Sound Of Music Musical History

Sound Of Music Musical History

Sound Of Music Musical History

 

Original Production: (BROADWAY)

What? ‘The Sound of Music’

When? November 16th 1959

Where? Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. It moved to the Mark Hellinger Theatre on November 6th 1962

How long? 16th Nov 1959 - 15th June 1963

How many? 1,443 performances

Who? Director - Vincent J Donehue

Choreographer - Joe Layton

‘Maria’ - Mary Martin (1959-1961), Martha Wright *(oct 1961-july 1962),*Karen Gantz (july 1962- sept 1962),

Nancy Dussault (sept 1962-june 1963)

‘Captain Von Trapp’ - Theodore Bikel

‘Mother Abbess’ - Patricia Neway

‘Max Detweiler’ - Kurt Kasznar

‘Baroness Schraeder’ - Marion Marlowe

‘Rolf’ - Brian Davies, Jon Voight

‘Liesl’ - Lauri Peters

 

Awards - Tony Award - ‘Best Musical’ (tied with ‘Fiorello!')

‘Best Actress in a Musical’ - Mary Martin

‘Best Featured Actress’ - Patricia Neway

Best Set Design - Oliver Smith

Best Musical Direction - Frederick Dvonch

 


 

Original Production (LONDON)

When? May 18th 1961

Where? Palace Theatre

How many? 2,385 performances

Who? Director - Jerome Whyte

Choreographer - Joe Layton supervised the original broadway choreography

Set Design - Oliver Smith

‘Maria’ - Jean Bayliss, Sonia Rees

‘Captain Von Trapp’ - Roger Dann

‘Mother Abbess’ - Constance Shacklock

‘Baroness Schraeder’ - Enunice Gayson

‘Max Detweiler’ - Harols Kasket

‘Liesl’ - Barbara Brown

‘Rolf’ - Nicholas Bennett

‘Sister Margaretta’ - Olive Gilbert

 


 

Broadway Revival

When? - March 12th 1998

Where? - Martin Beck Theatre

How long? 15 months before touring in North America

Who? - Director - Susan H Schulman

‘Maria’ - Rebecca Luker, Laura Benanti

‘Captain Von Trapp’ - Michael Siberry, Richard Chamberlain

‘Mother Abbess’ - Patti Cohenour

‘Baroness Schaeder’ - Jan Maxwell

‘Max Detweiler’ - Fred Applegate

‘Rolf’ - Dashiell Eaves

‘Frau Schmidt’ - Patricia Conolly

 


 

London Revival (1981)

When? - 1981

Where? - Apollo Victoria Theatre - West End

Interesting Facts? The largest ticket advance sale in the history of British Theatre at that time. The highest attendance figure for a single week (Oct 16th-21st 1981) in the history of theatre! Maria Von Trapp herself was present on the opening night and described Clark as ‘The best Maria ever’.

Who - ‘Maria’ - Petula Clark

‘Captain Von Trapp’ - Michael Jayston

‘Baroness Schraeder’ - Honor Blackman

‘Mother Abbess’ - June Bronhill

 


 

London Revival (2006)

When? - November 15th 2006

Where? - London Palladium

Why? - Andrew Lloyd Webber held a TV talent competition to find ‘Maria’. Connie Fisher won and played Maria Von Trapp for a year!

How long? - November 15th 2006 - February 2009

Who? - ‘Maria’ -

Connie Fisher,

Aoife Mulholland,

Sophie Bould,

Summer Strallen,

Gemma Baird

 

‘Captain Von Trapp’ -

Alexander Hanson,

Simon Burke,

Simon MacCorkindale,

 

‘Mother Abbess’ -

Lesley Garrett,

Margaret Preece,

 

‘Baroness Schraeder’ -

Lauren Ward

 

‘Max Detweiler’ -

Ian Gelber

 

‘Liesl’ -

Sophie Bould,

Amy Lennox

 

‘Rolf’ -

Neil McDermott

 


 

Other Productions

Australia - Princess Theatre 1961-1964

- Regent Theatre 1982 - 1983

- Lyric Theatre 1999 - 2000

 

Japan - Bow Hall - 1988

New York City Opera - 1990

Stockholm - 1993 - 2007

Vienna - Volksoper Wien - 2005

Salzburg - Salzburg Marionette Theatre - 2007 -2008

Oslo - 2008

Toronto - Princess Wales Theatre - 2008 - 2010

Brazil - São Paulo - 2009 - present

Mexico - 1976 -1980 - 2009

UK - Touring 2009 - present

Austria - Graz Opera House - 2009 - 2010

Paris - Theatre Du Chatelet - 2009 - 2010

Lancaster PA - Fulton Theatre - 2010

Wilkes-Barre PA - 2010

Argentina - Opera Theatre - 2011

 

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