Cartoon of of Robert Preston and Barbara Cook in The Music Man – from the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, Sunday, November 17, 1957.
Below, Meredith Willson with Preston and Cook, in a publicity photo taken during the rehearsals for The Music Man.
Above: Meredith Willson and Ralina "Rini" Zarova, in their room at the Warwick Hotel in Philadelphia during the out-of-town tryout for the show.
Below, Morton Da Costa, from the collection of the Temple University Library:
Above: Robert Preston with Helen Raymond (right) at Eulalie Shinn in the original Broadway production of The Music Man. (The New York Public Library Online Collection)
Below: Iggie Wolfington, as Marcellus Washburn, singing "Shipoopi"(The New York Public Library Online Collection):
Below, a photograph from a feature article in the Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine about the Marianos, a Plymouth Meeting, PA family whose kids were all professional child actors.
Selected Bibliography:
Books
Cabaniss, Mark, Miracle of the Music Man: The Classic American Story of Meredith Willson. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2022.
Willson, Meredith, But He Doesn't Know the Territory: The Story Behind Meredith Willson's The Music Man. University of Minnesota Press, 1987.
Articles
"Morton Da Costa's Best is the Best There Is" - article on The Muny website: https://muny.org/morton-da-costas-best-is-the-best-there-is/
"Musical Has World Premiere Here Tomorrow," Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, November 16, 1957.
"Philadelphian Hits the Top," by Arnold Zeitlin. Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine, February 23, 1958.
"Staged reading brings reality to county center," by Kathie Beals. The Reporter Dispatch, White Plains, New York, March 25, 1984.
"'The Music Man' – Happy Premier at the Shubert," by Henry T. Murdock. Philadelphia Inquirer, November 19, 1957.
"Those Mariano Kids: From Plymouth Meeting to Broadway," by Edgar Williams. Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine, November 19, 1957.
"Willson's 'Music Man' on Shubert Stage," by Wayne Robinson. Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, November 19, 1957.
Video
"Barbara Cook discusses The Music Man on Theater Talk," YouTube - https://www.buzzsprout.com/1721762/15325852-the-music-man-on-broad-street
"The Music Man: 1957 Meredith Willson Demo," YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD3ypmrTSRg&t=1751s
