The Sound of Music Live!

The Sound of Music Live!

The beloved Rodgers & Hammerstein musical is performed live for TV audiences.

NR 2013 · 135 min · ★ 6.3 · TV Movie, Drama, Family, Music

The Sound of Music Live! is a television special that was originally broadcast by NBC on December 5, 2013. Produced by Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, the special was an adaptation of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Broadway musical The Sound of Music, starring country singer Carrie Underwood as Maria von Trapp, performed and televised live from Grumman Studios in Bethpage, New York. Meron felt that if the telecast were successful, the concept could become "another kind of entertainment that can exist on TV." By her request, Underwood's casting as Maria was personally endorsed by Julie Andrews, who starred in the 1965 film.

Directed by Beth McCarthy-Miller · Written by Maria von Trapp

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Carrie Underwood Maria Rainer
Stephen Moyer Captain Von Trapp
Laura Benanti Baroness Elsa Schrader
Christian Borle Max Detweiler
Audra McDonald Mother Abbess
Ariane Rinehart Liesl von Trapp
Michael Campayno Rolf Gruber
Sophia Anne Caruso Brigitta von Trapp
Peyton Ella Gretl von Trapp
Michael Nigro Friedrich von Trapp
Grace Rundhaug Marta von Trapp
Ella Watts-Gorman Louisa von Trapp

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