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Show ..•-.' - . V ,'v • . • . . ' » : - i " "-•-.-• , - - / • ' " . V . v ' ••• V . •\'';^'•••- C-3 The Park Record Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, November 22*25, 2008 Music Man' comes to town iOOOD THYMEg ^^Ul . BISTRO *** Dine in of take home Thanks Will Feast Thanksgiving * Take Home Turkey Feast Serves 6 - 8 People Requires 2-3 hour reheating time { DTI""-!' Ml" " ^V SCOTT SINE/PARK RECORD -jVlarkGoIlaher, center, plays the effusive Harold Hill for the show's month-long run. Egyptian Theatre puts on classic :<• By GREG MARSHALL Of the Record staff cf In "The Music Man." which ^opened Friday ai the Egyptian theatre, a conman hops off the Strain in the fictional River City, "Iowa, and scintillates the town's imagination with grandiose promisees of setting up a band. Harold 1 Mil '<ean"l read music or play any instrument, but he sings like a lark, and he •--Noon sells the. town on the idea of a -"6ig brass band and natty uniforms. *On!y the town's mayor and a librarUan .suspect something fishy. ^ Fred Cook of the Utah Conservatory knows the plight of '^Harold Hill all too well. A ruby-fhroated tenor and accomplished -'actor. Cook swept into Park t n\ ''from Los Angeles and New York. '."Where he and his wife. Deborah, •jflpenl most of their lives in highbrow productions such as Clickovs ?r:The Seagull." the opera "'Carmen" -iand "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's VJsJcst." Or had they? v "I talked to a few people about ^opening a music store in town," -•"Cook remembered. "They were svery suspicious." The Cooks opened shop on i:Main Street anyway. They rented i'ihsirumenLs andoffereditidssoas lo r.kids. Today, the. conservatory is nessman and he isn't going to let the town go to pot." The show, directed by Terence Goodman, is fast-paced, funny and as American as football rivalries. The 2.5 hour show runs at a clipped pace with no blackouts and rapid costume changes. 'The man at the center of the mania is charlatan Harold Hill, pUtyed by Mark Gollaher, who said he found tenderness in the character: "The key to Harold Hill is that the deepest part of him is romantic." he explained. "He's a trickster, but he believes in the tricks. He wants to give people an experience worth having. In his heart,'it's all • •• real to him and people are able to join him in this dream." "The Music Man" runs The role is demanding, Gollaher through Dec. 28 at the said, because of Hill's madcap enerEgyptian Theatre. Tickets gy, which stretches through nearly every scene in the production. He are on sale at 328 Main also has to compete with people's St. or online at preconceived notions of the part. ParkCityShows.com. Theatergoers are probably familiar with the popular performances of Dick Van Dyke and, more recently, opposite a bevy of children, includ- Matthew Broderick in the role. ing three of his own students, and "You can't really think about his wife, who plays the Irish mother comparing yourself," Gollaher said. of Marian the Librarian. Cook "I came to the role with ideas of my enjoys the classic musical for its tale own." of redemption, he said. "The Music Man" takes place in Playing the mayor isn't a shabby , 1912. Meredith Wilson wrote and gig. either. composed the play and based the ';He's a politician," Cook said. classic musical on her own experi"Some people like him and others ence, growing up in Iowa* She found 'don't.'Mike lfiftVh&aUsehe's a busi$ see Provb woman, C-4 something oi an institution in town, with scores of students enrolled in voice lessons. School of Rock and traditional instrumental lessons. "People said it would take about If) years to make a profit." Cook laughed. "And that's about what it's laken." It took Cook a shade under a decade lo prove that he wasn't an officious outsider like Harold Hill. He'll have a chance lo prove it again during "Music Man's" month long run at the Egyptian. Cook plays Mayor George Shinn. 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