Production Info

Previews: December 17, 1957 (2 previews)
Opening December 19, 1957
Closing: April 15, 1961
Length of Run: 1375 perf.
Run Type: Open-ended

Location Info

Location: New York, NY

Credits Highlights

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... Staging	Morton DaCosta
... Choreography	Onna White

Cast

... Charlie Cowell	Paul Reed
... Harold Hill	Robert Preston
... Mayor Shinn	David Burns
... Marcellus Washburn	Iggie Wolfington
... Tommy Djilas	Danny Carroll
... Marian Paroo	Barbara Cook
... Mrs. Paroo	Pert Kelton
... Winthrop Paroo	Eddie Hodges
... Eulalie Mackecknie Shinn	Helen Raymond
... Zaneeta Shinn	Dusty Worrall

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Musical Numbers

Act One

Rock Island .... Charlie Cowell and Traveling Salesmen
Iowa Stubborn .... Townspeople of River City
Trouble .... Harold and Townspeople
Piano Lesson .... Marian, Mrs. Paroo, Amaryllis
Goodnight, My Someone .... Marian
Seventy-Six Trombones .... Harold, Boys and Girls
Sincere .... Olin, Oliver, Ewart, Jacey
The Sadder-But-Wiser Girl .... Harold and Marcellus
Pickalittle .... Eulalie, Maud, Ethel, Alma, Mrs. Squires, Ladies of River City
Goodnight Ladies .... Olin, Oliver, Ewart, Jacey
Marian The Librarian .... Harold, Boys and Girls
My White Knight .... Marian
Wells Fargo Wagon .... Winthrop and Townspeople

Act Two

It's You .... Olin, Oliver, Ewart, Jacey, Eulalie, Maud, Ethel, Alma and Mrs. Squires
Shipoopi .... Marcellus, Harold, Marian, Tommy, Zaneeta and Kids
Pickalittle Reprise .... Eulalie, Maud, Ethel, Alma, Mrs. Squires and Ladies
Lida Rose .... Olin, Oliver, Ewart and Jacey
Will I Ever Tell You .... Marian
Gary, Indiana .... Winthrop
It's You Reprise .... Townspeople, Boys and Girls
Till There Was You .... Marian and Harold
Seventy-Six Trombones and Goodnight, My Someone (Reprise) .... Harold and Marian
Till There Was You Reprise .... Harold
Finale .... Entire Company

Additional Musical Numbers Lists

These song lists document any changes that the production went through aside from the opening night song list.

Philadelphia First Preview (11/18/1957)

Trivia & History

In the annual New York Drama Critics Circle voting for 1958, which took place on April 8 that year, The Music Man and West Side Story tied with nine votes on the first ballot for best musical. After a brief deliberation, it was agreed that John Chapman of the New York Daily News, who had voted for West Side Story on the first ballot, would change his vote to The Music Man on a second ballot. And thus The Music Man won the award.