Book, Music & Lyrics by Meredith Willson
Story by Meredith Willson & Frank lin Lacey
Directed by Terry Helland

We've got Trouble with a capital "T" and that rhymes with "D" and that stands for Desert Stages Theatre! Seventy-Six Trombones lead the big parade to our Mainstage with this popular family musical by Meredith Willson about a fast-talking salesman named Harold Hill, who cons the good people of River City , Iowa into buying instruments and uniforms for a boys' band he never plans to organize. But this phony peddler sings a different tune when he falls for Marian, the town librarian. Instead of skipping town before the instruments arrive, Harold's love for Marian convinces him to stay and face the music. Willson delivers a dynamite score of rousing marc hes, barbershop quartets and sentimental ballads with popular songs like Ya Got Trouble , Lida Rose and Till There Was You .