NSO Pops: The Music of The Music Man/Marvin Hamlisch, conductor

Songs from Meredith Willson's Tony Award–winning blockbuster musical are performed in concert by the NSO Pops, including "Seventy-six Trombones," "Goodnight My Someone," "Till There Was You," and more.

Nov 27 - 28, 2009
Concert Hall
1 hour, 50 minutes
$20.00 - $85.00

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About the Program

Artists:

Marvin Hamlisch , conductor
Shirley Jones , vocalist (Mrs. Paroo)
Rebecca Luker , vocalist (Marian Paroo)
Patrick Cassidy , vocalist (Harold Hill)
Todd A. Horman , vocalist (Marcellus)
Joseph Serafini , vocalist (Winthrop)
The City Choir of Washington , Robert Shafer, artistic director

National Symphony Orchestra Pops
The Music of
Meredith Willson's
The Music Man

Book, Music, and Lyrics by
MEREDITH WILLSON
Story by
MEREDITH WILLSON and FRANKLIN LACEY
Concert Adaptation by
EVANS HAILE

When the Kennedy Center's own music man, Marvin Hamlisch, promises to strike up the band, by golly he leads the best band in town. This Pops review of Meredith Willson's work begins with a medley of the songwriter's best-known tunes. After the intermission, a line-up of Broadway stars led by Rebecca Luker as Marian the Librarian, Patrick Cassidy as Harold Hill, and Shirley Jones as Mrs. Paroo sings the beloved songs of The Music Man including "Seventy-six Trombones," "My White Knight," and many more! The Pops will have audiences marching from "Rock Island" to "Gary, Indiana," and there will be no skipping the land this time, just rapt enjoyment of all the best of this five-time Tony Award–winning Broadway classic.

THE MUSIC MAN CONCERT VERSION is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). Program: