Characters
a con-man that comes to River City to trick the town into forming a band
Professor Harold Hill
The state the musical takes place in
Iowa
Song that Harold Hill uses to tell the town about the band
Seventy-Six Trombones
Music
What Harold Hill sells
Marching Bands
the librarian that is skeptical of Harold Hill’s scheme
Marian Paroo
The city the musical takes place in
River City
Song that Marian sings about “someone”
Good Night My Someone
The words to the songs
Lyrics
Where Harold Hill says he’s from
Gary, Indiana
a politician in the town whose business is being ruined by Harold Hill
Mayor Shinn
The place Marian works at
A group of four singers that sing together
Barbershop Quartet
choreographed movement to music
Dance
Method Harold Hill teaches
The Think Method
a group of four school board members that were enemies until Harold Hill taught them to sing together
Barbershop Quartet
where the first song takes place
a train
The number of trombones from Harold Hill’s song
76
The story of the musical - setting, plot, and characters
Book
What Tommy invents for marching band
A music holder
The mayor’s wife And the biggest gossip in town
Eulalie Shinn
it brings packages to River City
The Wells Fargo Wagon
number of different singing parts in Barbershop Quartet
4
Reason Charlie Crowell stops in River City
To tell town that Harold Hill is a fake