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The Music Man is a musical with book, music, and lyrics by Meredith Willson, based on a story by Willson and Franklin Lacey.The plot concerns con man Harold Hill, who poses as a boys' band organizer and leader and sells band instruments and uniforms to naïve Midwestern townsfolk, promising to train the members of the new band.
The film is accompanied by a song titled "Unfinished Songs" written by Diane Warren and performed by Celine Dion. [4] The song was included in Dion's 2013 album Loved Me Back to Life but with different vocal and musical arrangements. The song "Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)", performed by the main character in the film, is a Billy Joel song.
The Music Man is a 1962 American musical film directed and produced by Morton DaCosta, based on Meredith Willson's 1957 Broadway musical of the same name, which DaCosta also directed. Robert Preston reprises the title role from the stage version, starring alongside Shirley Jones , Buddy Hackett , Hermione Gingold , Ronny Howard , and Paul Ford .
Robert Reiniger Meredith Willson [1] (May 18, 1902 – June 15, 1984) was an American flautist, composer, conductor, musical arranger, bandleader, playwright, and writer.He is perhaps best known for writing the book, music, and lyrics for the 1957 hit Broadway musical The Music Man [2] and "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" (1951).
"At Night" is a song by Swiss house music project Shakedown, featuring vocals from American singer Terra Deva. [1] Released on 29 April 2002, it reached number six on the UK Singles Chart and number one on the UK Dance Chart in May 2002.
Carlyle was the choreographer for the Broadway productions of The Mystery of Edwin Drood in 2012, [6] A Christmas Story: The Musical in 2012 [7] and After Midnight in 2013 (which he also directed). In early 2022, [ 8 ] Carlyle will direct Harmony: A New Musical at the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene .
The Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album has been awarded since 1959. The award is generally given to the album's producers, principal vocalist(s), and the composer and lyricist if they have written a new score which comprises 51% or more playing time of the album, though the number of recipients has varied over the category's tenure.
Man of La Mancha: 1965 Broadway: Mitch Leigh: Joe Darion: Dale Wasserman: Notable song: "The Impossible Dream". A Man of No Importance: 2002 Off-Broadway Stephen Flaherty: Lynn Ahrens: Terrence McNally: Based on the 1994 Film of the same name. The Man With a Load of Mischief: 1966 Off-Broadway: John Clifton Ben Tarver and Clifton Tarver