Think of N. Richard Nash's 1954 hit Broadway play "The Rainmaker" (which was quickly turned into the musical "110 in the Shade") as a companion piece to "The Music Man," and you won't be far off the mark. Both stories, set in the Midwest, are pure Americana. Both involve the life-altering impact of a con man. Above all, both works examine the difference between "lying" and "dreaming," suggesting that while truth is …
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 03:55PM on September 6, 2015