Dearborn High School presents "The Music Man"

By SUE SUCHYTA

            Dearborn High School presents “The Music Man” at 7:30 p.m. March 29 to 31 with a 1 p.m. April 1 Sunday matinee.

RIVER CITY MEETS HAROLD HILL

            In Meredith Willson's classic story, set in River City, Iowa, Harold Hill, a traveling salesman and con man sells the town on the idea of starting a boys marching band in an attempt to sell them expensive instruments, music and uniforms, then flee the town with no intention of helping them actually start the band.

MARIAN THE LIBRARIAN

            The town librarian, Marian Paroo, intends to expose Hill as a con man until she sees him bring her shy young brother out of his emotional shell.

76 TROMBONES AND MORE

            The score features Broadway favorites "76 Trombones," "Til There Was You," "You Got Trouble," "Goodnight My Someone" and "The Wells Fargo Wagon.”

ONE HILL, TWO PARRO

            The cast includes senior Tim Smith as Harold Hill, and senior Camille Charara and junior Katie Polidori as Marian the librarian. Polidori will perform March 29 and 31 with Charara performing March 30 and April 1.

SHINNS

            Senior leads include Bella Fothergill as Mrs. Parro, Erik Peterson as Mayor Shinn and Kelley Thierry as Mrs. Shinn. Junior Westley Montgomery plays Marcellus Washburn.

ZANEETA, TOMMY AND CHARLIE

            Senior Juliet Higgins is Zaneeta Shinn, sophomore Charles Bell plays Tommy Djilas and junior Kyle Tillman portrays Charlie Cowell.

SCHOOL BOARD BARBERSHOP

            The school board barbershop quartet is played by sophomore Joe Read, junior Connor Blankenship and seniors Ali Abdallah and Cosmo Wong.

WINTHROP AND AMARYLLIS

            Elementary school students Ben Blessing and Emily Robinson play Winthrop Paroo and Amaryllis respectively.

ENSEMBLE

            DHS students in the ensemble include: Kristianna Ballnik, Briana Benavides, Zach Benavides, Samantha Camarena, Therese Caruana, Samia Chahine, Mary Charara, Cameron Cherry, Anthony Cieri, Austin Clark, Lindsay Culp, Justin Darragh, Jordan DiGregorio, Rachel Dong, Miranda Fothergill, Emma Garber, Ashraf Jaber, Vicky Johnson, Mike Moylan, Frankie Nunez, Conor Ordo, Andrew Oswald, James Polidori, Alexis Sanborn, Alexis Savage, Gina Soave and Elizabeth Washington.

RIVER CITY KIDS

            The River City children are played by students from Bryant Middle School and Haigh, Howard, and Lindbergh Elementary schools. They include Annalyssia Abela, Abbi Balaka, Andrew Blankenship, Lucas Blessing, Katie Garber, Sam Joachim, Angel Krawczyk, Catherine Lehmkuhl, Olivia McPherson, Rami Mullan, John Oatney, Kyle Polidori, Emma Scott, Mark Smith, Rendia Smith, Adriana Viscomi, Maria Viscomi and Keith Wyman.

DIRECTORS

            Greg Viscomi produced and directed the show, with musical direction by Carmelle Atkins and choreography by Jennifer McPherson. Jeff Oshnock will conduct the Dearborn High School orchestra and marching band.

TICKET INFORMATION

            Tickets are $11 general admission, $10 for college students with I.D., and $7 for children and senior citizens. Call 313-827-1647 for more information.