The Music Man
Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre, Auckland
12 to 15 October 2023
The Music Man was performed live by our finest singers and musicians, sharing the stage with the Royal New Zealand Navy Band to create a wall of sound.
Featuring 24 big band songs, including the hit Seventy-six Trombones, this is an experience not to be missed!
One of the most universally cherished treasures of the American musical theatre, The Music Man was an instant smash hit when it premiered on Broadway in in 1957, running for 1,375 performances and winning the Tony Award for Best Musical. The cast album won a Grammy for Best Musical Theater Album and ranked on the Billboard charts for 245 weeks.
Team
Director / Choreographer
Hamish Mouat
Musical Director
Andrew Christie
Vocal Director
Jane Horder
Set Design
David Bosworth - 4th Wall Theatre Services Limited
Lighting Design
Martin Searancke
Sound Design
Glen Ruske - BounceNZ
Cast
Harold Hill
Nic Kyle
Marian Paroo
Jess Rogers
Marcellus Washburn
Kyle Chuen
Mayor Shinn
Andrew Grainger
Eulalie Mackecknie Shinn
Theresa Wells
Mrs Paroo
Jane Horder
Winthrop Paroo
Jett Iles
Tommy Djilas
Josh Rose
Zaneeta Shinn
Gabrielle Copley
Alma Hix
Katherine Cornish
Maud Dunlop
Christine Ewing
Ethel Toffelmier
Christina Davies
Mrs Squires
Louise Monson
Jacey Squires
Keith Marr
Ewart Dunlop
Reuben Simpson
Oliver Hix
Skyler Jed
Olin Britt
Rocco Conaghan
Children & Teens Ensemble
Milla Cloke (Gracie Shinn)
Matthew Curtis
Ava Grace Fickling
Juliette France (Amaryllis)
Toby Gordon
Sam Rajaratnam
Amélia Rojas
Emma Searle
Isaac Wilson
Adult Ensemble
Frances Ash
Prue Brown
Jack Doyle
Anton Elliott
Rachel Harding
Caitie Houghton
Emma-Rose Owens
Fletcher Oxford (Charlie Cowell)
Logan McAlister (Constable Locke)
Vanessa Preston
Briar Simpson
Harry Stanbridge
David Wallace
Supporting Ensemble
Mauritz Badenhorst
Charlotte Carroll
Tim Carroll
Amelia Claridge
Aidan Corless
Ross Crosson
Rebecca Hubbert
Liberty Jack
Martin Rhodes
Karlo Valdez
Catherine Walker
Andy Woodd
Orchestra
Conductor
Andrew Christie
Piano
Zac Johns
Trumpet
Petty Officer Colin Clark*, Brendon Packard, Liam Wright
Trombone
Leading Rating Serguei Khousnoutdinov*, Tavite Tonga
Bass Trombone
Chief Petty Officer Philip Spriggs*
Flute / Piccolo
Annie Hong
Flute / Clarinet / Piccolo
Kathleen Mulligan
Oboe / Cor Anglais
Philippa Mandeno
Clarinet
Alex Eichelbaum, Petty Officer Andy Cheng*
Clarinet / Bass Clarinet
Able Rating Micah Russell*
Saxophones
Able Rating Jesse Wood*
Bassoon
Adrian Tusha
Violin 1 Lead
Lydia Sewell
Violin 1
Haeun Cho, Bridget Strand
Violin 2
Helen van Druten, Thomas Prince, Kartika Sulistiowati
Viola
Catherine Milford, Trudy Gravatt
Cello
Gemma Henderson, Tilly Harvey
Bass
Tim Shacklock
Percussion
Leading Rating Jeremy Richardson*, Ordinary Rating Jasmine Ward*
Royal NZ Navy Band Liason
Chief Petty Officer Philip Springs*
*Royal New Zealand Navy Band
The Amici Trust would like to thank the following organisations for their generous support of this season of The Music Man
