The Sound of Music Live!

The Sound of Music Live!

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

Directed by Beth McCarthy-Miller, Rob Ashford

Produced by NBC Studios, Sony Pictures Television

2013135 min6.3 / 10

A live television broadcast of a beloved musical celebrating family, faith, and love's triumph over adversity, suffused with warmth and theatrical joy.

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.

Questions people ask

  • Is The Sound of Music Live! easy watching? Yes, very. More comforting than 98% of films.

  • Does The Sound of Music Live! end with hope? Yes, very. More hopeful than 97% of films.

  • Is The Sound of Music Live! scary? Barely. Less frightening than 84% of films.

  • Is The Sound of Music Live! violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.

  • Is The Sound of Music Live! sad? Not especially. Less sad than 67% of films.

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