The Music Man

Pros: great music, great dancing, Craig Bierko
Cons: Craig Bierko is leaving May 6

First of all, my lack of writing has not been because of the re-designing of this site. I just moved and have been dealing with all the hassles of that. Things are calming down, and I hope to be contributing to this site more often. Now on to the ...

Pros: Dancing/Choreography, the Finale, children with real talent, beautiful voices
Cons: Long, slow, inconsistent with not a lot of newness/originality to it, uncomfortable theatre/bathrooms, leads

You know that there is a problem with a show when most of your favorite parts have nothing to do with the leads. That was the case with The Music Man.

The Music Man is part of the classic/legit American theatre. The original was produced...

Pros: Choreography, talented cast, Eric McCormack was a pleasant surprise! Finale!
Cons: Not engaging, slow, very uncomfortable theatre

The Music Man is a classic of American theatre, opening on Broadway originally in the 1950's. This revival, directed and choreographed by Susan Stroman, opened in April of 2000 at the Neil Simon Theatre. Our group of 44 theatre lovers were...

Pros: GREAT acting, dancing, choreography, singing
Cons: none (unless you are 10 years old, then it is a little long)

*NOTE: this is a duplicate post because for some reason it wasn't showing up under this title (probably because I wrote about the play before it was listed with Epinions...)

On Saturday night (April 8) my husband and I took our 13 and 10 year...

Pros: GREAT ACTING, LIVELY MUSIC AND DANCING
Cons: NONE

Recently, while in New York, I was lucky enough to see Meredith's Wilson's Broadway Hit "The Music Man", starring Craig Bierko as Harold Hill and Rebecca Luker as Marian Paroo.

The play takes place in July, of 1912 when a...

Pros: Eric McCormack RULES! Excellent vocals, ensemble tightly rehearsed, choreography outstanding
Cons: Theater was not only HOT but also ran out of bottled water that night!

Before early 2000, I never watched Will and Grace so I never knew who Eric McCormack was. Then, once I became a fan of the show, I knew who Eric McCormack was but never thought him to be especially appropriate for a Broadway show. In fact, in one...

Pros: dancing, performers, great production
Cons: price

The Music Man is a new revival to hit Broadway, so you would think it would be old fashioned and slow. Totally wrong, it was extremely well done and entertaining. The entire show was great, from the performers down to the scenery and choreography.
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Pros: toe tapping music, uplifting feeling, great family entertainment
Cons: too much like the original, a few flaws in the orchestral delivery

The Music Man is a great, and I mean great, family theater outing. It has a few flaws, which ironically don't detract from the overall feeling you get from this "feel-good" show.

Craig Bierko is terrific. Close your eyes, and you'd...

Pros: Great dancing, great ending pay-off
Cons: Very long, inconsistent, slow, cotton-candy theater with no thought.

I know, I know, everyone is supposed to love these old musicals whenever they are paraded out for another revival. I happen to be a little more critical than most and believe that with the exorbitant prices demanded of theater goers in New York City, the...

Pros: Great Danceing and music
Cons: A little childlike

The Music Man doesn't at all fail to bring us back the time told classic of Harold Prince and his coning ways. The show is basically a carbon copy of both the movie and the original stage production. The only advantage is, is that you get to see it live....

Pros: cute songs, well organized, good scenery and costumes
Cons: very long, plot not easy to follow

My husband, my two young sons (ages seven and ten)
and I went to see The Music Man on New Year's Eve,
December 31st, 2000.

The show started with a stage set of a moving train.
Very cute, perhaps the best part of...

Pros: Marian's voice, everyone but Harold Hill, sets,
Cons: End of the play but not the finale, Harold Hill

We saw this in South Bend, IN last night, and the music was fabulous - as you can hum 90% in your head. "76 Trombones" is the big number and the finale is a wonderful wonderful reason to go alone! I'm not going to say why, but it includes at least 25...

Pros: Dancing, lead actor and actress
Cons: tough ticket

I just spent a week in NYC and saw 7 plays and the new "Music Man" was among the best. If you can only think of Robert Preston as Harold Hill, fear not. Craig Bierko fills the role nicely. First off, he sounds a bit like Preston. But he's...

Pros: Very funny and cleverly done.
Cons: --

Although I have always been a big fan of musicals, particularly the ones I see on Broadway, but The Music Man is one of my favorites. It is extremely funny with a lot of twists.

It is about a con-man, Professor Harold Hill, who tries to make...

Pros: great dancing, nice story line, great acting, and a spectacular ending. best show i've seen.
Cons: There was nothing negative about this show. Thats how great it was!!!

Robert Sean Leonard was great! the whole cast was excellent and extremely talented. i highly recommend you go see it and bring the whole family. The singing was perfect, the dancing and gymnastics were perfect, and the acting was incredible, the actors...