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Meredith Willson

MEREDITH WILLSON  (1902 - 1984)

 Nationality:    USA
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aka Robert Meredith Reiniger [Birthname]

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below is a list of Meredith Willson's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Here's Love         Music Man, The         Unsinkable Molly Brown

Here's Love

Here's Love
1960 New York. Mother and daughter Susan and Doris live together. Doris works at Macy's and is in charge of their events - she is getting things ready for the Thanksgiving Parade. Ex-marine Fred meets Susan and to cure her of her realistic look on life takes her to Macy's to meet Santa Claus. Doris and Fred fall for each other. then Santa is arrested and put on trial and it is Fred who defends him and has to prove that he does exist

Notes:
Music by Meredith Willson; Book by Meredith Willson; Based on "Miracle on 34th Street" by Valentine Davies And George Seaton; Lyrics by Meredith Willson

1st Produced:
Shubert Theatre, NY    03 Oct 1963

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Music:
Original cast recording: Columbia (48204) 1963

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Genre:
Musical

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Music Man, The

Music Man, The
Setting: River City, Iowa. 1912. Professor Hill is a travelling sales/con man. He pitches the idea of musical education as a tool to prevent teenage boys from falling into vice (Ya Got Trouble), painting a majestic picture of a marching band (76 Trombones). His scheme calls for selling lots of expensive musical instruments and band uniforms, but skipping out before the townsfolk discover he his background in musical education is phony.

Notes:
Book by Meredith Willson; Music by Meredith Willson; Lyrics by Meredith Willson; Story by Meredith Willson And Franklin Lacey

1st Produced:
Majestic Theatre, NY    19 Dec 1957

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Music:
Original cast recording: Capitol (46633) 1957

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Unsinkable Molly Brown

Synopsis:
Setting: the turn of the century. the Tobin shack in Hannibal, Missouri. the Saddle Rock Saloon and Johnny's log cabin in Leadville, Colorado. the McGlone and Brown mansions in Denver, Colorado. Also Paris, Monte Carlo, the mid-Atlantic, the Rockies.

Notes:
Music by Meredith Willson; Lyrics by Meredith Willson; Book by Richard Morris

1st Produced:
Winter Garden Theatre, NY    1960

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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