The Writer's Almanac from Tuesday, December 19, 2000 “Housewarming,” by Thomas R. Smith, from The Dark Indigo Current (Holy Cow Press) ORIGINAL AUDIO - 2000 ORIGINAL TEXT - 2000 On this day in 1957, The Music Man by Meredith Wilson opened in New York at the Majestic Theater in Manhattan. It’s the story of a small-town librarian named Marian Paroo and a traveling con man, Harold Hill, who sells band instruments to the boys of the town, and plans to skip town before the instruments arrive. It ran for 1,375 performances.
Meredith Willson (as did his parents) spelled his name with two Ls. He also wrote “The Unsinkable Molly Brown” and “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas.”
Meredith Willson (as did his parents) spelled his name with two Ls. He also wrote “The Unsinkable Molly Brown” and “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas.”