Executive-produced by Neil Meron and Craig Zadan, The Sound of Music Live! was co-directed by Beth McCarthy-Miller and Rob Ashford. The telecast of the Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II musical was based on the original 1959 Broadway production of The Sound of Music, starring Mary Martin and Theodore Bikel, with a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse.
Six-time Grammy winner Underwood starred as Maria and “True Blood” star Moyer as Capt. Georg von Trapp with Tony Award winners McDonald (Ragtime, Master Class) as Mother Abbess, Benanti (Gypsy, Women on the Verge) as Elsa Schrader and Borle (Peter and the Starcatcher, "Smash") as Max Dettweiler.
Here's a look at the musical performances from the evening:
"Do-Re-Mi"
“The Sound of Music”
“How Can Love Survive?”
“So Long, Farewell”
“Edelweiss”
“Something Good”
“No Way To Stop It”
“Climb Ev’ry Mountain”
“The Lonely Goatherd”
“Sixteen Going On Seventeen”
“My Favorite Things”
“Maria”
