Photo Flash: Barrett Foa in Connecticut Rep's MUSIC MAN; Performances Begin Tonight!

As BWW previously reported, Barrett Foa, of TV's NCIS: Los Angeles and Broadway's Avenue Q, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Mamma Mia! and Godspell, will star as 'Harold Hill' in Connecticut Repertory Theatre's production of THE MUSIC MAN, beginning performances tonight, July 11. The show runs through July 21, with an official opening night set for tomorrow, July 12. Check out a first look at Foa on stage below!

THE MUSIC MAN features a book, music and lyrics by Meredith Willson with a story by Willson and Franklin Lacey. The show will be directed and choreographed by Cassie Abate, with music direction by David Williams.

On CRT's website, the musical is described as: "Full of heart, wit, and oceans of beautiful music, the story opens on the 4th of July, 1912, in River City, Iowa. Oh, there is trouble my friends, right here in River City, and Professor Harold Hill has the antidote-an all-boys marching band. But Marian the Librarian sees through his schemes, at least until she falls in love with the irrepressible con artist and he becomes the one thing he fears the most: a respectable citizen! Overflowing with a parade of tunes including "Goodnight, My Someone," "Gary, Indiana," "Till There Was You" and, of course, "Seventy-Six Trombones," The Music Man is thrillingly and tunefully nostalgic."

Barrett has also appeared in numerous plays at such prestigious theaters as Playwrights Horizons and The Public Theatre (off-Broadway in NYC), The Bay Street Theatre (in Sag Harbor; starring opposite Charles Busch and Richard Kind), and Hartford Stage and The Shakespeare Theatre in D.C. where he tackled Shakespeare as Claudio in Much Ado About Nothing.

For more information about the show and tickets, call 860-486-2113 or visit crt.uconn.edu.

Photos by Gerry Goodstein