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Summer 8-19-1969 The uM sic Man Little Theatre on the Square

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This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the 1969 at The Keep. It has been accepted for inclusion in 1969 Shows Programs by an authorized administrator of The Keep. For more information, please [email protected]. PETER and ANIKO PALMER "THE MUSIC MAN" August 19 - 31, 1969 / ---3% 6uy S. Little, Jr. Prexntr Peter and Aniko Palmer MEREDITH WILLSON'S "" Book, Music EL Lyrics by: Story by: MEREDITH WlllSON and WILLSON FRANKLIN LACM with John Kelso Helen Halone Bill Haddad Barbara lea Jnw, E. Rogers Carol Culver JIM BrM William Arthur Dennis Brimaldl Directed by ROBERT BRUCE HOLLEY Choreog'raphed by GEORGE BUNT Musical Direction by ELWOOD SMITH Production Designed by ROBERT D. SOULE Costumes Designed by JEAN WEBSTER and JAY LIEBMAN Production Stage Manager Technical Director LOUIS Dl MARIO JEROME ROSENBERGER Assistant Musical Director Assistant Choreographer ALLAN DAMERON JAMES E. ROGERS I ENTIRE PRODUCTION UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF MR. LrrTLE I CAST Traveling Salesmen ...... GEORGE BUNT, DENNIS ORIf'MLDI, JOHN CANNON, RICHARD MRNGES, JACK YANTlS Conduetor ...... RANDY WGlU ch.rlie Cowell ...... JW BRETT Harold Hill ...... PETER PALMER byor Shinn ...... JOHN KELSO Ewart Dunlop ...... JOHN CANNON Oliver Hix ...... DI~RICH SNELLING Jacy Squires ...... GUY LITTLE Otin &itt ...... WILLIAM ARTHUR Marcellus Washburn ...... BILL HAWAD Tommy Djilaa ...... J~ESE. ROGERS Marian Paroo ...... ANlKO PAW Mrs. Paroo ...... Amaryllis ...... BEC Winthrop Paroo ...... Edalie Mackecknie Shinn ...... Zmleet...... Grscie Shirm ...... Alma Hix ...... Mrs. SquIres ...... Maud Dunlop ...... Etbl Toffehnier ...... Constable Lockv ...... (Continued on iaaert pg6J Tbe Music Man is presented through special arrangement dth Ywic Theatre Intw 57th St., New York, N.Y. 10019 NATIONAL BANK

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DLCATUR. ILLINOIS - FFwhets Who in thii-GSF add Hill) ts making his BARBARA LEA (Mrs. Paroo) returned to the msntti appearmce at The Little Theatre-On Sullivan stage after two year's abaence to play , Tlw Sunare ainee he first played Curly in Ok- Kate in last season's The Mirscle Worker star- ?ahoma! in 1962. Since that time he has re- ring Katharine Houghton. Since her last ap- tdto star in The Pa'ama Game. The Ten- pearance in Sullivan as Grace in BUS Stop with der Trap, Carousel. 110 The Shade and last Edd Byrnea, Miss Lea has moved to the West I ,a& Th ,~I#&II~ P~IJIc.?.. Coast where she has been very active in theatre While a student at the Univeralty of Illinois. appearing in productions of The Lwer Depths Peter war a football star and sang the nation- and Nude With Violin at the ART Theatre in al anthem before many football games. While Phoenix. Ar~sonaand the lead rn Guest In The in the Army, Peter was seen on TV and Im- House in hsAn eles. Barbara wili be remem- mediately signed to create the title role in the bered by ~entrafIllinois audienrrq for her original Broadway production of L'il Ab~r. . . character roles in So11d Gold Cad~llac The the result was instant atardoml After two years Seven Year Itch with Eddie Bracken, G& with with Abner, Peter starred in the movie version Margaret O'Brien and Sumiaps In New York and since that .time has appeared in virtually with Gary Conway. every top teIevcsion variety show. He is prob- This past year. Barbara played, the wrt of ably the only performer who has had the drs- Portia in the Hollywood Productmn of JrJlus tincNon of sincinq for four Presidents of the Caesar at the Shakespeare Festrval and Vbia in Unitad Staten: Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy ItveIfth Nf~bt. She, also. has been teaching and Johnson. acting and speech at San Fernando Valley State As a college student, Peter was a chorua boy College. at the St. Louis Muni Opera . . . he returned there as the star of Oklabema!. GdNews, AMES E. ROGERS (Tomm Djilas) made his Redhead and The Desert Song. Thia spring. Pe- hrat suilivan appearance at $he wild Hone in ter starred in The Student Priwe in Aenie Get Your Gun earlier this season and re- and immediately before returning to Sullivan. ceived an ovation for his outatandiag dancing. he apveared in the premiere of the tryout of a im has been featured with the N.Y. City Opera new Broadway musical Tom Plpor at the fa- kllet. the Boston Ballet Companp apd has mous Goodspeed ope4 House in Conneetiout. toured throughout the country ap ulna m iead- ins night clubs with Bob Hope. rn Gahor, Bob ANIKO FARBELL PALMER (Marian Paroo) Newhart and Connie Francis. is the extremely talentad and versatile wife of Peter Palmer. She had her om television chow CAROL CULVER. (Zaneeta) is .one of the on the CBC network in Canada. Aniko was Miss most beautiful and talented dancer-arn$er-actre- NewfoundIand in 1965 and went on to hold the ea to ~racethe Sullivan stage. Mrss Culver coveted title of Miss Canada the same year. In was seen earlier this year as Lotus Blor- Ftorida she comoeted in the Mias Univem con- som in Teahouse Of The August Moon with Ron test, arid in 1965 she alao hnd the honor of be- Ely. After making her first professional appear- inn first runner up in the Miss World contest, ance in Sullivan in 1965 as a dancer in Camelot held in E~~gfand.This title allowed Mko to and a featured role in 110 In The Shade, Carol comeete for Miss Internatienal in California. has returned to Tha Little Theatre-On The While there, she waa offered m contract with Squnre for roles in On A Clear Day You Caa The Lawrance Walk Sh.With tha Welodyland See Forever, Fumy Girl and Show Boat. After Theatre ip. Caliiornia she starred in My Fair appearin2 a+ the lead dancer in the frug in Lady Ol~verl The '~nsinkable Molly Brewn Sweet hanty in SuIlivan, Carol toured the and &aya ~nd'~alfs. country in that bright Broadway muiiical. JOHN KELSO (Nayor Shinn) played this same ABOUT OUR STAFF.. . role in the 1%1 production of Th. Illusje Mw ROBERT BRUCE HOLLEY (Director) war at The Little Theatre-On The Square. Thia associated for eleven years as the Roducer-Di- season. Mr. Kelao directed and olayed the part rector of Starlight Musicals in Indianapolis, bf Sakini in The Teahousa of the August Mwn supervising over 75 major musical productions. with Ron Eiy. played Charlie Davenport in In 1962 Mr. Holley insrituted the star system Aanic Get Your Gun with Rosemary Prinz, di- at the '~ndianapo~istheatre, the third largest rected Do I Hear A Waltz? starring Patricia outdoor theatre in the country. During his Mo~ison,pla ed Je Cohan in George MI and career. Mr. Holley has worked as a stap man- Mike in. pa? ~eey.~uatbefore coming to Sul- aer and in television production. As a per- livan this season. Mr. Kelso directed the open- former. he appeared in more than 30 stage pro- ing oroduction of the new Falstaff Theatre in ductions and a dozen network TV shows. Re- the Spanish Pavilion in St. Louis. Nobody Loves cently, he directed Souod,Of Mdc. The Kinl An Albatroa, starring Gig Young. And I and Tbe Student Prrnce at Mill Run Play- house near Chicago. HELEN MALONE (Eulalie Mackecknie Shinn) yare6 in Sullivan o poaite Santos Ortega in GEORGE BUNT (Choreographer) hes appeared 011 Can't Take It ~itg.You.Miss Malone f,irat on Broadway in appaarod here in 1959 in The Student Pr14ee Maspie Flyan and Superman ;nd in the nation: and has retruned for appearweer in Bloomer a1 wur of Hello, Dolly! with Betty Grable. For Oiri wikh Margaret Hamilton, Kind Sir with the past three aeasonr. Mr. Bunt has been resi- Rosemary Frinr. and Never Too Late rith Andy dent choreop;r*pher and dirsctor in Sulliran; he Devim and in What Dld We Do Wronp? last is especially remembered fw his outatanding meson with Mr. and Mrs. Pat O'Brien, Helen stagin of SweM Charity with Will Hutchins tamed with Dennis O'Keefe in the pre-Brwd- Gum f4nd Doll# rith Jane Kean and Geargc H! wry try-out of Wwer TOO Latd and has played with Bill Hayes. After appearing in The Mutio the role of the middle-aged expectant mother Maax, Mr. Bule w.iiill fly to London to chore- at many theatres threughout the country. Just osaph a mew muslcal to be presented in Eng- before coming to Sullivan this season she ap- land. p""d h T&e Rose Tattw at ~vanho; Theatre n Chicago. ELWOOD SMITH (Musical Director) returns te Sullivan Eor his sixth season rr musical di- rector having mewed in that capacity in 1960 1961. '1961. 1963 and 1965. During recent years: Woody ham heen the opera coach at the Brevard Music Center and the opera ecialist and chor- al conductor at Northern zinois University. He has also been asroeisted with the Grass Roots Opera Co any which tours the East. Wcdy holds his? .M. and his W.M. from the Eastman School of Husrc in Recheater, New bean seen in Cactus Flower dth Joan Caul- York ad his doctorate in opera conducting and fhld The Impossible Years with Dumard Kir- Iiterature from Indinno University. h few yeam by keabwse Of The An Huon with Ron ago. he went a year in Gewony. studying opera fd& and was featured as %n Bull In Aaaic while M a Pelbright schokrship. He has taught Qet Your Gwn. Mr. McIlhenny fn Do I Herr d at Pikeville College and Indrana University. Lisa of 'A8 The World

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