Live Blog The Live Sound Of Music — Page 17

I gotta say: DiGiorno's pizza's live tweet comments throughout the broadcast are hilarious.

a few of my favorites:

"YOU ARE 16, GOING ON 17 AND I'M ASSUMING YOU'D LIKE PIZZA FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY DINNERRRRRRR"

"HOW DO YOU SOLVE A PROBLEM LIKE MARIA? GIVE HER PIZZA FOR GOODNESS SAKES" and

"BOOOOOOO ROLFE THE DELIVERY GUY BOOOOOO"
DiGiorno Pizza

I thought this was simply wonderful. Carrie Underwood gave an earnest, sweet, and incredibly well sung performance. I thought she was quite lovely.

Bravo NBC! A rousing success. I was grinning ear to ear the entire broadcast.

I am hoping for The King and I.

Laura Benanti for the win. She rocked this. Even more than Audra.

Otherwise, this was laughable.

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Watching it now. I am loving it so far. Laura Benanti is incredible. Her facial expressions are hilarious. Perfection. Carrie's acting definitely lives a little bit to be desired, but I still think she's doing a pretty good job.

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I'm not surprised many Broadway Vultures hated The Sound of Music.

I'm not surprised many Broadway Vultures look down their noses at people in other parts of the country. Many of these people aren't as ignorant as many Broadway Vultures think.

Yes, the first act of the Broadway script is long. This is true of most R & H musicals.

I call it a mixed bag, overall.

Loved the musical numbers, but Ms Underwood simply cannot act. Yet. I was not riveted to the screen, but there were definitely "moments" that worked beautifully.


As for NBC making more "live" shows...that would be terrific, but when I read the article that talked about making it a tradition, my understanding was airing THIS would become the tradition. Maybe I made the assumption because I believe the info appeared in the article talking about the re=broadcast.

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"This was a triumph for the people who love REAL musicals, and I, for one, am thrilled. "
What's your definition of a REAL musical? I consider myself someone who loves musical and didn't think that was anything close to a triumph. More like a train wreck.

Bit of a theater outsider (at least compared to most of you) here...I watched this with my children because it was the Sound of Music, a show I remember seeing and enjoying as a child. Although I had heard Carrie Underwood's name, I couldn't have told you who she was or what she was famous for (and I had never heard of Stephen Moyer). We don't have any sort of cable and I went way, way out of my way to be able to watch this, and yes, we stayed for the whole thing. I believe if NBC were to air family friendly shows yearly, we'd be watching each time. And as I said, we don't ever watch any tv.

As to the quality, I loved Carrie's singing but her acting...was pretty painful. Stephen Moyer's singing and acting were both...not that great. The standouts in the cast to me were the people playing the Mother Superior, Elsa and Liesl. I do believe I'd heard of Audra McDonald before, but not Laura Benanti. The kids playing Brigitta and Gretl were kind of painful to me - really didn't like them at all, but when the kids sang as a group I thought it was really beautiful.

I would love to see more of Laura Benanti in any show - loved her facial expressions and humor. Honestly, don't people get excited about whomever they see as a newcomer (I'm thinking of those singing shows people watch all the time)?

I guess the bottom line for me was that they picked a show with plenty of name recognition and to me this does more to gain the audience than the person playing the starring role. That's certainly true in my family's case.

Why did they not get someone who could act to play the part?

"But how many of those much-vaunted "Middle Americans" who tuned in for Carrie Underwood STAYED for the whole thing? Those ratings also clock how many people watch each segment. I'm afraid the fall-off may be catastrophic."

Its this type of looking down at "middle america" snobbery by over educated/underemplyed elitists that prevent events like this from happening more often. Its the same attitude you see with all the bashing of tourists you see so often on these boards.

BOTTOM LINE: did you enjoy it? Was it fun? Did you sing along? YES ON ALL ACCOUNTS.

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Updated On: 12/6/13 at 07:50 AM

If NBC decides to do this again next year, I have a feeling it will be The Wizard of Oz. This formula can only work with a big star and a family-friendly show that everyone in the world knows. Other R&H shows like The King and I or Oklahoma could work, as could Grease, My Fair Lady, or Mary Poppins.

Personally, I'd love to see them tackle White Christmas.

If ABC/Disney decides to get in the game, Beauty and the Beast would be perfect in this setup.

And if we're fantasizing, I certainly wouldn't mind Little Shop with Joseph Gordon Levitt and Lady Gaga.