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big_dog

(4,144 posts) Mon Sep 16, 2013, 07:45 PM Sep 2013

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NBC Announces 'Sound of Music' Live With Carrie Underwood (Dec. 5 at 7pm central/8 eastern)

The Sound of Music Live!, starring Carrie Underwood as Maria von Trapp, will premiere on NBC this December. In addition to premiering the first art (above), NBC also announced today that Broadway vets Audra McDonald, Laura Benanti, and Christian Borle have all signed on to the production. McDonald will play Mother Abbess, Borle will tackle von Trapp family friend Max Detweiler, and Bananti will portray Elsa Schrader, the Captain’s onetime fiancée.

The production, which will also star Stephen Moyer as Captain Georg von Trapp, is based on the original three-hour 1959 Broadway production, not the iconic 1965 movie starring Julie Andrews, although comparisons to the beloved Andrews version are inevitable. This poster, of course, calls to mind one of Andrews’ most iconic moments.

The musical, which NBC is hoping will become a must-watch event, will air live Dec. 5 at 8 p.m. ET

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NBC Announces 'Sound of Music' Live With Carrie Underwood (Dec. 5 at 7pm central/8 eastern) (Original Post) big_dog Sep 2013 OP

Beck, Llimbaugh et al are auditioning for the Nazis GreatCaesarsGhost Sep 2013 #1

I was at Stowe and met a couple of the von Trapps gopiscrap Sep 2013 #2

Kick to remember to set record newfie11 Sep 2013 #3

GreatCaesarsGhost

(8,585 posts)

1. Beck, Llimbaugh et al are auditioning for the Nazis

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Mon Sep 16, 2013, 07:51 PM

Sep 2013

gopiscrap

(23,762 posts)

2. I was at Stowe and met a couple of the von Trapps

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Mon Sep 16, 2013, 07:51 PM

Sep 2013

if interested you should Maria von Trapp's biography.

newfie11

(8,159 posts)

3. Kick to remember to set record

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Mon Sep 16, 2013, 08:06 PM

Sep 2013

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