The Sound of Music premiered at Broadway's Lunt-Fontanne Theatre November 16,1959, where it ran for more than 1,443 performances. Mary Martin headed a cast that also included Theodore Bikel and Patricia Neway. Julie Andrews starred in the subsequent 1965 award-winning film, and the most recent Broadway revival featured Rebecca Luker as the beloved Maria von Trapp. The show was also performed as part of NBC's live musical series starring Carrie Underwood.
The Sound of Music has music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse, and is based on The Trapp Family Singers by Maria Augusta Trapp.
Flip through photos of the orginal production below:
Marilyn Rogers, Kathy Dunn, Joseph Stewart, Mary Susan Locke, Mary Martin, Evanna Lien, Lauri Peters, and William Snowden
Lauri Peters
Cast
Lauri Peters and Mary Martin
Mary Martin and Theodore Bikel
Mary Martin
Mary Martin and cast
Mary Martin and Theodore Bikel
Mary Martin and Theodore Bikel
Mary Martin and Theodore Bikel
Mary Martin and Theodore Bikel
Mary Martin and cast
Mary Martin and cast
Mary Martin and cast
Mary Martin, Lauri Peters, Marion Marlowe, Theodore Bikel, and cast
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Mary Martin and Theodore Bikel
Mary Martin
Patricia Neway and Mary Martin
Theodore Bikel, Marian Marlowe, and Kurt Kasznar
Mary Susan Locke, Lauri Peters, Theodore Bikel, Mary Martin, Evanna Lien, Joseph Stewart, Marilyn Rogers, Kathy Dunn, William Snowden, Nan McFarland, and John Randolph
Theodore Bikel, Mary Martin, Kurt Kasznar, Stefan Gierasch, and Michael Gorrin
Patricia Neway, Mary Martin, and cast
Theodore Bikel and Marian Marlowe
Theodore Bikel and Mary Martin
Theodore Bikel, Mary Martin, and cast
Theodore Bikel, Mary Martin, and cast
A scene from the original 1959 Broadway production of The Sound of Music.
Mary Martin with the cast of The Sound of Music.
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Mary Martin in The Sound of Music
