1996

EC Players to present The Meredith Willson 's award-win– ning Broadway musical, The Music Man, will open for a four– day run, April 10-13, in the 0\ id S. Vickers Fine Art~ Theatre on the East Central Communi!) College Decatur campus. A shoY. for all agel.. the production '- pre– sented by the ECCC Pla}ers under the direction of Judy A Carroll. The Mus ic Man opened on December 9, 1957, at Broad.... a~· Majestic Theatre in !'\e"' Yor,. It was a huge hit and ran for 1..;-" performances. II won the ~e\\ York Drama Critic\ Ctrcle Av.ard and nine Ton) AY.ard indudmg Best Mustca. The ltlm \eNon won an Academ~ A1.1.ard m 1962 fo r Best Mu!.ical Adaptation. .... ideI} regarded a!. one of the mo t ccomphshed works in B·oadwa~ htstol)'. It "lovingly and m rou ly" capture!. the lost 1 ocence of American at the be~ ng ol the 20th century. The M c Man i!> the story of P Harold Htll (Rick B Decatur) and his impact p toY. n of River City, H a;mes m the small ........_..........,. 1 on J J) 4, 1912...... ith est mtentiOn'!.. p ) b t effective. Rt\er Ctt} ·~ re t– eu cbtldren g II. tflhe) b ~ l e en est man of the "perennial huck– ster." Trapped by his love for her. he is literally forced to face the music when he is made to "con– duct" the children's band. While the children can hardly play their instruments, the inner music that Hill and the band bring into the life of the town transforms River City. The music will make your feet snap into a marching step to the entife company number of ··se\enty-Six Trombones." make you reach for your hankie in Ham n s "Goodnight My

S ~eone" and \l c1nt to dance in ·"e cli,Je, to "Shtpoopi," featunng Rtchard Ed" ards of Forest as Htll sold friend and reformed co- conspirator Marcellus Washhurn. The Music Man soundtrack from Capitol Records earned an RIAA Gold Record Award within a year of release and won a Grammy

mt: rTib he has for ale. He Y.tll 'tmpl) coiled the money and e~cape v.; ithout fululling hi promises. HiJI' plan' go a..... ry "'hen he fall in love with the toY. n librarian. Marian Paroo (Lisa Harrison of Little Rock), who makes an hon-

According to Carroll. The Mu-.tc Man i!. ba ed on \\'ill on's recol– lections of hts chtldhood tn a small Iowa town. He crafted hi!. boyhood memories into what is

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River City Children's Band...In the last scene of the show, Harold Hill (Rick Brooks) finally has to--– prove that he can lead a band. Pictured abo,·e are members of the children's band he directs. From left are (first row) Emily Boggan, Kri si Harris, Blair Anderson, Dru Anderson, Carmen Ezell, \_L ·- --- - Haley Harris and Luke Howell and becond ro"' frorr. left) Kelli Harris, Dinah Howell, Chris Carson, Jennifer Carson, Whitney Harri and Nata lie Boggan.

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