The Sound of Music Live! (2013)

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Carrie Underwood	...	Maria Rainer
	Stephen Moyer	...	Captain Von Trapp
	Laura Benanti	...	Elsa Schrader
	Christian Borle	...	Max Detweiler
	Audra McDonald	...	Mother Abbess
	Ariane Rinehart	...	Liesl von Trapp
	Michael Campayno	...	Rolf Gruber
	Sophia Anne Caruso	...	Brigitta (as Sophia Caruso)
	Peyton Ella	...	Gretl von Trapp
	Michael Nigro	...	Fredrich
	Grace Rundhaug	...	Marta von Trapp
	Ella Watts-Gorman	...	Louisa (as Ella Watts)
	Joe West	...	Kurt
	Jessica Molaskey	...	Sister Berthe
	Christiane Noll	...	Sister Margaretta

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A live telecast of the famous Rodgers and Hammerstein musical.

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The beloved family classic comes alive again.

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Official Sites:

Official Site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 December 2013 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

The Sound of Music See more »

Filming Locations:

Grumman Studios, Bethpage, Long Island, New York, USA

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Sony Pictures Television, Storyline Entertainment, Universal Television See more »

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Runtime:

180 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

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Color

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16:9 HD

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Trivia

Christian Borle was terrified that he was accidentally going to break his teacup during the live broadcast. See more »

Goofs

Members of the Kriegsmarine(Navy of Nazi Germany) did not wear Swastika armbands. Only members of the Nazi party and Hitler Youth wore armbands. Members of the regular military were prohibited from joining any party. See more »

Quotes

Frau Schmidt: I can't bear being whistled for. It's humiliating!
Franz: In the Im-
[doorbell rings]
Franz: In the Imperial Navy, the bosun *always* whistled for us.
Frau Schmidt: Well, I wasn't in the Imperial Navy.
Franz: Too bad, you could've made a fortune.
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Soundtracks

Preludium
(uncredited)
Written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
Performed by Audra McDonald, Christiane Noll, Jessica Molaskey, and Elena Shaddow
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Stage to Screen to TV

6 December 2013 | by skippyd89 – See all my reviews

I have been reading the other postings with great interest and what I have taken from the collective comments is the lack of understanding that this admirable (Yes, Ms. Underwood needs more acting lessons, though her singing was a pure enjoyable Broadway belt) television broadcast is closely based on the original 1959 stage version written by Lindsey and Crouse (book) and Rodgers and Hammerstein (score) for Mary Martin, with Theodore Bikel co-starring as the Captain, a fact that all of the publicity for this TV version has stated.

One poster on this thread stated he was sorry the TV got the scenes out of order; I beg to differ. The film got the scenes out of order. It was the film version that substituted "My Favorite Things" for "The Lonely Goatherd" in the storm scene, regulating the latter song to some strange interpolated puppet sequence and depriving the Mother Abbess of her part in a duet with Maria.

This version didn't add the two songs for the Elsa and Max. It was the film version that deleted them from the score while adding "Confidence in Me", a 'travelling' song that was justified in a cinematic sense but not needed in the stage version, as the TV broadcast clearly vindicated.

In fact, speaking of the songs, I was sorry to see that one mediocre song ("Something Good") was substituted for another mediocre song ("An Ordinary Couple"). At least that deleted song had a lyric by Hammerstein; Rodgers himself wrote the lyric to "Something Good".

"The Sound of Music" isn't a great show, but it is an audience favorite. It shared the Tony Award for Best Musical with "Fiorello!" and Ms. Martin beat out the likes of Ethel Merman for Best Actress in a Musical. The TV version was an honorable attempt (and broadcast live was a great idea--anyone else notice how the train in the Baroness's dress was stepped on by another actor?). I hope network television experiments further with this idea (though keeping the commercials down might be a good idea--a bunch at the beginning, a clump in the middle, and another cluster at the end would keep the audiences involved.). So, congrats to all involved. Keep singing.

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