FAIRFIELD —The Stephen Sondheim Center for the Performing Arts will finish the season with the musical, “Banjo Boy,” Aug. 8.

The musical is about Meredith Willson who wrote “The Music Man.” It is a bio-musical about the youth of Willson, who also wrote “The Unsinkable Molly Brown” and “Here's Love.” The twist to the story is that it takes place both in the present and in 1928. From the present, an elder Willson who has gone to “that great treble clef in the sky” goes back to get inside the head of his teenage self to “change a few notes of my life.” The main change he wants is to repair the poor relationship he had with his father.

Half of the action takes place in Willson's home town, Mason City (the “River City” of “The Music Man”) and the other half in San Francisco, Calif.

The show's original score is in the spirit of Willson, including several homages like “Sears, Dear Sears” and a barbershop quartet number, “The Clip-Clop Life.” The show's showstopper, “Thanks Be to Music,” is an upbeat gospel song sung by a young Louis Armstrong that Wilson meets on his way to San Francisco.

Director is Randal West, artistic director of the Sondheim Center who has worked with Sondheim in the past. Musical director is Justin Hill and choreographer, Adam Cates.

For tickets or more information, call the box office at (641) 472-2787, from noon to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, or online www.iowatix.com. Prices are $28.50 to $38.50. For more event information, go to www.fairfieldacc.com.