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Maria, a nun who is causing the Abbey trouble is sent off to be governess to Captain Von Trapp's seven troublesome children. Maria teaches them to sing and they become close. Soon Maria and Captain Von Trapp fall in love and are married, but when the Nazis invade Austria, the whole family is forced to flee over the alps to safety.

 

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1960 Tony Award
Best Musical
Best Actress in a Musical
(Mary Martin)
Best Featured Actress in a Musical
(Patricia Neway)
Best Scenic Design (Musical)
Best Conductor and Musical Director

1960 Theatre World Award
Lauri Peters

BROADWAY PREMIERE
November 16, 1959, played 1443 performances

REVIVAL
March 12, 1998, played 533 performances
 
COMPOSER
Richard Rodgers

LYRICIST
Oscar Hammerstein II

LIBRETTIST
Howard Lindsay and Russell
Crouse
 
ORIGINAL CAST
Mary Martin, Theodore Bikel, Patricia Neway, Kurt Kaszner, Marion Marlowe, Lauri Peters, Brain Davies, John Randolph, Nan McFarland, Joey Heatherton

DIRECTOR
Vincet J. Donehue

CHOREOGRAPHER
Joe Layton
 
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