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The Music Man Character Breakdown

MALES:

HAROLD HILL: (Baritone, A Flat to High F) A smooth talking con man and traveling

salesman with plenty of charm, who tries Iowa after saturating Illinois; convinces

townspeople they need a boys’ band to keep them out of trouble.

He falls for Marian, &

kisses her on stage; does need some movement ability, & sings “Trouble”, “Seventy-six

Trombones,” “The Sadder-But-Wiser Girl,” “Marian the Librarian,” “Shipoopi,”(Dance

only) “Till There Was You,” & “Goodnight My Someone” reprise.

MARCELLUS WASHBURN: (Tenor, G to High A) Former con man and friend to

Harold Hill who now lives in River City; becomes fast friends with Harold again and

helps him learn about the town, tries to help Harold get out of town after the con; his is a

comic role; kisses Ethel Tofflemeier whom he is dating.

Should have some dance

movement ability, and sings “The Sadder-But-Wiser Girl,” and “Shipoopi,” al