Professor Harold Hill (left), played by Stef Tovar, implores the people of River City to form a student band before breaking into the song "Seventy Six Trombones" during a rehearsal of Meredith Willson's "The Music Man" on Tuesday, January 15, 2013, at the Paramount Theater. "The Music Man" is now playing. | Jeff Cagle~For Sun-Times Media
Harold Hill and the ensemble peform "Ya Got Trouble" during a rehearsal for Meredith Willson's "The Music Man" on Tuesday, January 15, 2013, at the Paramount Theater. "The Music Man" is now playing. | Jeff Cagle~For Sun-Times Media
Actor Johnny Rabe of Naperville plays Winthrop in Meredith Willson's "The Music Man," now playing at the Paramount Theater. | Jeff Cagle~For Sun-Times Media
Actor Johnny Rabe of Naperville, who plays Winthrop, enters the stage during a scene from Meredith Willson's "The Music Man," which is now playing at the Paramount Theater. | Jeff Cagle~For Sun-Times Media
Professor Harold Hill (far right) directs the Quartet through "Ice Cream/Sincere" during a scene from Meredith Willson's "The Music Man," which is now playing at the Paramount Theater. | Jeff Cagle~For Sun-Times Media
Actor Johnny Rabe of Naperville, who plays Winthrop in Meredith Willson's "The Music Man" at the Paramount Theater, gives an interview before his final rehearsal on Tuesday, January 15, 2013. "The Music Man" is now playing. | Jeff Cagle~For Sun-Times Media
Actor Johnny Rabe of Naperville, who plays Winthrop in Meredith Willson's "The Music Man" at the Paramount Theater, gives an interview before his final rehearsal on Tuesday, January 15, 2013. "The Music Man" is now playing. | Jeff Cagle~For Sun-Times Media
AURORA — Johnny Rabe saw his first stage performance at Aurora’s Paramount Theatre at the age of 2. “It was ‘A Christmas Carol,’ ” he said. “I remember bits and pieces.” And it gave him the acting bug. Since then, the 12-year-old Naperville native has taken …
