Oh, the modern American musical. Such a rich and glorious tapestried history of songs that can make you laugh, get you to sing in the rain against your better judgement, go to Scotland looking for love, listening to sounds in music, or wonder how on earth that person got that part. Clearly they can't sing, but hey, when it's popular, you gotta get on board. Right Mr. Crowe? I was once in this musical way back in high school, and now seeing it many years later, I've learned to appreciate the absolute insane amount of work to create a musical of this production value. The dance numbers, the music, the singing, the acting, it's an undertaking that is quite remarkable. The hundreds of extras, the size of the sets, there's just something wholly unique, something so beautiful about having real life in front of the camera. Considered one of the most iconic musicals Hollywood has produced over the years, The Music Man is a tale of a con man who ends up singing and dan