The Sound of Music Live!

The Sound of Music Live! (2013) is a tv movie, drama film directed by Beth McCarthy-Miller, Rob Ashford rated 6.3/10.

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.

Cast

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