Robert Preston "MUSIC MAN" Barbara Cook / Meredith Willson 1957 Souvenir Program

Description

This is a beautiful souvenir program from the Original Broadway production of the MEREDITH WILLSON musical comedy hit "THE MUSIC MAN" which played the Majestic Theatre in New York City. (The production opened December 19th, 1957 and ran for 1375 performances.) ..... The musical starred ROBERT PRESTON and featured BARBARA COOK, DAVID BURNS, PERT KELTON, IGGIE WOLFINGTON, HELEN RAYMOND, PAUL REED, EDDIE HODGES, DANNY CARROLL and DUSTY WORRALL ..... Side Note: The musical was the winner of the 1958 Tony Award for "Best Musical" beating out Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim's "West Side Story". ROBERT PRESTON and BARBARA COOK also received Tony Awards for "Best Actor in a Musical" and "Best Featured Actress in a Musical" respectively ..... CREDITS: Book, Music and Lyrics by MEREDITH WILLSON ("The Unsinkable Molly Brown", "Here's Love"); Story by MEREDITH WILLSON and FRANKLIN LACEY; Choreography by ONNA WHITE; Sets designed by HOWARD BAY; Costumes designed by RAOUL PENE DU BOIS; Directed by MORTON DE COSTA; Produced by KERMIT BLOOMGARDEN with HERBERT GREENE ..... DETAILS: The oversized 20 page program measures 9" X 12" inches and includes full production credits, photos and bios of each of the actors and members of the creative team, a full page of excerpts from a number of New York reviews and several pages of production photos ..... PLEASE NOTE: The scanned pages have been cropped due to the limitations of my scanner. The margins are slightly wider than shown ..... CONDITION: With the exception of light edge wear, this program is in excellent condition and will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any musical theatre aficionado or historian. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard.