One of the most beloved musicals of all time! In Austria, 1938, an exuberant young governess brings music and joy back to a broken family, only to face danger and intrigue as the Nazis gain power.

The final collaboration between Rodgers & Hammerstein was destined to become the world's most beloved musical. Featuring a trove of cherished songs, including "Climb Ev'ry Mountain," "My Favorite Things," "Do-Re-Mi," "Sixteen Going on Seventeen" and the title number, The Sound of Music won the hearts of audiences worldwide, earning five Tony Awards and five Oscars. The inspirational story, based on the memoir of Maria Augusta Trapp, follows an ebullient postulate who serves as governess to the seven children of the imperious Captain von Trapp, bringing music and joy to the household. But as the forces of Nazism take hold of Austria, Maria and the entire von Trapp family must make a moral decision.
 

HISTORY

The Sound of Music opened at Broadway's Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on November 16, 1959, and Rodgers & Hammerstein’s last musical was a triumph. It ran for 1,443 performances and earned five Tony Awards, including Best Musical. In addition, the cast album earned a Gold Record and the Grammy Award. Florence Henderson starred in the first national tour, which played for over two years. Jean Bayless created the role of Maria in the original London production, which ran for over six years, long holding the record as the longest-running American musical in London.

In 1965 the motion picture version of The Sound of Music was released, and it made Hollywood history. Directed by Robert Wise, with a score revised by Rodgers (Hammerstein had died in 1960, so Rodgers composed both music and lyrics for two songs added to the film: "I Have Confidence" and "Something Good"), and a screenplay by Ernest Lehman, The Sound of Music boasted a dream cast: Julie Andrews as Maria, Christopher Plummer as the Captain, Eleanor Parker as Elsa, Peggy Wood as the Mother Abbess and Charmian Carr as Liesl. (Trivia buffs will note that Hollywood's most famous unseen voice, Marni Nixon, here has an on-screen role as Sister Sophia, and that the actual real-life Maria von Trapp has a cameo appearance in a Salzburg market scene.) Winner of five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, The Sound of Music has become the most popular movie musical ever made.

THE CAST AND CREW

Maria Rainer - Maria Kelly

Sister Berthe - Lia Renzoni

Sister Margaretta - Kaia Lavine

Mother Abbess - Ms. Christine Petkus

Sister Sophia - Abby Anderson

Captain Georg Von Trapp - Daniel Currier

Franz - Drew Lindquist

Frau Schmidt - Tatiana Pelka

Liesl - Kaci Anderson

Friedrich - Jay McGinnis

Louisa - Kat Pineda

Kurt - Patrick Kelly

Brigitta - Isabel Feldman

Marta - Ava Zekos

Gretl - Kassidy M. Zequeira

Rolf Gruber - Declan Kennedy

Elsa Schraeder - Eleanor Hughes

Max Detweiler - Jack Donahue

Herr Zeller - Liam Secrist

Baron Elberfeld - Joshua Kay

Baroness Elberfeld - Bella Murphy

Frau Zeller - Nicole Berger

A New Postulant - Bronwyn Petkus

Admiral von Schreiber - Michael Probst

Frauline Schweiger - Siena Sandini

Nuns - Constance Currier, Margaret King

Ensemble - Quinn Farrell, Hayden Finacchio, James Kasrawi, Ethan Lavigne, Thomas Mendoza, Aden Murray, Nehemiah St. Surin

Stage Manager - Nolan Pace

Assistant Stage Manager - Aidan Dillon

Lights - Billy Foley

Sound - Aaron Millette

Stage Crew and Follow Spot - Andrew Heo, Antony Najjar, Elias Najjar, Tom Gallagher, Luke Sandini

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