Though Meredith Willson wrote its music, lyrics and book by pulling from his own childhood — “I simply remembered Iowa as closely as I could the way it was,” he told The Times in 1979 — “The Music Man” initially drew, and has maintained, acclaim in part for its specific depiction of small-town America.
“The show is frankly a happy valentine to yesterday, rich with music and laughter and the sentimentality of a less-complicated world,” wrote L.A. Times entertainment editor Cecil Smith, just before a production opened in Los Angeles in 1958. “It was another, more peaceful time and place, this year of 1912 in the horse-and-buggy Middle West — an America easier to know and understand and love, for all its quaintness and ‘hick’ innocence,” echoed Los Angeles Times film critic Philip K. Scheuer of the 1962 movie.American musical of them all,” wrote The Times’ entertainment editor Charles Champlin in 1984. “If you had called someplace like River City home, you knew how well Prof.
Deaaar kindly Cancel Kulture You gotta understand It was 1957 When they wrote The Music Man Spielberg’s reviving West Side Story It was problematic too Golly Moses, what are we to do?
Marge v the Monorail is one of the best Simpsons episodes.
The Music Man is delightful, and full of heart. It inspired me as a child in the 90's and I have no doubt that it will have a positive impact on todays generation as well. And bottom line, Hugh Jackman will also help bring international tourism back to NYC and Broadway.
Man of La Mancha
Sometimes this is the way we learn about history&humanity -by visiting slices of life in the past. How do you know that this fictionalized view of cultural behavior does not impart lessons to new generations (often hopeful but sometimes thinks only the young can save the world)?
unadulterated pretentious claptrap by an extremely ignorant writer who obviously has deep seated bigotry against classic american musicals. and about that tony-why not celebrate such a year of remarkable, brilliant, classic shows and the singular performances of preston and cook
No, it's this commentary we could do without. The Music Man is amazing, energizing, and on Broadway, sure to be spectacular. It's hard to imagine a more electrifying performance than Robert Preston's, but Hugh Jackman is the man to do it. Debbie Downer can stay home.
Do you guys just hate everything? Or must be a miserable existence, constantly milking the worst out of everything.
Is there any pre-Sondheim musical they wouldn't say this about?
Psssst: if you don’t like it, don’t buy tickets. Do the opposite if you do like it.
How a huckster was able to get folks to do stupid things? Seems timely. I hate musicals. Never seen it. Mason City, Iowa has some cool architecture and puppets.
An amazing movie...Robert Preston..
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Knock it off
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