Book
by Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse
suggested by The Story Of Trapp Family Singers
by Maria von Trapp
Lyrics
by Oscar Hammerstein II
Music
by Richard Rodgers
July
28,29,30,31 August 5,6,7,12,13
Synopsis:
When
a postulant proves too high-spirited for the religious life, she is dispatched
to serve as governess for the seven children of a widowed naval captain. Her growing
rapport with the youngsters, coupled with her generosity of spirit, gradually
captures the heart of the stern captain, and they marry. Upon returning from their
honeymoon they discover that Austria has been invaded by the Nazis, who demand
the captain's immediate service in the German navy. The family's narrow escape
over the mountains to Switzerland on the eve of World War II
Other
Reviews
"Everything
is first rate."-- N.Y. Daily News
"Rhapsodic
music that entrances, moves and haunts.... A welcome link to musical theatre's
golden past."-- N.Y. Times
"Has
glory all its own."-- Boston Globe
"Phantom's
love story-- and the passionately soaring music it prompts ... jerk enough tears
to fill that Paris Opera Lagoon."-- San Diego Union.
"A
rich, ripe, rewarding evening."-- Chicago Tribune
"One
of those musicals you thought they just didn't write anymore."-- Chicago Sun Times
"Music
that can break your heart.... This is a score in the grand manner."-- Gannett
Newspapers
"One
of the most appealing America musicals of recent years."-- Dallas Morning News
Original Production:
Choreography
by Joe Layton
Opened
November 16, 1959 at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre and ran for 1,443 performances
Movie
1965
Winner
of 6 Tony Awards including Best Musical, Book and Score. The Movie was the winner
of 5 Academy Awards including Best Picture. The Sound of Music remains one of
the Most Loved Musicals of All Time.
Song
List
Act
I
Preludium
Morning
Hymn
Alleluia
Sound
of Music, The
Interlude
(after 'The Sound Of Music')
Maria
The
Scene Continues (after 'Maria')
My
Favorite Things
The
Scene Continues (My Favourite Things)
The
Scene Continues
Do-Re-Mi
Do-Re-Mi
(encore)
Change
Of Scene
Sixteen
Going On Seventeen
Change
Of Scene (after 'Sixteen Going On Seventeen')
Incidental
(Scene 7)
Lonely
Goatherd, The
After
"The Lonely Goatherd"
Gretl's
Crossover (The Lonely Goatherd)
Change
Of Scene (The Lonely Goatherd)
How
Can Love Survive?
The
Sound Of Music (reprise)
The
Scene Continues (The Sound Of Music)
End
Of Scene
The
Party Crossover (My Favourite Things)
Grand
Waltz (The Party)
Landler
Fox
Trot - Incidental (The Party)
Waltz
Incidental (The Party)
So
Long, Farewell
Maria's
Farewell (End Of Scene)
Nun's
Processional (Morning Hymn)
Incidental
Climb
Ev'ry Mountain
Act
II
Entr'acte
(Opening Act II)
Opening
Act II
Incidental
(A Cappella) (The Sound Of Music)
My
Favourite Things (reprise)
No
Way To Stop It
An
Ordinary Couple
Wedding
Preparations (I) (The Postulants' Crossover)
Wedding
Preparations (II) (The Bride's Dressing Music)
