The Sound of Music
Look Back at the Original Broadway Production
The Sound of Music first opened November 16, 1959, at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre.
Source: Playbill
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Why Duncan Macmillan Wrote Every Brilliant Thing
Watch this interview with playwright Duncan Macmillan for the Perth Festival and learn about his inspiration for the show.
Source: Perth Festival
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99 of the Best Things in the World
From breakfast tacos to baby goats, this Buzzfeed list will help you get inspired for the show.
Source: Buzzfeed
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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.
Source: The Atlantic
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How the conspiracy thriller infiltrated cinema
The conspiracy thriller: where do-gooder, unsuspecting protagonists often find themselves uncovering sinful schemes beneath a polished exterior.
Source: Slate
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The chemistry of murder
The solving of the 1850 murder of Gustave Fougnies in Belgium changed the history of toxicology and helped lay the foundation for modern forensic science.
Source: Wired
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From the New York Times Archives
This 1983 article from the New York Times reports on the opening of the first university program in the U.S. to prepare students for a career in toxicology.
Source: The New York Times
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Interview with author Khaled Hosseini
On the importance of staging more stories from Afghanistan, Hosseini says, “the more diverse the artistic menu that we have to choose from, the richer we all are for it.”