Released:
2013-12-05

Overview:
The Sound of Music Live! is a television special that was originally broadcast by NBC on December 5, 2013. Produced by Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, the special was an adaptation of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Broadway musical The Sound of Music, starring country singer Carrie Underwood as Maria von Trapp, performed and televised live from Grumman Studios in Bethpage, New York. Meron felt that if the telecast were successful, the concept could become "another kind of entertainment that can exist on TV." By her request, Underwood's casting as Maria was personally endorsed by Julie Andrews, who starred in the 1965 film.

Directors:
Beth McCarthy-Miller, Rob Ashford

Runtime:
2h 15min

Genre:
TV Movie, Drama, Family, Music

• Cast:
• 
  Carrie Underwood
  as
  Maria Rainer
• 
  Stephen Moyer
  as
  Captain Von Trapp
• 
  Laura Benanti
  as
  Baroness Elsa Schrader
• 
  Christian Borle
  as
  Max Detweiler
• 
  Audra McDonald
  as
  Mother Abbess