Broadway Musical Home - The Sound of Music

A classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical based on the memoir of Maria von Trapp, The Story of the Trapp Family Singers.

Story:

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 Captain Von Trapp to love, but when the Nazis invade Austria, the whole family is forced to flee to safety.

: Composer
Richard Rodgers

: Lyricist
Oscar Hammerstein II

: Librettist
Howard Lindsay

: Librettist
Russell Crouse

Broadway Premiere

Theatre: Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, Mark Hellinger Theatre

Opening Night: Nov 16, 1959

Total Performances: 1,443

Original Cast: Mary Martin, Theodore Bikel, Patricia Neway, Kurt Kaszner, Marion Marlowe, Lauri Peters, Brain Davies, John Randolph, Nan McFarland, Joey Heatherton

Director: Vincent J. Donehue

Choreographer: Joe Layton

Producer: Leland Hayward, Richard Halliday, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II

Musical Director: Frederick Dvonch

Orchestrations: Robert Russell Bennett

Scenic Design: Oliver Smith

Costume Design: Lucinda Ballard

Lighting Design: Jean Rosenthal

1998 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Martin Beck Theatre

Opening Night: Mar 12, 1998

Total Performances: 533

Original Cast: Rebecca Luker, Michael Siberry, Patti Cohenour, Fred Applegate, Matthew Ballinger, Andrea Bowen, Ann Brown, Patricia Conolly, Dashiell Eaves, Gina Ferrall, Natalie Hall, Martha Hawley, Ryan Hopkins, Timothy Landfield, Jeanne Lehman, Jan Maxwell, Gannon McHale, Ashley Rose Orr, Reno Roop, Tracy Alison Walsh, Sara Zelle

Director: Susan H. Schulman

Choreographer: Michael Lichtefeld

Producer: Hallmark Entertainment, Thomas Viertel, Steven Baruch, Richard Frankel and Jujamcyn Theaters

Musical Director: Michael Rafter

Orchestrations: Bruce Coughlin

Scenic Design: Heidi Ettinger

Costume Design: Catherine Zuber

Lighting Design: Paul Gallo

1965 Film Version

Movie Name: The Sound of Music

Type: Hollywood Musical

Director: Robert Wise

Screenplay: Ernest Lehman

Starring: Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Eleanor Parker, Richard Haydn, Peggy Wood

2013 TV Version

Movie Name: The Sound of Music Live!

Type: Live Musical Telecast

Director: Rob Ashford, Beth McCarthy-Miller

Screenplay: Austin Winsberg

Starring: Carrie Underwood, Stephen Moyer, Laura Benanti, Christian Borle, Audra McDonald

Musical Numbers

The Sound of Music

Maria

My Favorite Things

Do-Re-Mi

Sixteen Going on Seventeen

The Lonely Goatherd

How Can Love Survive?

Laendler

So Long, Farewell

Climb Ev'ry Mountain

No Way To Stop It

An Ordinary Couple

Processional

Do-Re-Mi

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Stream Online Now

: The Sound of Music Live! Version Available to Stream via BroadwayHD

CDs

: Original Broadway Cast Album

: 1987 Studio Cast Album

: 1998 Broadway Revival Cast Album

: 2006 London Palladium Revival Cast Album

: Motion Picture Soundtrack

: 2013 NBC TV Version Soundtrack

Sheetmusic

: Vocal Selections

: Vocal Score

Videos

: Original Hollywood Version DVD

: NBC Live Version DVD

: London Live Version DVD

: London Live Version Blu-Ray

: Original Hollywood Version Blu-ray/DVD Collector's Set

: Original Hollywood Version Blu-Ray

Books

: The Sound of Music Story: How A Beguiling Young Novice, A Handsome Austrian Captain, and Ten Singing von Trapp Children Inspired the Most Beloved Film of All Time

Other

1960 Tony Award Nominations

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
Best Direction of a Musical
Best Featured Actress in a Musical - Lauri Peters, Kathy Dunn, Evanna Lien, Mary Susan Locke, Marilyn Robers, William Snowden, and Joseph Stewart
Best Featured Actor in a Musical - Theodore Bikel
Best Featured Actor in a Musical - Kurt Kasznar