The Music Man Set to Open February 23rd

Artistic Director, Ed Flesch, has assembled a stellar cast for the opening of our 2023 Broadway Season and we are ready to strike up the band with Meredith Willson’s brassy musical comedy romance, THE MUSIC MAN. Winner of eight Tony Awards including Best Musical, THE MUSIC MAN has delighted audiences the world over for 65 years with its rollicking tale of the fast-talking, charming con man, the prim but passionate librarian, the bumbling mayor, and all the colorful characters that make this show a classic. Add such wonderful songs as “Goodnight My Someone,” “The Wells Fargo Wagon,” and “76 Trombones” and you have a guaranteed gilt-edged great time for all.

Leading the cast as that fast-talking salesman Harold Hill is Mark Campbell. His National Tour credits include MAMMA MIA, GUYS AND DOLLS, Phantom in PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, and most recently Scar in THE LION KING. Laura Cable, known to Fireside audiences as the Wicked Witch in THE WIZARD OF OZ, Eliza Doolittle in MY FAIR LADY, and Ursula in THE LITTLE MERMAID is featured as Marian the Librarian. We’re also pleased to welcome back Darryl Winslow as Marcellus Washburn, Michael Haws as Mayor Shinn, and Rhonda Rae Busch as Eulalie MacKecknie Shinn.

The cast also includes Marcee Doherty-Elst as Mrs. Paroo, Kurt Perry as Jacey Squires, Jason Plorde as Ewart Dunlop. Vincent DiPeri as Oliver Hix, Carl Hulden as Olin Britt, Daniel Patrick Russell as Tommy Djilas, TaylorRea Carter as Zanetta Shinn, Joe Lehman as Charlie Cowell, Shanon Haddock as Ethel Toffelmier, Brooke Menton as Alma Hix, Tierney Rose Bent as Maud Dunlop. Melody Liberman as Mrs. Squires, John Cavaseno, TJ Kubler, Irene Lo, Arik Vega, Heather Nolting, and Taylor Palma.