‘The Music Man’ opens Oct. 19 at L/A Community Little Theater

LEWISTON — “The Music Man” opens at L/A Community Little Theater Friday, Oct. 19, for 10-day run.
The musical classic is winner of an Oscar for Best Music, multi-Tony Award winner, including Best Musical, and Grammy award winner for multiple songs.

The show featurs professor Harold Hill, a con man and fast-talking salesman, who convinces the people of River City, Iowa, “Ya Got Trouble” and sells them on a young people’s band and “Seventy-Six Trombones.” Marian the Librarian’s “Till There Was You” causes him to grow fond of her and the children. It’s a score of favorites: “Goodnight, My Someone,” “It’s You,” “Goodnight Ladies,” “Pickalittle,” “Gary, Indiana,” “Wells Fargo Wagon,” and many more.
L/A CLT’s production of Meredith Willson’s The Music Man is directed by Kay Warren. The production team includes musice director Paul G. Caron, producer Jackie McDonald, assistant producer Sophie Wood, stage manager Aaron Louque, costume designer Kat Carney, choreographer and assistant director Jake Boyce, assistant choreographer Carly Georgen, prop master Dan Burgess, assistant prop master Emma Curtis, set decor Becca Tinkham, lighting design Richard Martin, lighting operator Matthew Conklin and sound design and operator Tom Anderson.
Sean Wallace is Harold Hill, Emily Flynn is Marian Paroo, Chris L’Hommedieu is Marcellus Washburn and Mitchell Clyde Thomas is Mayor Shinn. The barbershop quartet features James McKinley as Ewart Dunlop, John Guy s Oliver Hix, Dan Crawford as Jacey Squires and Dan Burgess as Olin Britt. The cast includes Andy Dolci as Tommy Djilas, Jackie McDonald as Mrs. Paroo,and Dashiell Legawiec in the role of Winthrop Paroo.
Sue Caron is cast as Eulalie M. Shinn, Emily Thompson as Zaneeta Shinn, Madeleine Vaillancourt as Gracie Shinn, and Genevieve Vaillancourt in the role of Amaryllis. Debora Bishop is cast as Alma Hix, Lucy Poland as Maud Dunlop, Carly Georgen as Ethel Toffelmier, Bre Allard as Mrs. Squires, and Greg Judd as Charlie Cowell.
The adult ensemble includes Jane Mitchell, Nancy Kenneally, Charlotte Morin, Chip Groover, Peter Cyr, Connor Crawford and Dan Dostie. The teen ensemble includes Bailey Michaud, Chantal Cyr, Marie Pittman, Maria Groover, Maddi DuBois, Hayden Thomas, Heather Pape, Amy Cote, Allyson Boilard and Margaret Brown. The youth ensemble includes Brock Rancourt, Lyra Legawiec, Joshua Allard, Julia Groover, Ansley Watson, Lauren Jorgensen, and Makenzie Finnegan.
Tickets are available online and through the box office. Evening performances begin at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday matinees are at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are available online with all available dates and times listed and by contacting the theater at 207-783-0958.
For more information, visit L/A CLT’s website at www.laclt.com or Facebook page.

PHOTO: Emily Flynn as Marian Paroo and Sean Wallace as Harold Hill in “The Music Man,” which opens Oct. 19 at the L/A Community Little Theater. (Submitted photo)