The Big Parade: Meredith Willson's Musicals

Though Meredith Willson is best remembered for The Music Man, there is a great deal more to his career as a composer and lyricist. In The Big Parade, author Dominic McHugh uses newly uncovered letters, manuscripts, and productionfiles to reveal Willson's unusual combination of experiences in his pre-Broadway career that led him to compose The Music Man.