Theater Review: ‘The Music Man’: Middle America in Song and Dance

The cast performing a musical number in "The Music Man," now playing on Broadway. Joan Marcus

Here in New York, in its fourth incarnation since it originally played on Broadway in 1957, Meredith Willson’s slice of musical Americana does not fail to please. Willson wrote book, lyrics and music, and collaborated on the story with Franklin Lacey.

Sutton Foster as Marian Paroo in "The Music Man," now playing on Broadway. Joan Marcus