Gallery: The Music Man

10/07/2019 by Hannah Campbell Leave a Comment

The first Wanda L. Bass School of Music mainstage musical of the semester was The Music Man, a musical comedy about a con man who convinces members of a small town in Iowa to buy band instruments, but ends up falling in love with the local librarian before he can skip town with the money. The show’s music is written by Meredith Willson.

The musical was performed September 27-29 in Kirkpatrick Auditorium in Kirkpatrick Fine Arts Center.

Meghan Rooney, music theater junior, plays “Mrs. Eulalie Mackechnie Shinn.”

Emma Licata, music theater senior, plays “Ethel Toffelmier.”

Adam LaPorte, music theater/music composition senior, performs “Seventy-Six Trombones” as “Harold Hill.”

Jack Supan, music theater and guitar sophomore, Austin Lewis, music theater graduate, and Adam White and Hunter Semraus, music theater sophomores, perform “Sincere.”

The company performs “Marian the Librarian.”

The company performs “Ya Got Trouble.”

Connor McLaury, music theater/vocal performance senior, plays “Mayor George Shinn.”

The Barbershop Quartet and “Harold Hill” sing “Lida Rose.”

The company performs “Shipoopi.”

The Barbershop Quartet shows their deputy badges to “Harold Hill.”

Caroline Allen, music theater/vocal performance senior, plays “Marian Paroo.” She and LaPorte share a kiss at the end of “‘Till There Was You.”

“Ethel Toffelmier” and “Marian Paroo” are lifted by their partners in “Shipoopi.”

The company performs “Iowa Stubborn.”

The Barbershop Quartet performs the reprise of “Pick-A-Little (Talk-A-Little).”

The company performs “Marian the Librarian.”

The Pick-A-Little Ladies perform “Pick-A-Little (Talk-A-Little).”

Photo credit: Hannah Campbell

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