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| The movie version starred Julie Andrews. |
Posted
November 16, 2013
The
hills are alive...
And
Broadway was alive...
...with
The Sound of Music.
On
this date in 1959, this beloved musical premiered on Broadway. For
the first time audiences were entranced by the exciting story of the
von Trapp family: A nun working as a governess falls in love with the
children's widowed father, and he with her; after they are married,
the family of nine flees the Nazis.
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| The original Broadway show starred Mary Martin. |
For
the first time, audiences were delighted by the Rodgers and
Hammerstein songs “Edelweiss,” “My Favorite Things,” “Climb
Every Mountain,” and “Do-Re-Mi.” Oh, and “The Sound of
Music,” of course!
For
the first time, audiences fell in love with this musical—but not
for the last. Not by a long shot. The 1965 movie starring Julie
Andrews won five Academy Awards—including Best Picture—and became
the highest-grossing film of all time. (Its record has since been
supplanted. With figures adjusted for inflation, it's now #5.)
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These
are the real von Trapp kids. Their life was a little different than
it was portrayed in the show and movie, and their names were changed,
too. Rupert was shown as Friedrich, Agathe became Liesl, Maria became
Louisa, Werner was portrayed as Kurt, Hedwig was changed to Brigitta,
Johanna became Marta, and Martina was changed to Gretl.
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Celebrate The Sound of Music!
Soon
there will be yet another version of the musical, as NBC airs “Sound of Music Live!” on Thursday, December 5!
Check
out “The Making of The Sound of Music” for
interesting stories about the movie.
To give you a tantalizing taste of what you can learn: the movie's
co-star Christopher Plummer once called the movie “The Sound of
Mucus”; some now-famous actors were considered for the roles of the
von Trapp kids; and the movie-family cast still feels surprisingly
close, 45 years later!
Here
is a “sing-along activity kit” for The
Sound of Music.
Learn
some of the songs from the show. Here
is “Do-Re-Mi.” And here is a bit of
“My Favorite Things.”
Also
on this date:
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