Oh, the Wells Fargo Wagon is coming… to the stage on the New Tampa Performing Arts Middle! The New Tampa Gamers, New Tampa’s neighborhood theater troupe, is making ready to open its summer season manufacturing of “The Music Man.”
This traditional musical options toe-tapping tunes, colourful costumes and a forged stuffed with neighbors, lecturers and college students. “The Music Man” is bringing folks collectively each onstage and off.
“The New Tampa Gamers (NTP) selected ‘Music Man’ for this summer season as a result of it’s simply enjoyable that may have our audiences buzzing the tunes for days! It has massive dance numbers, foolish comedy and characters that make you smile!,” says NTP producing creative director Nora Paine.
The forged of 40 consists of a variety of neighborhood members — from first-time performers to stage veterans. David Groomes and Becky Groomes, veterans of the Tampa stage, be a part of NTP’s forged because the con man Harold Hill and the River Metropolis mayor’s spouse Eulalie Shinn. Melanie Marie Bierwieler, who earned raves as Lina in final summer season’s “Singin’ within the Rain,” performs the feminine lead, Marian Paroo, River Metropolis’s prim and skeptical librarian.
Set in 1912, “The Music Man,” which received 5 Tony Awards in 1958, together with Greatest Musical, was written by Meredith Wilson. It tells the story of Harold Hill (initially performed by Tony winner Robert Preston and by Hugh Jackman within the 2022 Broadway revival), a captivating con man who poses as a touring bandleader. He arrives in River Metropolis, Iowa, planning to promote devices and uniforms to the townspeople, after which skip city with out educating the youngsters learn how to play.
Nonetheless, Harold’s plan begins to unravel when he falls for Marian (initially performed by Tony winner Barbara Prepare dinner on Broadway), the city’s librarian and piano trainer. As he grows genuinely keen on Marian and the neighborhood, Harold inadvertently brings the city collectively — making a boys’ band and really lifting native spirits.
In the long run, regardless of being uncovered as a fraud, Harold is forgiven by the townspeople, thanks largely to Marian’s assist and the sudden constructive affect he finally ends up having in town. The present celebrates themes of transformation, redemption and neighborhood.
Whether or not you understand each lyric to “Seventy-Six Trombones” or are new to River Metropolis, “The Music Man” guarantees an unforgettable evening of music, coronary heart and good old style enjoyable.
Performances will run Fridays-Sundays, July 25-27 and August 1-3 on the New Tampa Performing Arts Middle, with each night and matinee choices. Tickets might be bought at NewTampaPlayers.thundertix.com. For more information, go to NewTampaPlayers.org or see the advert beneath. — Particular to the Neighborhood Information, together with the photographs on this web page.
