Video: 'The Music Man (Original Broadway Cast)' (18 videos)

(Thursday, December 19, 1957, 1957, 7:30 p.m. EST) — The Music Man, a musical with book, music, and lyrics by Meredith Willson, based on a story by Willson and Franklin Lacey about a con artist who hawks musical instruments and band uniforms to small-town America, opened tonight on Broadway at the Majestic Theatre in New York City.

The original cast included Robert Preston (who went on to reprise his role in the 1962 screen adaptation) as Harold Hill, Barbara Cook as Marian, Eddie Hodges as Winthrop, Pert Kelton as Mrs. Paroo, Iggie Wolfington as Marcellus Washburn and David Burns as Mayor Shinn.