Review: Orpheus Musical Theatre's Presentation of THE MUSIC MAN
- Courtney Castelino
- Jun 2
- 1 min read
OTTAWA
Orpheus opened its final show of its 2024-2025 season with its presentation of Meredith Wilson’s The Music Man.
The Music Man centers around Professor Harold Hill (Kody Cannon), a travelling salesman-slash-con artist, who has newly arrived in sleepy River City, Iowa. He convinces the residents that the best way to keep their children from getting into trouble is by having them join a marching band led by none other than Professor Hill himself. The only issue with that is that Hill doesn’t have a musical bone in his body and fully intends to sneak out of town after collecting all the money raised for the band’s instruments and uniforms. The only glitch is that he finds himself increasingly enamoured with Marian Paroo (Thea Nikolic), River City’s free-thinking librarian, who also moonlights as a piano teacher.
Originally staged in 1957, The Music Man is considered a golden age Broadway classic, but because of that, it presents some problems for modern-day audiences.
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