Bellevue Little Theatre will open the 48th season with Meredith Willson's classic musical 'The Music Man' on Friday Sept. 16. This production will run for three week-ends, closing on Sunday Oct. 2. Showtimes are 7:30 PM Friday and Saturday evenings and 2 PM on Sundays.
D. Laureen Pickle is the stage director, with Chris Ebke serving as music director, Kerri Jo Watts as choreographer, and Jamie Jarecki as stage manager. Sandy Thompson and Kerri Jo Watts are producers. Set design was done by Pickle, with set construction handled by music director Chris Ebke. Lighting designer is Joey Lorincz; Sound Designer, Stattin Yates; costumer is Lindsay Pape, and Mindi Richardson is in charge of props. Dan Whitehouse is sound and lighting technician. 'The Music Man' is set in the small town of River City, Iowa, and follows the adventures of Professor Harold Hill, a fast talking traveling salesman, as he attempts to convince town members to buy instruments and uniforms for a boy's band he 'intends to form'. Of course Hill intends to skip town with all the money and never form the band....a scheme the local librarian Marian suspects. Before the play's end Marian has transformed Hill, and the boy's band? You will see where it winds up as the Music Man concludes with a heartwarming finale.Videos