A celebrated Broadway star visited Mason City on Thursday. Actress Sutton Foster, who played Marian the Librarian in New York’s latest rendition of Meredith Willson’s “The Music Man ...

“The Music Man” movie premiered in Mason City 60 years ago last month, while a Broadway reboot of the musical opened on February 10th of this year. The Iowa State Fair starts its 11-day run on ...

Mason City music teacher Deb Nielsen's biggest priority is instilling a love of music early in life. After 17 years of teaching children's music lessons at The Music Man Square, Nielsen, 65, is ...

Meredith Willson is Iowa's best-known "Music Man" and wrote the ... an Iowa town called River City in 1912. He based the production on memories of his hometown of Mason City.

Tens of thousands of people packed the streets of this northern Iowa city 40 years ago to honor a native son and the film premiere of "The Music Man." When ABC airs its version of Meredith Willson ...

the state curator of the State Historical Society of Iowa. "He never forgot Mason City," said Janice Rod, who works at the Music Man Square museum in Mason City. PAR 16, 6/9/53. Centennial parade.

I had feared she might find “The Music Man” too corny for her ... composed fight songs for the Hawkeyes, Iowa State University and his own Mason City High School. The parade gets this audience ...