Sound of Music at The Hollywood Bowl this summer will star...

[Doogie]

Posted: 3/26/06 at 4:15pm

Melissa Errico, in what I think is her first project after her baby.

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 3/26/06 at 4:16pm

Surprise!


She'll be great.

[Caroline-Q-or-TBoo]

Posted: 3/26/06 at 4:32pm

MELISSA ERICO! YAY! MY LOVE!

[VonTussleGirl]

Posted: 3/26/06 at 4:35pm

She'll be fabulous!

[EganFan2]

Posted: 3/26/06 at 5:01pm

She's got such a pretty voice. They seem to love her at the Hollywood Bowl. She was in MFL and Camelot, too.

Posted: 3/26/06 at 5:01pm

Really? Sweet. I love events at the Hollywood Bowl in the summer! :)

~Rosalynn

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 3/26/06 at 5:30pm

This was an easy call. Errico was supposed to star in the Broadway revival of the show, but ended up doing HIGH SOCIETY instead.

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 3/26/06 at 6:06pm

I'll be there.

[nealb1]

Posted: 3/26/06 at 6:46pm

She was brilliant in "High Society." She was absolutely wonderful! I'm so glad that there was a cast recording cd of the show. I loved it. Still can't understand why so many people didn't like it.

[My Name in Lights]

Posted: 3/26/06 at 8:58pm

Any word yet about who will be Capt. Von Trapp?
Updated On: 3/26/06 at 08:58 PM

[camach1]

Posted: 7/15/06 at 4:34pm

CApt. Von Trapp will be played by -----John Schneider
and the complete cast list

Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
John Mauceri, conductor
Gordon Hunt, director
Kay Cole, choreographer
Melissa Errico, Maria
John Schneider, Captain von Trapp
Rachel York, Elsa Shraeder
Andrea Bowen, Liesl
Benjamin Platt, Friedrich
Mary Catherine Hughes, Louisa
Andrew Hoeft, Kurt
Justine Dorsey, Brigitta
Emma Ashford, Marta
Anza Seller, Gretl
Stephen Breithaupt, Franz, the butler
Marianne Muellerleile, Frau Schmidt, the housekeeper
David Larsen, Rolf Gruber
Jeffrey Tambor, Max Detweiler
Marni Nixon, Mother Abbess

[lovesclassics]

Posted: 7/15/06 at 11:11pm

That's quite a line-up! Very excited about Rachel York, David Larsen and Marni Nixon, in addition to Melissa Errico. John Schneider's an interesting choice for the Captain - he wouldn't have popped into my head as a candidate, but I can see it.

If anyone on the left coast catches this, please post your reviews.

lc

[Weez]

Posted: 7/16/06 at 8:56am

Marni Nixon? AWESOME!

[EganFan2]

Posted: 7/16/06 at 9:31am

Rachel York--always awesome.

[camach1]

Posted: 7/16/06 at 12:13pm

Im going I cant wait it should be awesome.

[Footlooser]

Posted: 7/16/06 at 12:39pm

Wasn't Andrea Bowen Marta in the revival? That's cool that she is Leisl now. I love her on DH.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 7/16/06 at 12:45pm

I was just going to say... I saw Andrea Bowen in the revival, as one of the younger kids. I thought that was kind of funny.

[TheatreDiva612]

Posted: 7/16/06 at 12:45pm

yeah, that is really cool they have Andrea Bowen as Liesl now.

[camach1]

Posted: 7/17/06 at 2:18am

Does anyone know how good a singer Andrea Bowen is?I just know her from DH and I didnt know she was a singer.

[jimnysf]

Posted: 7/17/06 at 2:44am

Is this the original or the revised version which changed the order of some songs to mirror the film?

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 7/17/06 at 8:39am

I think they will probably do the script of the recent Broadway revival which had the children performing "My Favorite Things" etc. It is the Hollywood Bowl after all. I actually think Im going to be in L.A. when this is running so it would be fun to catch

[MCfan2]

Posted: 7/17/06 at 9:40am

Yes, I'd heard John Schneider was going to star in this. Lucky, LUCKY Melissa. I do wish I could see it. Anyone who's going, please give us detailed reports!

Posted: 7/17/06 at 9:53am

I'm glad to hear about this. Wish I were on the West Coast. Does anyone besides me think Errico's greatest performance to date was in One Touch of Venus at the City Center? One of the greatest performances I've ever seen by a relatively unknown performer. It's a crying shame that the production wasn't recorded.

[camach1]

Posted: 7/20/06 at 9:57pm

so is this just a concert of the music or a full out production?

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 7/20/06 at 10:03pm

Marni Nixon? Yuck. She once had a great voice but she was awful in NINE. Too bad "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" will be butchered...