The Sound of Music (Broadway & Tour)
The Sound of Music with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II with additional lyrics by Richard Rodgers and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse, suggested by “The Trapp Family Singers” by Maria Augusta Trapp, opened on Broadway on March 12, 1998 and closed on June 20, 1999 at the Martin Beck Theatre
Produced by Hallmark Entertainment, Thomas Viertel, Steven Baruch, Richard Frankel and Jujamcyn Theaters (James H. Binger: Chairman; Rocco Landesman: President; Paul Libin: Producing Director; Jack Viertel: Creative Director); Produced in association with The Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization, Charles Kelman Productions, Inc., Simone Genatt Haft, Marc Routh, Jay Binder and Robert Halmi, Jr.; Associate Producer: James D. Stern and PACE Theatrical Group, Inc.
Directed by Susan H. Schulman; Assistant Director: Terry Berliner; Choreographed by Michael Lichtefeld; Musical Director: Michael Rafter; Scenic Design by Heidi Ettinger; Costume Design by Catherine Zuber; Lighting Design by Paul Gallo; Sound Design by Tony Meola; Hair and Wig Design by Paul Huntley; Music orchestrated by Bruce Coughlin; Dance arrangements snd Incidental music arranged by Jeanine Tesori; Original orchestrations by Robert Russell Bennett and Original Dance & Choral arrangements by Trude Rittman.
Starring Jeanne Lehman (Sister Margaretta), Gina Ferrall (Sister Berthe), Patti Cohenour (The Mother Abbess), Ann Brown (Sister Sophia), Rebecca Luker (Maria Rainer), Michael Siberry (Captain Georg von Trapp), John Curless (Franz), Patricia Conolly (Frau Schmidt), Sara Zelle (Liesl von Trapp), Ryan Hopkins (Friedrich von Trapp), Natalie Hall (Louisa von Trapp), Matthew Ballinger (Kurt von Trapp), Tracy Alison Walsh (Brigitta von Trapp), Andrea Bowen (Marta von Trapp), Ashley Rose Orr (Gretl von Trapp), Dashiell Eaves (Rolf Gruber), Lynn C. Pinto (Ursula), Jan Maxwell (Elsa Schraeder), Fred Applegate (Max Detweiler), Timothy Landfield (Herr Zeller), Gannon McHale (Baron Elberfeld), Martha Hawley (Baroness Elberfeld), Laura Benanti (A New Postulant), Reno Roop (Admiral Van Schreiber); Neighbors and Servants of Captain von Trapp, Novices, Postulants, Priests, Clerics, Nazis, and Contestants in the Festival Concert: Anne Allgood, Joan Barber, Laura Benanti, Ann Brown, Patricia Conolly, Gina Ferrall, Natalie Hall, Martha Hawley, Kelly Cae Hogan, Siri Howard, Matt Loney, Patricia Phillips, Lynn C. Pinto, Reno Roop, Kristie Dale Sanders, Ben Sheaffer and Sara Zelle
Major replacements included Laura Benanti (Maria Rainer), Richard Chamberlain (Captain Georg von Trapp)
Swings: Tad Ingram, Betsi Morrison and Margaret Shafer
Standby: Timothy Landfield (Captain Georg von Trapp)
Understudies included: Anne Allgood (Sister Margaretta), Joan Barber (Sister Berthe), Laura Benanti (Maria Rainer), Nora Blackall (Brigitta von Trapp, Louisa von Trapp), Marissa Gould (Gretl von Trapp, Marta von Trapp), Martha Hawley (Frau Schmidt), Kelly Cae Hogan (Elsa Schraeder), Siri Howard (Liesl von Trapp), Tad Ingram (Max Detweiler, Franz, Herr Zeller, Baron Elberfeld, Admiral von Schreiber), Jeanne Lehman (The Mother Abbess), Matt Loney (Captain Georg von Trapp, Herr Zeller), Gannon McHale (Max Detweiler), Betsi Morrison (Maria Rainer, Sister Sophia, Ursula, Baroness Elberfeld, A Postulant), Lynn C. Pinto (Sister Sophia), Lou Taylor Pucci (Friedrich von Trapp, Kurt von Trapp), Reno Roop (Franz), Kristie Dale Sanders (Elsa Schraeder), Margaret Shafer (Sister Margaretta, A Postulant, Baroness Elberfeld, Ursula) and Ben Sheaffer (Rolf Gruber)
Associate Choreographer: Joe Bowerman; Associate Scenic Design: Richard Jaris and Wade Laboissonniere; Assistant Scenic Design: Judy Gailen and Fabio Toblini; Associate Lighting Design: Philip Rosenberg and David Weiner; Associate Auto. Light Programmer: Paul J. Sonnleitner; Assistant Lighting Design: Paul D. Miller; Assistant Sound Design: Kai Harada and Assistant. to the Choreographer: Melissa Rae Mahon
Production Manager: Peter Fulbright; Production Supervisor: Beverley Randolph; Stage Manager: Ira Mont; Assistant Stage Manager: Thom Widmann and Joe Bowerman; Technical Supervisor: Tech Production Services, Inc., Elliot Bertoni, Robert Shuck and Peter Ruen; Dance Captain: Joe Bowerman; General Manager: Richard Frankel Productions and Laura Green; Company Manager: Kathy Lowe; Casting: Jay Binder; Press Representative: Cromarty and Company; Advertising: Serino Coyne, Inc.; Marketing: TMG Marketing & Publicity; Online Marketing by Toby Simkin / BuyBroadway; Dialect Coach: Deborah Hecht; Promotions: Scott Walton Communications, Scott Walton, Kathi Iannacone and Leanne Schanzer Promotions;
Musical Coordinator: John Miller; Conducted by Michael Rafter; Associate Conductor: Steven Tyler; Assistant Conductor: James Baker; Violin: Elizabeth Lim-Dutton, Karl Kawahara, Krystof Witek and Karen Milne; Viola: Maxine Roach; Cello: Adam Grabois and Sarah Seiver; Bass: Bill Ellison; Woodwind: Helen Campo, Rick Heckman, Jon Manasse, Robert Ingliss and Don McGeen; Trumpet: Carl Albach and John Dent; Trombone: Dick Clark; Bass Trombone / Tuba: Matthew Ingman; Guitar / Mandolin / Zither / Autoharp: Scott Kuney; French Horn: Javier Gandara and Leise Anschuetz Paer; Keyboard / Accordian: Steven Tyler; Percussion: James Baker.
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The original production starred Mary Martin and Theodore Bikel. The film starred Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer. Broadway last heard “Do Re Mi,” “Climb Ev’ry Mountain” and “So Long, Farewell” in 1991 when Debby Boone, Laurence Guittard and Werner Klemperer starred in a revival at City Opera’s New York State Theatre.
Sound of Music Awards
Tony Awards, 1959-1960
- Best Musical
- Best Performance in Musical (female)
- Best Supporting Performance in Musical (female)
- Best Music Direction
- Best Book
- Best Score
Academy Awards, 1965
- Best Film of the Year
- Best Director
- Best Film Editing
- Best Sound Recording
- Best Scoring of Music (adaptation)
Billboard’s Longest Running Best-Seller
- The Sound of Music movie
(300 weeks Top 40)
The Von Trapp Family Timeline
1880 Birth of Baron Georg von Trapp
1905 A native of Zillertal, Tirol, Austria, Maria Augusta Kutschera born in Vienna on Jan. 25th
1924 Maria becomes a candidate for the novitiate at Nonnberg Benedictine Convent
1926 Maria sent by the Mother Abbess to be governess to the children
of Baron Georg von Trapp
1927 Georg and Maria wed on November 26th; Maria becomes stepmother of Rupert, Werner, Johanna, Agathe, Maria, Martina and Hedwig
1929 Rosmarie von Trapp, Maria and the Baron’s first child, is born
1931 Daughter Eleonore born.
1936 Maria and Monsignor Franz Wasner begin the Trapp Family Singers (originally the Trapp Family Chorus)
1938 Family flees Nazi-occupied Austria; concert tours throughout Europe followed by a three month tour in America.
1939 Family emigrates to U.S. and settles in Merion, PA; Maria’s only son, Johannes von Trapp, is born
1942 The von Trapp family purchases a hill farm in Stowe, Vermont, and name it Cor Unum (One Heart), later to become the Trapp Family Lodge
1945 Trapp Music Camp opens
1947 Baron Georg von Trapp dies
1948 First addition made to the lodge to accommodate guests; Pope Pius XI honors Maria with Bene Merenti Medal for Trapp Family Austrian Relief, Inc. which aided thousands of Austrians during World War II
1950 Stone chapel built by Werner von Trapp in fulfillment of vow during combat in Italy.Maria wins St. Francis de Sales Golden Book Award from the Catholic Writers Guild for best book of non fiction, The Trapp Family Singers.
1956 Final Trapp Family Singers concert in the United States
1959 Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music opens on Broadway; Mary Martin plays Maria;
The von Trapp family concentrates on lodge business
1965 The Sound of Music movie premieres, starring Julie Andrews
1967 Maria awarded the Honorary Cross First Class for Science and Art by the Austrian government for cultural endeavors
1968 Johannes von Trapp oversees the opening of the Cross Country Ski Center, the first of its kind in the U.S.; considered the foremost cross-country ski touring center in America today
1980 Old Lodge burns to the ground in tragic fire on December 20th. Cause of the fire remains unknown.
1981 Construction of chalet guest houses and new lodge begins
1983 Concert in the Meadows series begins
1983 December 16th, first guest registers at the new Trapp Family Lodge
1984 Maria dedicates new lodge; Fitness Center opens
1987 Maria dies after a short illness
1993 Year of Celebrations! 10th Anniversary of new Trapp Family Lodge and 25th Anniversary of the Cross Country Ski Center
1996 Snow Country Magazine names Trapp Family Lodge “Finest Cross-Country Ski Resort in the United States”
1997 Class of Austrian Military Academy cadets visits from Austria to honor Captain Georg Ritter von Trapp. Lodge completes million-dollar refurbishment program.
1998 The Sound of Music reopens on Broadway at the Martin Beck Theatre. Von Trapp family members attend the gala opening.
Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall (1962)
The Pratt Family Singers
(parody of Broadway’s The Sound of Music)
According to Julie, the choreography (at the very end) called for Carol to whack her “accidentally” in the stomach, and for her to double over. When Carol later found out Julie was 4 months pregnant (with Emma), she was horrified to think back to that moment. ‘If I’d known you were pregnant, I never would have touched you!‘ she exclaimed.
Julie confessed that she didn’t think she’d get the part of Maria Von Trapp in the future movie after doing this spoof! Boy was she wrong!
Absolutely one of my favorite comedy moments.
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Musical Numbers
Act One:
- “Preludium”: “Dixit Dominus,” “Morning Hymn,” and “Alleluia” (Patti Cohenour, Jeanne Lehman, Gina Ferrall, Ann Brown, Nuns, Novices, Postulants);
- “The Sound of Music” (Rebecca Luker);
- “Maria” (Patti Cohenour, Jeanne Lehman, Gina Ferrall, Ann Brown);
- “I Have Confidence” (lyric by Richard Rodgers) (Rebecca Luker);
- “Do-Re-Mi” (Rebecca Luker, Sara Zelle, Ryan Hopkins, Natalie Hall, Matthew Ballinger, Tracy Alison Walsh, Andrea Bowen, Ashley Rose Orr);
- “Sixteen Going on Seventeen” (Dashiell Eaves, Sara Zelle);
- “My Favorite Things” (Rebecca Luker, Sara Zelle, Ryan Hopkins, Natalie Hall, Matthew Ballinger, Tracy Alison Walsh, Andrea Bowen, Ashley Rose Orr);
- “How Can Love Survive?” (Fred Applegate, Jan Maxwell);
- “The Sound of Music” (reprise) (Michael Siberry, Sara Zelle, Ryan Hopkins, Natalie Hall, Matthew Ballinger, Tracy Alison Walsh, Andrea Bowen, Ashley Rose Orr, Rebecca Luker);
- “Laendler” (dance) (Orchestra with Rebecca Luker, Matthew Ballinger, and Michael Siberry);
- “So Long, Farewell” (Sara Zelle, Ryan Hopkins, Natalie Hall, Matthew Ballinger, Tracy Alison Walsh, Andrea Bowen, Ashley Rose Orr);
- “Morning Hymn” (reprise) (Patti Cohenour, Nuns, Novices, Postulants);
- “Climb Ev’ry Mountain” (Patti Cohenour)
Act Two:
- Opening Act II (Fred Applegate, Sara Zelle, Ryan Hopkins, Natalie Hall, Matthew Ballinger, Tracy Alison Walsh, Andrea Bowen, Ashley Rose Orr);
- “No Way to Stop It” (Jan Maxwell, Fred Applegate, Michael Siberry);
- “Something Good” (lyric by Richard Rodgers) (Rebecca Luker, Michael Siberry);
- “Wedding Processional” and “Canticle” (Patti Cohenour, Nuns, Novices, Postulants);
- “Sixteen Going on Seventeen” (reprise) (Rebecca Luker, Sara Zelle);
- “The Lonely Goatherd” (Rebecca Luker, Michael Siberry, Sara Zelle, Ryan Hopkins, Natalie Hall, Matthew Ballinger, Tracy Alison Walsh, Andrea Bowen, Ashley Rose Orr);
- “Edelweiss” (Michael Siberry, Rebecca Luker, Sara Zelle, Ryan Hopkins, Natalie Hall, Matthew Ballinger, Tracy Alison Walsh, Andrea Bowen, Ashley Rose Orr);
- “So Long, Farewell” (reprise) (Rebecca Luker, Michael Siberry, Sara Zelle, Ryan Hopkins, Natalie Hall, Matthew Ballinger, Tracy Alison Walsh, Andrea Bowen, Ashley Rose Orr);
- Finale Ultimo (Patti Cohenour, Nuns, Novices, Postulants)