The Music Man

"Professor" Harold Hill is a con man whose scam is to convince parents he can teach their musically-disinclined children to play a musical instrument. Taking pre-paid orders for instruments and uniforms with the promise he will form a band, he skips town and moves on to the next one before he's exposed.

Arriving in fictional 1912 River City, Iowa, Hill's modus operandi is compromised when he becomes attracted to local librarian Marian Paroo, who recognizes him for the fraud he is. Nevertheless, she falls in love with the smooth-talking charmer when he draws her self-conscious, lisping brother Winthrop from his shell.

When Hill's scheme begins to unravel, he is faced with the choice of escaping yet again or staying with Marian and facing the consequences.

The Songs

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