The Sound of Music
Detailed Show Synopsis (Spoiler Alert)
ACT ONE On the eve of World War II at an abbey in the Austrian Alps, a free-spirited young novitiate (novice in a religious order), Maria, is assigned by her abbess to temporarily serve as …
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How Rodgers and Hammerstein Revolutionized Broadway
Listen to this interview with author Todd Purdum about the creative partnership and strained personal relationship of Rodgers and Hammerstein.
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The real von Trapps
The Sound of Music is based on the true story of the von Trapp family, who formed a touring singing act and later fled Austria for America at the beginning of WWII.
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Look Back at the Original Broadway Production
The Sound of Music first opened November 16, 1959, at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre.
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‘Edelweiss’: An American Song for Global Dystopia
It’s not an Austrian folk tune. The theme from both The Sound of Music and The Man in the High Castle celebrates a very modern thing: political dissent.