PRODUCERS
Erin Ashegian
Ellen Farrow
VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR
Lauren Gallagher
Director
Caitlin Papp
Vocal Director
Melanie Camras
Choreographer
Kiyoko Whiteside
Welcome to the Shining Stars Production of
Music Man Jr
Based on Meredith Willson's six-time-Tony-Award-winning musical comedy, The Music Man JR. features some of musical theatre’s most iconic songs and a story filled with wit, warmth and good old-fashioned romance. The Music Man JR. is family entertainment at its best — a bold, brassy show that will have the whole town atwitter!
Master showman Harold Hill is in town and he’s got “seventy-six trombones” in tow. Can upright, uptight Marian, the town librarian, resist his powerful allure? The story follows fast-talking traveling salesman, Harold Hill, as he cons the people of River City, Iowa, into buying instruments and uniforms for a boys' band he vows to organize. The catch? He doesn't know a trombone from a treble clef. His plans to skip town with the cash are foiled when he falls for Marian, whose belief in Harold’s power just might help him succeed in the end in spite of himself.
Monday March 20
3-5 Pick A Littles, Dance Corp, Quartet, Mayor Shinn, Gracie, Tommy, Constable, Zaneeta, Cian, Town Adults, Harold (Block Pages 38-41, 49-53: Including Ice Cream/Sincere)
5-6 Winthrop, Harold, Mayor Shinn, Eulalie, Zaneeta, Marian (Block Pages 78-80, 83-85)
Tuesday March 21
3-4:30 Marcellus and Harold (Sadder But Wiser Girl-staging)
4:30-5:30 Marian and Harold (Til There Was You- staging)
Wednesday March 22
1:45-3 Town Kids, Dance Corps (76 Trombones- staging)
3-4:30 Dance Corps (Tableau & Grecian Urn)
3-5 Pick A Littles, Quartet (Tableau & Grecian Urn- staging)
1:45-3 News/Salespeople, Harold, Charlie Quartet, Mayor, No Peter (Rock Island and Quartet Music Review)
3-4 Marian (music)
4-5 Harold (music)
Thursday March 23
3-4 Everyone But Town Kids, Conductor, and Marion (Trouble- music)
4-5 Pick A Littles (music review)
5-6 Winthrop, Mrs Paroo, Marian Amaryllis (Gary, Indiana- music)
5-6 Charlie, Marcellus, Quartet, Salespeople, Adult Townspeople, Mayor Shinn, Pick A Littles, Harold, Constable (Chase scene- staging)
Monday March 27
3-4:30 All Call (76 Trombones- staging, review Iowa stubborn if time permits)
4:30-6 All Call But Marian and Mrs. Paroo (Wells Fargo Wagon- staging and pages 73-75)
Tuesday March 28
3-4 All Call BUT Charlie (pages 107-11)
4-5 Harold, Marian, Winthrop, Mrs. Paroo, Charlie (pages 55, 70-73, 90-100)
Wednesday March 29
1:45-3 Marian, Mrs. Paroo, Amaryllis, Winthrop (review Piano Lesson/ Gary, Indiana and Winthrop’s part in Wells Fargo- music)
3-4 Marian and Harold (music review and go to Shipoopi staging 4-5) 1:45-5 Town Adults, Teens, Pick a Littles, NO Mayor or Eulalia (Shipoopi- staging & dance)
2:45-5 Town Adults, Teens, Pick a Littles, Dance Corps, NO Mayor or Eulalia (Shipoopi- choreography)
Thursday March 30
3-4:30 News/Salespeople, Harold, Charlie, Quartet, Mayor, NO Peter (Review all music)
3-4:30 Pick a Littles (Pick a Little reprise- staging)
4:30-6 Pick a Littles (review all music)
4:30-6 Marian, Mrs. Paroo, Amaryllis, Winthrop (Gary Indiana- staging)
Monday April 3
3-5 All Call (Iowa Stubborn, Wells Fargo, 76 Trombones, Trouble, Shipoopi- stage review, stage pages 111-112 staging- Not Bows)
Marian Released at 4pm
5-6 Dance Corp (Review All Dances)
Tuesday April 4
3-5:30 All Call (stumble through show)
Wednesday April 5
1:45-5 All Call (Music Review Of Act 1 & 2 with staging)
Thursday April 6
3-5:30 All Call (Run Through Of Show Before Spring Break)
SPRING BREAK
Monday 17
3-6 All Call (Run Through Show)
Tuesday 18
3-6 All Call (Costume Parade)
Wednesday 19
1:45-5 All Call (Music Review Of Act 1 & 2 with staging)
Thursday 20
3-4 All Call (stage bows)
4-6 All Call (Run through Show/ Invite Designers)
Monday 24
3-6 TBA, Staging Work List
Tuesday 25
3-4:30 Pick A Littles (Review)
4:30-6 Dance Corp (Review)
Wednesday 26
1:45-6 Run Through Of Show with Costumes
Thursday 27
3-4 All Call (Music Work list TBA)
4-6 All Call (Run-through of Show)
May 1-4 Tech Week
May 5-7 Shows
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