The Music Man

Cast Highlights

Act One

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

Act Two

• It's You .... Olin, Oliver, Ewart, Jacey, Eulalie and Ladies
• Shipoopi .... Marcellus, Harold, Marian, Tommy, Zaneeta and Kids
• Pick-a-Little, Talk-a-Little (Reprise) .... Eulalie 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 (Reprise) .... Marian and Harold
• Goodnight, My Someone (Reprise) .... Marian and Harold
• Till There Was You (Reprise) .... Harold
• Finale .... 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)

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.

Main Run

• Majestic Theatre (New York, NY)
  12/19/1957 - 10/15/1960
• Broadway Theatre (New York, NY)
  10/17/1960 - 4/15/1961

Tryout Dates

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  Shubert Theatre (Philadelphia, PA)
  11/18/1957 - 12/14/1957

Commercial Recordings

• Original Broadway Cast (1957)