In 1981, at producer Ross Taylor's urging, Petula Clark agreed to star in a revival of the show at the Apollo Victoria Theatre in London's West End.
The national tour starred Florence Henderson as Maria and Beatrice Krebs as Mother Abbess. The entire children's cast was nominated for Best Featured Actress category as a single nominee, even though two of the children were boys.[11]. On March 2, 1965, 20th Century Fox released a film adaption of the musical starring Julie Andrews as Maria Rainer and Christopher Plummer as Captain Georg von Trapp. In Salzburg, Austria, just before World War II, nuns from Nonnberg Abbey sing the Dixit Dominus. It places Rodgers and Hammerstein back in top form as melodist and lyricist. Von Trapp. [26] The production then toured until February 2001, in Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide. ", "ละครเวที'มนตร์รักเพลงสวรรค์ The sound of music, "Bangkok Is Alive with the Sound of Music". Rolf enters, looking for Liesl, and greets them with "Heil". Maria sings "The Lonely Goatherd" to distract them. Two songs were written by Rodgers specifically for the film, "I Have Confidence" and "Something Good". Arriving at the Trapp home, Maria discovers that her new boss is cold and aloof, and his seven children virtual automatons-at least, whenever the Captain is around. "[66] Walter Kerr's review in the New York Herald Tribune was unfavorable: "Before The Sound of Music is halfway through its promising chores it becomes not only too sweet for words but almost too sweet for music", stating that the "evening suffer(s) from little children". She featured the song on her TV show, The Patti Page Olds Show, helping to popularize the musical. Von Trapp, So Long, Farewell - The Children and Capt. Already, swastikas have been hung on the Von Trapp ancestral home, and Liesl's boyfriend Rolf has been indoctrinated in the \"glories\" of the Third Reich. The choreographer was Arlene Phillips.[59]. The cast included June Bronhill as Maria, Peter Graves as Captain von Trapp and Rosina Raisbeck as Mother Abbess. He explains that the German Navy holds him in high regard, offers him the commission, and tells him to report immediately to Bremerhaven to assume command. She returns late to the abbey where the Mother Abbess and the other nuns have been considering what to do about the free-spirit ("Maria"). Lisa McCune played Maria, John Waters was Captain von Trapp, Bert Newton was Max, Eilene Hannan was Mother Abbess and Rachel Marley was Marta. The other children are frightened by the storm. According to the cast album database, there are 62 recordings of the score that have been issued over the years.