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The Music Man

The Music Man. Objectives. Students will be introduced to the musical, The Music Man , by completing a worksheet as they prepare to watch the film version of the musical. The Music Man. 1957 Broadway Musical Opened at The Majestic Theater (now: Phantom of the Opera )

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The Music Man

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  1. The Music Man

  2. Objectives • Students will be introduced to the musical, The Music Man, by completing a worksheet as they prepare to watch the film version of the musical.

  3. The Music Man • 1957 Broadway Musical • Opened at The Majestic Theater (now: Phantom of the Opera) • Transferred to The Broadway Theatre (now: Sister Act) • 1,375 performances • Won 5 Tony Awards, including Best Musical • Cast album won a Grammy Award in 1958 • The album was #1 on the Billboard charts for 12 weeks and remained for 245 weeks

  4. Characters • Harold Hill • Con-man who sells musical instruments and bands to communities, then takes the money and runs!

  5. Robert Preston • Born June 8, 1918 • Died March 21, 1987 • American stage and film actor • Starred primarily in westerns • Best known for his role in “The Music Man”

  6. Characters • Marian Paroo • Librarian in the town and also teaches piano lessons. • She suspects Professor Harold Hill and tries to uncover his story.

  7. Shirley Jones • Born March 31, 1934 • American singer and actress • Oklahoma • Carousel • The Music Man • The Partridge Family (TV series)

  8. 76 Trombones/Goodnight My Someone • Same tune • 76 Trombones: in 2/4 • Goodnight My Someone 3/4

  9. References made in the show • The ladies of the town accuse Marian of advocating “dirty books.” • Chaucer • Rabelais • Balzac • Even Marian’s mother says that all Marian does is read and talk about “Balzac and Shakespeare and all those other high-falutin Greeks” • That’s funny because Balzac was French and Shakespeare was English

  10. Chaucer • 1343-1400 • Widely considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages • Most remembered for “The Canterbury Tales”

  11. Rabelais • 1494-1553 • French Renaissance writer, doctor and humanist • Often regarded as a writer of fantasy, satire, the grotesque and bawdy jokes

  12. Balzac • 1799-1850 • French novelist and playwright • His writings present a panorama of French life after 1815 • One of the founders of “realism” in European literature

  13. Captain Billy’s Wiz-Bang • American publication • Began after World War I • Cartoons and jokes • Some people thought it represented the decline of morality • It is mentioned in “The Music Man,” however it was not published until after the “time” that the musical is set!

  14. Objectives • Students will be introduced to the musical, The Music Man, by completing a worksheet as they prepare to watch the film version of the musical.

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