Synopsis: Two-time Tony Award-winner Matthew Broderick, Tony Award-winner Kristin Chenoweth, Emmy and Tony Award-nominee Victor Garber, Emmy and Tony Award-winner Debra Monk, Emmy-nominee Molly Shannon and Broadway and film star David Aaron Baker headline a stellar cast in this blockbuster presentation.

The rollicking musical follows the escapades of the charming, fast-talking rogue, Professor Harold Hill, who waltzes into River City, Iowa, mesmerizing its citizens with the need for a boys' marching band to keep their children on the path of moral righteousness.

Hill cons the parents into buying his expensive instruments and uniforms, convincing them that his revolutionary music training program, "The Think System," will turn their youngsters into virtuoso performers. But not all the townspeople are excited by Hill's scheme, especially Marian Paroo, the beautiful but willful local librarian and piano teacher who has caught Prof. Hill's eye.

Hill's plans go awry when his deepening feelings for Marian and his attempts to scam the stubborn small town citizens run to cross-purposes. Chaos ensues when Hill is about to be exposed for the scoundrel he is and he's forced to prove himself to the River City citizens and Marian.

MUSICAL NUMBERS:
"Rock Island"
"Iowa Stubborn"
"Ya Got Trouble"
"Piano Lesson"
"Goodnight, My Someone"
"Ya Got Trouble" (Reprise)/"Seventy-Six Trombones"
"Sincere"
"The Sadder but Wiser Girl"
"Pick-a-Little, Talk-a-Little"/"Goodnight Ladies"
"Marian the Librarian"
"My White Knight"
"Gary, Indiana"
"The Wells Fargo Wagon"
"It's You"
"Pick-a-Little, Talk-a-Little" (Reprise)
"Lida Rose"/"Will I Ever Tell You"
"Gary, Indiana" (Reprise)
"Shipoopi"
"Til There Was You"
"Seventy-Six Trombones" (Reprise)/"Good Night My Someone' (Reprise)
"Seventy-Six Trombones" (Finale)

(Courtesy ABC Entertainment, 2003)

The Cast:
Matthew Broderick as Professor Harold Hill
Kristin Chenoweth as Marian Paroo
Victor Garber as Mayor Shinn
Debra Monk as Mrs. Paroo
Molly Shannon as Eulalie MacKechnie Shinn
David Aaron Baker as Marcellus Washburn
Cameron Monaghan as Winthrop Paroo
Clyde Alves as Tommy Djilas
Cameron Adams as Zaneeta Shinn
Linda Kash as Alma
Patrick McKenna as Charlie
Megan Moniz as Amaryllis
Richard Fitzpatrick as Constable Locke
Peter Luciano as Jacey Squires
Marty Beecroft as Ewart Dunlop
Joe Heslip as Olin Britt
Glenn Coulson as Oliver Hix
Janine Theriault as Ethel Toffelmier
Tannis Burnett as Maud
Jenni Burke as Mrs. Squires
Janet Van De Graaff as Pick-a-Little lady no. 5
Sharron Matthews as Pick-a-Little lady no. 6
Derwin Jordan as salesman no. 1
Timm Zemanek as salesman no. 2
Juan Chioran as salesman no. 3
Jeff Pustil as salesman no. 4
Cliff Saunders as salesman no. 5
Gerry Quigley as card player no. 1
Greg Ellwand as card player no. 2
Sheri Godfrey as Sadder but Wiser Girl
Boyd Banks as conductor

Production Credits:
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Craig Zadan & Neil Meron

CO-EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Jeff Bleckner

PRODUCER: John M. Eckert

BOOK, MUSIC AND LYRICS: Meredith Willson

STORY: Meredith Willson and Franklin Lacey

ADAPTATION: Sally Robinson

DIRECTED: Jeff Bleckner

MUSIC PRODUCER AND CONDUCTOR: Michael Kosarin

MUSICAL STAGING AND CHOREOGRAPHY: Kathleen Marshall

EDITOR: Geoffrey Rowland, A.C.E., Bryan M. Horne

PRODUCTION DESIGNER: Stephen Hendrickson

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: James Chressanthis, A.S.C.

COSTUME DESIGNER: Joseph Porro

ORIGINATION: Toronto and Millbrook, Ontario, Canada

PRODUCTION COMPANY: Storyline Entertainment in association with Touchstone Television

Airdate:
It debuted on ABC, Sunday, February 16th, 2003 at 7pm ET.