Where can you get the Music Man Script for free?
The composer, Meredith Willson, only died in 1984. With copyright laws the way they are, musical pieces like this don’t become Public Domain (free) until death plus 70 years, which in this case, the earlies it may become PD is in the year 2054. That said, if any of Willson’s heirs inherit the copyrights for The Music Man, it will remain their property almost into perpetuity. Chances are the actual full script cannot be bought anyway – in large productions like this, the scripts are rented (for a fee) and the people using the script must pay a “royalty” fee for its use in public.
