The Music Man, 1957

Other stagings of The Music Man 3 more

Who was in it104 named

Robert Preston1918–1987

Barbara Cook1927–2017

D

David Burns

Pert Kelton1907–1968

I

Iggie Wolfington

T

The Buffalo Bills

E

Eddie Hodges

Helen Raymond1878–1965

J

Joan Bowman

A

Alice Clift

J

James Gannon

R

Robert Lenn

H

Hal Norman

P

Paul Reed

A

Adnia Rice

Eddie Albert1906–2005

K

Ken Ayers

M

Margaret Baxter

Pamela Abbott
Elisabeth Buda
Danny Carroll
Ronn Cummins
Nancy Davis
Babs Delmore
Robert Evans
Martha Flynn
Russell Goodwin
Penny Ann Green
Janet Hayes
Robert Howard
Peter Leeds
Vernon Lusby
Lynda Lynch
Jacqueline Maria
Bob Mariano
Pat Mariano
Gary Menteer
Peggy Mondo
Carl Nicholas
Marilyn Poudrier
Vern Reed
Marie Santella
John Sharpe
Al Shea
Marilyn Siegel
Bill Spangenberg
Elaine Swann
Gerald Teijelo
Barbara Travis
Wayne Ward
Babs Warden
Marlys Watters
Vernon Wendorf
Barbara Williams
Roy Wilson
Dusty Worrall
Bert Parks
Leora Thatcher
Fred Albee
Barbara Beck
Pixie Bowman
Carolyn Clark
Joan Coddington
Nancy Dale
Dean Dittman
Bernard Eastoe
Paul Floyd
Paul Ford
Arlyne Frank
Larry Fuller
Robert Gorman
Linda Rae Hager
Patrick Heim
Richard Hermany
Patti Lee Hilka
Curtis Hood
Leslye Hunter
Marion Hunter
Peter J Laird
Loi Leabo
Jack Leigh
Gubi Mann
Mort Marshall
Jack Mccann
Thomas Norden
Paul O Keefe
Eric Paynter
Alan Peterson
Nana Prudente
Nancy Radcliffe
Nadine Revene
Glenn Richards
Michael Roberts
Shev Rodgers
Alice Shanahan
Ronald Tourso
George Tregre
Eleonore Treiber
Frances Underhill
Kip Watson
Lynn Wendell
Carolee Winchester
Laurie Wright
Carolee Wynne

Creative team

Director

Morton DaCosta

Choreographer

Onna White

Producer

Kermit Bloomgarden

Orchestrations

Don Walker

Tony Awards 5 from 8 nominations

Recordings 2 released while this run was on

1958

The Music Man Capitol Records WAO-990; Capitol Records WAO990, released January 20, 1958

United States

1958

The Music Man Capitol Records WAO-990, released January 20, 1958

United States

15 more exist for other runs of this show: see The Music Man for all of them.

Around this production

Willson rewrote the show over 30 times across eight years. "Ya Got Trouble" uses no actual melody, and Robert Preston had to deliver it at breakneck speed every single night.