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The Sound of Music Live!

  • TV Special
  • 20132013
  • TV-PGTV-PG
  • 3h
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
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The Sound of Music Live! (2013)
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A live telecast of the famous Rodgers and Hammerstein musical.A live telecast of the famous Rodgers and Hammerstein musical.A live telecast of the famous Rodgers and Hammerstein musical.
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
3.9K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
8,166
2,530
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    • Directors
      • Rob Ashford
      • Beth McCarthy-Miller
    • Writers
      • Austin Winsberg(adaptation for television)
      • Howard Lindsay(book of stage play)
      • Russel Crouse(book of stage play)
    • Stars
      • Carrie Underwood
      • Stephen Moyer
      • Laura Benanti
    Top credits
    • Directors
      • Rob Ashford
      • Beth McCarthy-Miller
    • Writers
      • Austin Winsberg(adaptation for television)
      • Howard Lindsay(book of stage play)
      • Russel Crouse(book of stage play)
    • Stars
      • Carrie Underwood
      • Stephen Moyer
      • Laura Benanti
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 83User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
    • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 1 win & 6 nominations total

    Photos128

    Stephen Moyer and Carrie Underwood in The Sound of Music Live! (2013)
    Carrie Underwood in The Sound of Music Live! (2013)
    Sophia Anne Caruso, Michael Nigro, Ariane Rinehart, Ella Watts-Gorman, Joe West, Peyton Ella, and Grace Rundhaug in The Sound of Music Live! (2013)
    Stephen Moyer, Christian Borle, and Laura Benanti in The Sound of Music Live! (2013)
    Audra McDonald, Christiane Noll, Jessica Molaskey, and Andrea Jones-Sojola in The Sound of Music Live! (2013)
    Michael Nigro, Sophia Anne Caruso, Michael Nigro, Ariane Rinehart, Ella Watts-Gorman, Joe West, Peyton Ella, and Grace Rundhaug in The Sound of Music Live! (2013)
    Stephen Moyer in The Sound of Music Live! (2013)
    Carrie Underwood in The Sound of Music Live! (2013)
    Carrie Underwood in The Sound of Music Live! (2013)
    Stephen Moyer in The Sound of Music Live! (2013)
    Michael Nigro, Sophia Anne Caruso, Michael Nigro, Ariane Rinehart, Joe West, Peyton Ella, and Grace Rundhaug in The Sound of Music Live! (2013)
    Stephen Moyer and Carrie Underwood in The Sound of Music Live! (2013)

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    Carrie Underwood
    Carrie Underwood
    • Maria Rainer
    Stephen Moyer
    Stephen Moyer
    • Captain Von Trapp
    Laura Benanti
    Laura Benanti
    • Elsa Schrader
    Christian Borle
    Christian Borle
    • Max Detweiler
    Audra McDonald
    Audra McDonald
    • Mother Abbess
    Ariane Rinehart
    Ariane Rinehart
    • Liesl von Trapp
    Michael Campayno
    Michael Campayno
    • Rolf Gruber
    Sophia Anne Caruso
    Sophia Anne Caruso
    • Brigitta
    • (as Sophia Caruso)
    Peyton Ella
    Peyton Ella
    • Gretl von Trapp
    Michael Nigro
    Michael Nigro
    • Fredrich
    Grace Rundhaug
    • Marta von Trapp
    Ella Watts-Gorman
    • Louisa
    • (as Ella Watts)
    Joe West
    • Kurt
    Jessica Molaskey
    • Sister Berthe
    Christiane Noll
    Christiane Noll
    • Sister Margaretta
    Elena Shaddow
    Elena Shaddow
    • Sister Sophia
    Kristine Nielsen
    Kristine Nielsen
    • Frau Schmidt
    C.J. Wilson
    C.J. Wilson
    • Herr Zeller
    • Directors
      • Rob Ashford
      • Beth McCarthy-Miller
    • Writers
      • Austin Winsberg(adaptation for television)
      • Howard Lindsay(book of stage play)
      • Russel Crouse(book of stage play)
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    • Trivia
      Carrie Underwood was off-book by the time the final cast had gathered for the first table read. On set, she worked with an acting coach.
    • 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.
    • Quotes

      Captain Von Trapp: Before you meet the children, you will put on another dress.

      Maria Rainer: I haven't any other dress. When we enter the abbey, our worldly clothes are given to the poor.

      Captain Von Trapp: What about this one?

      Maria Rainer: The poor didn't want this one.

    • Connections
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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

    User reviews83

    Review
    Top review
    Stage to Screen to TV
    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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    • skippyd89
    • Dec 6, 2013

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    • Release date
      • December 5, 2013 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official Site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Sound of Music
    • Filming locations
      • Grumman Studios, Bethpage, Long Island, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Sony Pictures Television
      • Storyline Entertainment
      • Universal Television
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    • Runtime
      3 hours
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 16:9 HD

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