it before then, not even a movie version. My favorite part was the end. I was very surprised when they came out as the marching band. I didn't expect it at all! 
Letty2
Chorus Member Joined: 1/25/04
#21re: The Music Man
Posted: 1/30/05 at 7:33pmhaha I was Eulalie last year in my school production and one of my favorite scenes was the Madison Gymnasium scene where Tommy throws a firecracker at Eulalie
#22re: The Music Man
Posted: 1/30/05 at 7:46pmcraig was amazing in the revival! my fave part was when the entire cast came out at the end with different instruments that they had all definitely learned and praticed. it was awesome. i loooooooooove trouble!!!!
leomaxfrank
Broadway Star Joined: 3/19/04
#23re: The Music Man
Posted: 1/30/05 at 7:48pm
The opening is wonderful, "Rock Island", "Trouble", and the library scene. Willson's score is tremendous and I believe underappreciated. Bierko's Harold Hill was EXCELLENT - even if a slight imitation.
I truly loved the revival, minus Stroman's infamous 'kids doing backflips' - over it!
#24re: The Music Man
Posted: 1/30/05 at 8:17pmWhen I did the show, 76 TROMBONES was my favorite scene - I played Tommy Djilas and I got to do a lot of dancing. In the overall show, my favorite scene is the final scene where the kids entirely in uniform march onto stage with their instruments and play for their parents. None of the kids have learned anything about music obviously, but their parents still applaud them and all the children are happier than ever - seeing all the kids embrace their parents - and especially Winthrop's smile (for the first time) can be very moving and touching if done correctly.
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