The Sound of Music to Be Presented in Concert at Carnegie Hall, Directed by Gary Griffin
A concert staging of Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music will be presented at Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium on April 24, 2012, directed by Broadway vet Gary Griffin (The Color Purple, Encores! Lost in the Stars). Rob Fisher (Anything Goes, Chicago) will serve as musical director, conducting the Orchestra of St. Luke’s. The evening will be a benefit to support the music education programs of Carnegie Hall's Weill Music Institute. No casting has been announced.
The Tony-winning musical, set in Austria on the eve of World War II, tells the story of the musical Von Trapp family and features music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and a libretto by Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse, adapted for the Carnegie Hall evening by David Ives. The score includes favorites such as the title song, “My Favorite Things,” “Do Re Mi,” “Edelweiss” and “Climb Ev'ry Mountain.”
The Sound of Music first opened on Broadway on November 16, 1959, starring Mary Martin and Theodore Bikel. The 1965 film adaptation starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer received five Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
Carnegie Hall has worked closely with the Rodgers & Hammerstein office on concert stagings of favorite musicals in recent years, including Carousel with Hugh Jackman and Audra McDonald (2002), South Pacific with Reba McEntire and Brian Stokes Mitchell (2005)and Kern and Hammerstein’s Show Boat with Nathan Gunn, Carolee Carmello, Marilyn Horne and Alvy Powell (2008).
