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16 unusual facts about The Sound of Music


Alex Hitz

After selling the restaurant and inspired by his step-father’s 1991 Kennedy Center Honor, Hitz moved to New York City and co-produced several Broadway shows, including Triumph of Love (1997) and the revival of The Sound of Music (1998), as well as the revival of On the Town in Central Park with the New York Public Theater.

Anna Nordell

When she was 14 Nordell got to play the part of Leisl in the musical "The Sound of Music" at Göta Lejon Theatre in Stockholm.

Build God, Then We'll Talk

The bridge melody of "Build God, Then We'll Talk" is a derivative of the melody of the chorus of "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music.

Carmel Quinn

Since then she went on to appear in numerous musical road shows and has starred in Wildcat, Finian's Rainbow and The Sound of Music.

Fillie Lyckow

In 2007/2008 she was the von Trapp maid, Frau Schmidt, in The Sound of Music at Göta Lejon.

John van Dreelen

Van Dreelen also enjoyed an international stage career and starred in a Dutch staging of My Fair Lady as well as the original American touring production of The Sound of Music.

Kiara Sasso

Mainly working on stage, she played "Christine" in The Phantom of the Opera, "Belle" in Beauty and the Beast, Ellen in Miss Saigon and "Maria" in The Sound of Music.

Lucinda Dryzek

Her credits include three British television series, appearances in The Sound of Music, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and several pantomimes, and roles in feature and made-for-television movies.

Nancy Dussault

In 1962, Dussault stepped into the role of Maria in the Broadway production of The Sound of Music.

Persian Risk

A graduate of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff, Deverill, stage name: Jon de Ville, most recently appeared in a national tour of Blood Brothers in 2007 and The Sound of Music in London in 2008.

Reprise

For example, in The Sound of Music, the reprise of the title song is sung by the Von Trapp children and their father, the Captain; whereas the original was sung by Maria.

Rosina Raisbeck

For the next 10 years, Raisbeck sang wherever and whatever she could: a tremendously successful production of The Sound of Music, in which she sang the Abbess, with June Bronhill as Maria, was followed by Carousel.

Schmeckfest

A multi-course meal and a musical — Fiddler on the Roof in 2013, The Wizard of Oz in 2012, Kiss Me, Kate in 2011, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in 2010, Into the Woods in 2009, The Sound of Music in 2008, for example — are the main fundraising events.

Summer Shaw

The character is most notable for being 'planted' in the show as publicity for an Andrew Lloyd Webber produced stage production of The Sound of Music.

The God of Small Things

The day before Margarget and Sophie arrive, the family visits a theatre to see The Sound of Music, where Estha is molested by the "Orangedrink Lemondrink Man", a vendor working the snack counter of the theatre.

The Trapp Family

The Trapp Family was the inspiration for the even more fictionalized Broadway musical The Sound of Music and its highly successful 1965 film version.


Beatrice Krebs

From 1961 to 1963 she performed the role of the Mother Abbess in the first national tour of The Sound of Music with Florence Henderson as Maria.

Birgit Õigemeel

At the theatre Vanemuine, she has played Maria Von Trapp of "The Sound of Music" (opened in 2010) and appeared in supporting roles in a popular ethno musical "Peko" (premiered in 2011 as an open air production in Värska).

Burke Moses

In 2008 Moses played the role of Captain von Trapp in Mirvish Productions' The Sound of Music at the Princess of Wales Theatre in Toronto alongside the winner of the TV show How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?, Elicia MacKenzie.

Curtis Cregan

From there, he went on to play such roles as Doody from Grease, Dickon from The Secret Garden, and one of the Von Trapp Family from The Sound of Music.

Cyril Ornadel

This followed as a musical director for a number of major West End shows, including the first London production of My Fair Lady, and at the London Palladium the hit shows The Sound of Music and The King and I starring Yul Brynner.

Debbie Turner

Though not currently active in the film industry, she regularly visits with her Sound of Music family and has made a number of television appearances, including The Oprah Winfrey Show where she discussed the 45th anniversary of The Sound of Music.

Gemma Collins

Having attended the Sylvia Young Theatre School as a child, Collins later participated in several theatre productions including The Sound of Music.

Geri Reischl

Reischl's first appearance was at the age of six playing Gretl in a production of The Sound of Music, starring Patrice Munsel, at the Melodyland Theatre in Anaheim, California.

Glen Powell

Powell began performing in professional theatre with roles in The Music Man, Oliver, O. Henry, and The Sound of Music.

Helen Worth

At the age of twelve she played one of the von Trapp children in a stage production of The Sound of Music, at the Palace Theatre in London, a role that kept her in London for nine months.

Holden Thorp

In 1998, Thorp was the musical director for a performance of The Sound of Music, in which his wife played Maria von Trapp, and as a result, missed the ceremony at which the Tanner award recipients were recognized.

Johannes von Trapp

Johannes von Trapp (born January 17 1939, Philadelphia) is a former member of the Trapp Family Singers, whose lives were the inspiration for the play and movie The Sound of Music.

Jovan Roms

In 1994-1997 he was also playing lead roles in several musical productions, such as The Sound of Music (Friedrich) and Pippi Longstocking (Tommy), etc.

Kana Uemura

Uemura first became interested in music, after watching Julie Andrews performance in the 1965 film The Sound of Music.

Meg Bussert

In 2010, she performed in The Sound of Music at the Ogunquit Playhouse, which was enjoyed by thousands over a period of a month.

Mikkel Rønnow

Since 1992 Mikkel Rønnow has been Musical Director for more than 20 Danish musical productions, including Chess (Danish premiere), West Side Story, Les Misérables, My Fair Lady, Copacabana (Scandinavian premiere), Grease, Cabaret, Tell Me on a Sunday, The Sound of Music and Jesus Christ Superstar.

Nonnberg Abbey

Through Maria Augusta Kutschera, later Maria Augusta von Trapp, who was a postulant in the abbey after World War I and whose life was the basis for the film The Sound of Music, the abbey has acquired international fame.

Patrick Quinn

He also was in the cast of Lend Me a Tenor, Beauty and the Beast, A Class Act and the 1998 revival of The Sound of Music.

Salzburg Marionette Theatre

Bastien and Bastienne was once again performed as well as the premiere of a new production of The Sound of Music, directed by Richard Hamburger.

Sophie Bould

She appeared in London's West End at The Palladium in the original Andrew Lloyd Webber's production of 'The Sound of Music', alongside Connie Fisher, winner of the hit TV reality show "How do you solve a problem like Maria?".

Susan H. Schulman

In 1998, Schulman had just mounted a well-received Broadway revival of The Sound of Music when she was contacted by Andrew Lloyd Webber, who asked her to adapt a scaled-down production of Sunset Boulevard for a US tour starring Petula Clark.

The Club Is Alive

Its lyrics sample "The Sound of Music", composed by Richard Rodgers, to lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and originally performed by Mary Martin in the stage musical of the same name, but was later popularised by Julie Andrews in the 1965 film.

The King Family Show

The series consisted of a remarkable crew including director and choreographer Marc Breaux with choreographer Dee Dee Wood (known for Mary Poppins, and The Sound of Music) and costumer Bob Mackie.

Walter M. Scott

Walter M. Scott (November 7, 1906, Cleveland, Ohio – February 2, 1989, Los Angeles, California) was an Academy Award-winning set decorator who worked on films such as The Sound of Music and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

West Ottawa High School

The fall musicals in recent years have included Annie Get Your Gun, Anything Goes, Once Upon a Mattress, Les Misérables, The Sound of Music, Oklahoma!, Working (musical), "Guys and Dolls", and The Music Man.