This version reinstates two songs absent in the original film version and excludes one other. "My White Knight" replaces "Being in Love" and another song for the Quartet was also included.
The original Broadway production of "The Music Man" opened at the Majestic Theater on December 19, 1957, ran for 1375 performances, and won the 1958 Tony Award for Best Musical.
Sarah Jessica Parker was at one time about to play Marian Paroo opposite real-life husband Matthew Broderick.
In "Ferris Bueller's Day Off", Matthew Broderick's character Ferris is shown playing the clarinet badly and he says "Never had one lesson." In "The Music Man" he plays Professor Harold Hill, a bandleader who cannot read music or play an instrument.
Danielle Benton's debut.