Is The Sound of Music Overrated?- Page 2
Is The Sound of Music Overrated?
jemjeb2
Featured Actor Joined: 6/28/05
#25Is The Sound of Music Overrated?
Posted: 11/6/14 at 6:58pmBut isn't TSOM considered the least of their successful musicals? - not that that's relevant to the OP's question/dilemma.
degrassifan
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/23/08
#26Is The Sound of Music Overrated?
Posted: 11/6/14 at 9:19pm
"But isn't TSOM considered the least of their successful musicals? - not that that's relevant to the OP's question/dilemma."
I thought it was the most beloved and revered?
#27Is The Sound of Music Overrated?
Posted: 11/6/14 at 9:34pm^^^That would be the film. The stage show is is a popular classic and a critical whipping boy. Hammerstein didn't write the book, as he did for the more highly regarded R&H shows.
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#28Is The Sound of Music Overrated?
Posted: 11/6/14 at 9:37pmZosia Mamet's grandfather wrote the book.
#29Is The Sound of Music Overrated?
Posted: 11/6/14 at 9:42pm
Good to know, Goth, good to know.
What is scary to contemplate is that SOM was originally intended to be a straight play about the Von Trapps.
R&H were asked by their friend Mary Martin to write a couple of songs for the family to sing (since they were entertainers in real life). The men ended up writing an entire score.
Let's all take a moment to shudder at the thought of SOM without the music!
Updated On: 11/6/14 at 09:42 PM
Videos