Artistic_heart
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Prof. Harold Hill - a dynamic con man, baritone (A flat - high F)
sings - "Ya Got Trouble", reprise of "Ya Got Trouble"; "76 Trombones";
"Sadder But Wiser Girl"; "Marian Librarian"; one verse of "Till There Was You";
reprise of "76 Trombones/Goodnight My Someone"; reprise of "Till There Was You".
Marian Paroo - a stuffy soprano (low G - high A)
sings - as part of chorus in "Iowa Stubborn"; "Piano Lesson/If You Don't Mind
My Saying So"; "Goodnight My Someone"; "My White Knight"; "Will I Ever Tell You";
a few lines at the end of "Gary Indiana"; "Till There Was You"; reprise of "76
Trombones/Goodnight My Someone"
Winthrop - Marian's lisping baby brother, alto (C - E flat)
sings - aspart of chorus for "76 Trombones"; a solo section of "Wells Fargo Wagon";
"Gary Indiana"
Mrs. Paroo - Marian's Irish mom, mezzo (A flat - E flat)
sings - as part of chorus in "Iowa Stubborn"; "Piano Lesson/If You Don't Mind
My Saying So"; as part of chorus for "76 Trombones" and "Wells Fargo Wagon";
a few lines at the end of "Gary Indiana"
Mayor Shinn - a blustery politician (non-singing)
may sing (if able) as part of chorus for "Iowa Stubborn" and "Wells Fargo Wagon"
Eulalie - his peacock wife; alto (D - D)
sings - as part of chorus in "Iowa Stubborn"; has lines in "Pickalittle" and reprise
of "Pickalittle"
The Barbershop Quartet - four bickering school board members
(high tenor, tenor, baritone, bass)
sing - with chorus in "Iowa Stubborn"; "Ice Cream/Sincere"; "Goodnight Ladies";
as part of "Wells Fargo Wagon"; "It's You"; "Lida Rose"; reprise of "Lida Rose"
Pickalittle Ladies - Eulalie's four gossipy friends
sing - with chorus in "Iowa Stubborn"; "Pickalittle"; with chorus in "Wells Fargo
Wagon"; reprise of "Pickalittle"
Marcellus - Harold's chummy friend; tenor (G - high A)
sings - with chorus in "Iowa Stubborn"; one harmony line in "Sadder But Wiser
Girl"; "Shipoopi"
Amaryllis - Marian's young piano student, alto (C - E)
sings - with chorus in "Iowa Stubborn"; sings ending of "Goodnight My Someone";
with chorus in "76 Trombones" and "Wells Fargo Wagon"
Tommy - the town badboy ***
sings - with chorus in "Iowa Stubborn", "76 Trombones", "Wells Fargo Wagon" and
"Shipoopi"
Zaneeta - the mayor's daffy daughter ***
sings - with chorus in "Iowa Stubborn", "76 Trombones", "Wells Fargo Wagon" and
"Shipoopi"
Eight traveling salesmen
perform "Rock Island"
Charlie Cowell - a rival salesman
performs in "Rock Island"
Constable Locke
Assorted townspeople
sing - with chorus in "Iowa Stubborn" and "Wells Fargo Wagon"
Assorted kids
sing - with chorus in "Iowa Stubborn", "76 Trombones" and "Wells Fargo Wagon"
*** - Typically, Zaneeta and Tommy are cast to be standout dancers
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