Editing Gary, Indiana (section)

===Arts and film===
[[File:Budding Film Industry in Gary, Indiana.jpg|thumb|''A Nightmare on Elm Street'' being filmed in Gary]]

[[Meredith Willson]]'s 1957 Broadway musical ''[[The Music Man]]'' featured the song "[[Gary, Indiana (song)|Gary, Indiana]]", in which lead character (and [[con man]]) Professor Harold Hill wistfully recalls his purported hometown, then prosperous.  Hill claims to be an alumnus of "Gary Conservatory of Music, Class of '05", but this is later revealed to be another of his lies. The City of Gary was not founded until 1906. Willson's musical, set in 1912, was adapted both as a [[The Music Man (1962 film)|film of the same name]] released in 1962, and as a [[The Music Man (2003 film)|television film]], produced in 2003.

The 1996 urban film ''[[Original Gangstas]]'' was filmed in the city. It starred Gary native [[Fred Williamson]], [[Pam Grier]], [[Jim Brown]], [[Richard Roundtree]], and [[Isabel Sanford]], among others. Since the early 2000s, Gary has been the setting for numerous films made by Hollywood filmmakers. In 2009, scenes for the remake of ''[[A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010 film)|A Nightmare on Elm Street]]'' were filmed in Gary.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/2009/may/01/entertainment/chi-talk-nightmare-follomay01 |work=Chicago Tribune |title=Featured Articles from the Chicago Tribune }}{{dead link|date=May 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Scenes from ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon]]'' wrapped up filming on August 16, 2010.<ref>"[http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/gary/article_5e017c1c-afc4-5254-8078-33a9743c9a83.html 'Transformers' set in Gary explosive]". ''The Times of Northwest Indiana'' (August 17, 2010). Retrieved on March 22, 2011.</ref>

The [[History (U.S. TV channel)|History Channel]] documentary ''[[Life After People]]'' was filmed in Gary, exploring areas that have deteriorated or been abandoned because of the loss of jobs and residents.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.history.co.uk/shows/life-after-people/series-1/videos/life-after-people-episode-2-gary-indiana.html|title=Shows|work=HISTORY|access-date=July 24, 2011|archive-date=November 23, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101123221425/http://history.co.uk/shows/life-after-people/series-1/videos/life-after-people-episode-2-gary-indiana.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In [[John Mellencamp]]'s 1985 song, "Minutes to Memories", an old man on a bus, recalling his humble life, tells the young man beside him, "I worked my whole life in the steel mills of Gary."

On [[Beyoncé|Beyoncé’s]] 2024 Grammy Winning Album of the Year, Cowboy Carter, song “YA YA”, Gary is mentioned as the intermediary stop on a 3 city tour along the [[Chitlin' Circuit|Chitlin’ Circuit]].