'The Music Man' stands the test of time
Yet the beloved Meredith Willson musical holds up amazingly well, demonstrated by Theatre Under The Stars' current production. Life was (or seemed) all barbershop quartets, Fourth of July celebrations, ice cream socials and marching bands. Willson wrapped his festival of nostalgia in the tale of wily con man Harold Hill, "selling boys bands" to the gullible townsfolk - meaning, he gets parents to buy instruments an…