The Music Man

:For the song and game, see The Music Man (song).

Background Information

• The fictional city of River City in the musical is loosely based on Mason City, Iowa.
• American Libraries,the American Library Association, reported in the March 2005 issue the source of the name of the character "Marian the Librarian" as Marian Seeley of Provo, Utah. Mrs. Seeley had been an acquaintance of Meredith Willson during World War Two, when she was a medical records librarian. The magazine reported that Meredith Willson "dubbed her 'Marian the Librarian' at the time, then went on to include that character in his play."
• The story is thought to take place in 1912.
• The number "Goodnight, My Someone" is really a slower version of the famous "Seventy-Six Trombones".