Carrie Underwood to Star in NBC's Live Broadcast of THE SOUND OF MUSIC- Page 10

[beautywickedlover]

Posted: 9/15/13 at 11:39am

Looks like they are holding open auditions for all of the children except Liesl. Maybe they have someone in mind for the part.




NBC Holds Open Casting Call for Von Trapp Children in THE SOUND OF MUSIC Today Updated On: 9/15/13 at 11:39 AM

[NOB88]

Posted: 9/16/13 at 10:20pm

Carrie Underwood as Maria in The Sound of Music Poster

[EponineAmneris]

Posted: 9/16/13 at 10:56pm

Updated On: 9/17/13 at 10:56 PM

[kade.ivy]

Posted: 9/16/13 at 11:14pm

I'm loving how the haters are dismissing Carrie 3 months before the show. I can't wait for her to rock everyone's world.

[bobs3]

Posted: 9/17/13 at 4:04am

She looks absolutely lovely in the poster. By the way, for the Carrie haters, Mary Rodgers and Alice Hammerstein (who are very protective of the R&H library) signed off on this casting.

[beautywickedlover]

Posted: 9/25/13 at 12:02pm

This article has a video of Carrie talking about 'The Sound of Music' on the Emmys Red Carpet.

http://www.mjsbigblog.com/idol-headlines-92313.htm

[GavestonPS]

Posted: 9/25/13 at 11:02pm

My only question is why are they airing it on a Thursday night? Wouldn't it be competing with Once Upon a Time in Wonderland, Grey's Anatomy, and Scandal?

Last I heard, Thursday night has the most TV viewers overall. Total viewership dips on Friday ("date night") and then grows steadily through the ensuing week.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 9/25/13 at 11:11pm

"My only question is why are they airing it on a Thursday night?"

Glee is on Thursday nights. I don't know if Glee will already be on sabbatical in December, but I think NBC wants this to compete with Glee.

[Wilmingtom]

Posted: 9/26/13 at 2:04am

^ Ha! Now that's comedy!

[best12bars]

Posted: 10/13/13 at 10:55am

Okay, seriously?




This is pretty god-awful. She looks like a Swiss Miss Coco ad. Or a Madame Alexander doll dressed as Maria. Could her sleeves be any more starched and white? Could her hair and skin be anymore perfect? This Maria a strictly an indoor girl. Or maybe just a mannequin.

Really bad.

This makes the 1965 Fox movie look like a gritty independent documentary by comparison.

I think I just got a cavity from all the sugary sweetness in that ad and this photo.

[best12bars]

Posted: 10/13/13 at 10:57am

[best12bars]

Posted: 10/13/13 at 11:04am

I guess I'm too used to the movie, where they stopped trying to dress her like a doll.



Shots of the OBC also look pretty Swiss Miss. But it's hard to go back to that after the film.

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 10/13/13 at 12:00pm

Mary Martin's costume was showing a little too much shoulder for a former nun-turned-governess.

[best12bars]

Posted: 10/13/13 at 12:01pm

How do you solve a problem like Maria?

[beautywickedlover]

Posted: 10/14/13 at 7:29pm

I wish they had just done something simple like in the 2006 West End and 2013 London revivals.

[jv92]

Posted: 10/14/13 at 7:39pm

"By the way, for the Carrie haters, Mary Rodgers and Alice Hammerstein (who are very protective of the R&H library) signed off on this casting."

I would hope that the conversation Mary and Alice had overlooking the agreement, etc., went like this...

MARY: They wanna do SOUND OF MUSIC with that girl who sings about Jesus and the wheel.
ALICE: SOUND OF MUSIC...not CAROUSEL, not SOUTH PACIFIC...
MARY: Nope. I don't care. It's not like it's their best show.
ALICE: Certainly not.
MARY: I wouldn't let them do ALLEGRO with this woman, but SOUND OF MUSIC...
ALICE: Yeah.
MARY: And if Steve let that woman from CHICAGO do NIGHT MUSIC...
ALICE: Your father DID let Ann-Margaret do a remake of STATE FAIR.
MARY: Uh-huh. Sign?
ALICE: Sign.

I've come to this conclusion (for me, at least): It's THE SOUND OF MUSIC. If they had cast Barbara Cook or dug up Judy Garland and cast her as Maria for this TV special, I would probably laugh at all the horrible cliches and bad lead-ins in the book, and some of Hammerstein's pretty hackneyed lyrics. I'm not particularly "insulted" or upset because I don't particularly like the show.

I think it's wise they're doing it on TV though. If Zadan and Meron had come to Mary Rodgers' apartment suggested an American Idol star play eight shows a week in one of her father's beloved shows, she probably would have shown them the door. (Assuming that...maybe not...but I've met her. She's a lovely lady, but she takes R&H (and R in general) rather seriously.)

I'm just glad it's not Carrie Underwood and Taylor Hicks in CAROUSEL.

[JohnyBroadway]

Posted: 10/14/13 at 10:11pm

If this is a hit, I hope their next venture is the king and I.

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 10/14/13 at 10:19pm

Any word on who's playing Sleazel

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 10/14/13 at 10:26pm

[JohnyBroadway]

Posted: 10/14/13 at 10:34pm

And what about Rolf?

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 10/14/13 at 10:39pm

FUN FACT: Joey Heatherton was part of the ensemble in the Original Broadway production in 1959

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 10/14/13 at 10:49pm

ANOTHER FUN FACT: Angelina Jolie's father was a replacement "Rolf" in the Original production. Lauri Peters, who played "Sleazel" fell in love with him and they married in 1962, divorcing in 1967. No, she is not Angelina Jolie's mom.

[best12bars]

Posted: 10/15/13 at 8:08am

You know, just Googling around on The Sound of Music, I found out that one of the kids in the show originated three roles in three legendary musicals of the era.

Marilyn Rogers (also billed as Marilyn Siegel) originated Amaryllis in "The Music Man," Brigitta in "The Sound of Music" and Shprintze (one of Tevye's daughters) in Fiddler on the Roof.

She was Tony-nominated (along with the rest of the children) for The Sound of Music. That's a pretty amazing resume. I wonder why she isn't interviewed on this site or other Broadway-related sites or panels. I'll bet she has some great stories!

[beautywickedlover]

Posted: 10/22/13 at 2:54pm

The program will contend as a telefilm at the Golden Globes and SAGs.


Will Carrie Underwood's 'Sound of Music' live event win over Globe, SAG voters?

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 10/22/13 at 3:03pm

Any word yet on who will playing "Sleazel"?