Robert Preston

On stage 15 productions, 24 years

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Worked with more than once4 names

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In the literature8 passages

• Soon this would change. The film adaptation of The Music Man took a chance that paid off in casting the original stage lead, Robert Preston, who had little proven box office traction, but Jack Warner and Cukor were not eager to take a similar chance and allow Julie Andrews to repeat her stage role as Eliza Doolittle. In replacing Andrews,…ebooks/Block, Geoffrey/Enchanted Evenings_The Broadway Musical from 'Show Boat' to Sondheim and Lloyd Webber - Geoffrey Block.txt
• Throughout the Thirties and beyond, movie personalities like Mae West, Lucille Ball, Jack Benny, Robert Preston, Janis Paige and the like were often imported to help an ailing show. But as the musical developed into a larger and more expensive entity, with companies mushrooming all over the world, any particular star’s indispensability ne…ebooks/Citron, Stephen/Musical From the Inside Out, The - Stephen Citron.txt
• Act One: “Rock Island” (Paul Reed, Russell Goodwin, Hal Norman, Robert Howard, James Gannon, Robert Lenn, Vernon Lusby, Robert Evans); “Iowa Stubborn” (Townspeople of River City); “Trouble” (Robert Preston, Townspeople); “Piano Lesson” (Barbara Cook, Pert Kelton, Marilyn Siegel); “Goodnight, My Someone” (Barbara Cook); “Seventy-Six Trombo…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• Act Two: “It’s You” (Bill Spangenberg, Wayne Ward, Al Shea, Vern Reed, Helen Raymond, Elaine Swann, Peggy Mondo, Adnia Rice, Martha Flynn); “Shipoopi” (Iggie Wolfington, Robert Preston, Barbara Cook, Danny Carroll, Dusty Worrall, Kids); “Pickalittle” (reprise) (Helen Raymond, Elaine Swann, Peggy Mondo, Adnia Rice, Martha Flynn, Ladies); “…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• The musical played for 1,375 performances and was the third-longest-running of the decade’s musicals. The plot centered on con-man Harold Hill (Robert Preston), a lovable charlatan who knows nothing about music but nonetheless dupes the gullible parents of River City, Iowa, into believing he can teach their children music through his revo…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• The delightful and very faithful film version was released by Warner Brothers in 1962 with Morton Da Costa reprising his original direction. Robert Preston and Pert Kelton were back in their original roles, and others in the cast were Shirley Jones (Marian), Paul Ford (Major Shinn [Ford had succeeded David Burns during the original Broadw…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt

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