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''[[The Music Man]]'' is a Tony award winning Broadway musical. Long considered one of the classics of the genre, the theatrical version has been a staple of Summer Stock, [[High School]] and Community theatre productions for more than 50 years. There is a classic 1962 film version starring Robert Preston of the original 1957 production, and also a 2003 Disney remake starring [[Matthew Broderick]] and [[Kristin Chenoweth]].
The story involves a con artist rolling into a small town in Iowa, where the people are generally staunch and cynical of any stranger. Using his charm, "Professor" Harold Hill introduces himself as a music teacher, here to organize the easily corrupted youth of the town into a band to keep them out of trouble. His plan is basically charging them through the roof for instruments and the costs of being a teacher, only to run off when the time comes to actually make good on his offer. Unfortunately for him, he starts to get too into the role and gains an attraction to the feisty and independent Marian, the local librarian, who is quick to see through his deception.
Set in 1912, ''[[The Music Man]]'' misses [[The Gay Nineties]], but not by much, and demonstrates the same nostalgic treatment, while (at least in the film version) [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshading it.]]
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* [[American Gothic Couple]]: In 'Iowa Stubborn'
* [[Author Avatar]]: River City is based on Meredith Willson's hometown of Mason City, Iowa.
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** And Mayor Shinn, watch your phraseology!
* [[Victoria's Secret Compartment]]: Where Marian keeps the incriminating page.
* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]]: Nobody mentions anything about the pool table anymore
* [[With a Capital T]]: [[Trope Namer]]. The show-stopper "Ya Got Trouble".
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