Also credited on4 works
The Music Man
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
The Music Man (2022 Revival)
Here’s Love
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In the literature8 passages
- [243] Roberta Freund Schwartz , “Iowa Stubborn: Meredith Willson ’s musical characterization of his fellow Iowans”, Studies in Musical Theatre , Volume Three, Number One, Intellect Ltd., Bristol, 2009, p. 31.ebooks/Atkey, Mel/Million Miles from Broadway_ Musical Theatre Beyond New York and London, A - Mel Atkey.txt
- Sandy Wilson did it in The Boyfriend, Lionel Bart did it in Oliver, Frank Loesser did it in The Most Happy Fella, Meredith Willson did it in The Music Man and Noel Coward did it throughout his lifetime. Beyond those few individuals, and except for Mr Coward (for the others were isolated works in long careers), I know no other case in the…ebooks/Citron, Stephen/Musical From the Inside Out, The - Stephen Citron.txt
- 88 The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Meredith Willson’s second Broadway show, had a book by Richard Morris. Critic Gerald Boardman expressed the general consensus when he wrote, ‘the new work lacked something of the stylish consistency of The Music Man’.ebooks/Citron, Stephen/Musical From the Inside Out, The - Stephen Citron.txt
- With its opening scenes taking place on July 4, 1912, in a midwestern town, Meredith Willson’s The Music Man was an affectionate but sardonic look at small-town America from the perspective of that quintessential American type, the confidence man. The Music Man may well be the great old-fashioned American musical comedy with its perfect b…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
- Tony Awards and Nominations : Best Musical (The Music Man ); Best Leading Actor in a Musical (Robert Preston ); Best Featured Actor in a Musical (David Burns ); Best Featured Actor in a Musical (Iggie Wolfington); Best Featured Actress in a Musical (Barbara Cook ); Best Director (Morton Da Costa); Best Author of a Musical (Meredith Willso…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
- Meanwhile, we picked up where we left off on another project—The Music Man. This came to us by way of Frank Loesser, who published Meredith Willson’s material. We spent six months working on it and had a good start. The original idea—and it was serious—was that there was a spastic boy in a small town in Iowa. In those days they would put…ebooks/Feuer, Cy/B003L77WUK EBOK - Cy Feuer & Ken Gross.txt
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