Jul
24
The Enduring Charm of The Music Man
The Northfield Arts Guild’s production of Meredith Willson’s The Music Man opens Friday, and I’m excited to see it for so many reasons, it’s hard to know where to start.
So I will lead with family. I have two family members in the cast: my husband, Steve, plays Oliver Hix, a member of the barbershop quartet; and my sister-in-law Beth is Eulalie MacKecknie Shinn, the mayor’s wife. My two older kids, Louisa and Sebastian, are in the tech booth running lights and sound. And there’s another family connection to the production as well – inside the theater lobby is an exhibit I have put together about my real-life music man ancestor, my great-grandfather G. Oliver Riggs.
So I will lead with family. I have two family members in the cast: my husband, Steve, plays Oliver Hix, a member of the barbershop quartet; and my sister-in-law Beth is Eulalie MacKecknie Shinn, the mayor’s wife. My two older kids, Louisa and Sebastian, are in the tech booth running lights and sound. And there’s another family connection to the production as well – inside the theater lobby is an exhibit I have put together about my real-life music man ancestor, my great-grandfather G. Oliver Riggs.