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  • Professor Harold Hill - a con artist and traveling salesman who tries Iowa after saturating Illinois; he falls for Marian
  • Marian Paroo - the town librarian and part-time piano teacher; eventually falls for Harold Hill
  • Marcellus Washburn - Harold's old friend, no longer a con man, who's dating his boss's niece, Ethel Toffelmier
  • Mayor George Shinn - a proud local politician prone to saying nonsensical phrases, tries to control town but can't even control his own family
  • Mrs. Paroo - Marian's Irish mother
  • Tommy Djilas - a young man "from the wrong side of town" who is secretly seeing Zaneeta Shinn; Harold encourages their relationship and makes him assistant band leader
  • Zaneeta Shinn - the mayor's oldest daughter; secretly seeing Tommy Djilas
  • Winthrop Paroo - Marian's shy, lisping, brother who hardly ever talks since the death of his father
  • Eulalie Mackecknie Shinn - the mayor's wife; a grand dame whom Harold appoints head of the "Ladies' Auxiliary Society for the Classic Dance"
  • The Barbershop Quartet - four bickering businessmen and school board members united by Harold (Olin Britt, Oliver Hix, Ewart Dunlop and Jacey Squires)
  • Pickalittle Ladies - Eulalie's four gossipy friends, Alma Hix, Mrs. Squires, Ethel Toffelmier and Maud Dunlop
  • Amaryllis - Marian's young piano student
  • Charlie Cowell - an anvil salesman who tries to expose Prof. Harold Hill as a con man
  • Constable Locke - the town sheriff
  • Gracie Shinn - the mayor's youngest daughter
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Music Man is basically about a man who starts bands, (e.g. marching tyupe bands) in small towns. Im pretty sure its supposed to be about how Marching Bands got their start.

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there are many roles but if you want a main role it is Marian Paroo and Harold Hill. My personal favorite is Winthrop Paroo.

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