August 12, 13, 19, and 20,2005 7:30 p.m. 

CollinsvilleWebster School Auditorium

Directedby Karen Perry
                                

   Synopsis:

      Anaffectionate paean to Smalltown, U.S.A. of a bygone era, Meredith Willson’s“The Music Man” follows fast-talking traveling salesman Harold Hill as hecons the people of River City, Iowa into buying instruments and uniforms for aboys’ band he vows to organize – this despite the fact he doesn’t know atrombone from a treble clef. His plans to skip town with the cash are foiledwhen he falls for Marian the librarian, who transforms him into a respectablecitizen by curtain’s fall.

Perfect for professional theatres, community groups, summer stock and schoolsalike, this award-winning, critically acclaimed Broadway classic is anall-American institution, thanks to is quirky characters, charmingly predictabledramatic situations, and one-of-a-kind, nostalgic score of rousing marches,barbershop quartets and sentimental ballads which have become popular standards.The cast features a soaring soprano ingénue, parts for young performers andchildren, and one of the musical theatre’s treasures, a tour de force leadingrole for a charismatic actor who doesn’t need to be a trained singer.

By turns wicked, funny, warm, romantic and touching, “The Music Man” isfamily entertainment at its best.

TheMusic Man is sponsored in part by a grant from the Madison County ArtsCouncil, the Illinois Arts Council, and the Fox Associates Foundation