NewsPHOTO CALL: Carrie Underwood, Stephen Moyer, Audra McDonald, Laura Benanti, Christian Borle and Cast Prepare for The Sound of Music Live!The upcoming television broadcast of The Sound of Music Live!, starring Grammy Award winner Carrie Underwood, will be presented Dec. 5 beginning at 8 PM ET. Here is a further look at the final rehearsals.
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Matthew Blank
December 05, 2013
The three-hour telecast will feature six-time Grammy winner Underwood as Maria and “True Blood” star Stephen Moyer as Capt. Georg von Trapp with Tony Award winners Audra McDonald (Mother Abbess), Laura Benanti (Elsa Schrader) and Christian Borle (Max Dettweiler).
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Carrie Underwood, Stephen Moyer, Audra McDonald, Laura Benanti, Christian Borle and Cast Prepare for The Sound of Music Live!
Carrie Underwood, Stephen Moyer, Audra McDonald, Laura Benanti, Christian Borle and Cast Prepare for The Sound of Music Live!
The upcoming television broadcast of The Sound of Music Live!, starring Grammy Award winner Carrie Underwood, will be presented Dec. 5 beginning at 8 PM ET. Here is a further look at the final rehearsals.
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Jessica Molaskey as Sister Berthe, Elena Shaddow as Sister Sophia, Audra McDonald as Mother Abbess, Christiane Noll as Sister Margaretta
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Stephen Moyer as Captain Georg Von Trapp, Carrie Underwood as Maria
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Carrie Underwood as Maria with (l-r) Joe West as Kurt, Ella Watts as Louisa, Sophia Caruso as Brigitta, Ariane Rinehart as Liesl, Michael Nigro as Fredrich
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Carrie Underwood as Maria, Stephen Moyer as Captain Von Trapp
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Carrie Underwood as Maria, Stephen Moyer as Captain Von Trapp
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Stephen Moyer as Captain Von Trapp, Carrie Underwood as Maria
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Stephen Moyer as Captain Von Trapp
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Stephen Moyer as Captain Von Trapp, Carrie Underwood as Maria
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Carrie Underwood as Maria, Stephen Moyer as Captain Von Trapp
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Michael Nigro as Friedrich, Ella Watt-Gorman as Louisa, Joe West as Kurt, Sophia Anne-Caruso as Brigitta, Grace Rundhaug as Marta, Ariane Rinehart as Liesl, Peyton Ella as Gretl, Carrie Underwood as Maria
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Jessica Molaskey as Sister Berthe, Audra McDonald as Mother Abbess, Christiane Noll as Sister Margaretta
Jessica Molaskey as Sister Berthe, Elena Shaddow as Sister Sophia, Audra McDonald as Mother Abbess, Christiane Noll as Margaretta
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Kristine Nielsen as Frau Schmidt, Stephen Moyer as Captain Von Trapp, Sean Cullen as Franz
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Ariane Rinehart as Liesl, Michael Campayno as Rolf Gruber
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Sophia Anne Caruso as Brigitta, Ariane Rinehart as Liesl, Michael Nigro as Friedrich, Grace Rundhaug as Marta, Carrie Underwood as Maria, Ella Watts-Gorman as Louisa, Peyton Ella as Gretl, Joe West as Kurt
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Carrie Underwood as Maria with (l-r) Peyton Ella as Gretl, Joe West as Kurt, Ella Watts-Gorman as Louisa, Sophia Ann Caruso as Brigatta, Ariane Rinehart as Liesl, Michael Nigro as Friedrich
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Laura Benanti as Elsa Schraeder, Stephen Moyer as Captain Von Trapp and Christian Borle as Max Detweiler in "The Sound of Music Live!"
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Carrie Underwood as Maria, Stephen Moyer as Captain Von Trapp
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Back: Ariane Rinehart as Liesl, Michael Nigro as Friedrich, Joe West as Kurt, Ella Watts-Gorman as Louisa
Front: Sophia Anne Caruso as Brigitta, Grace Rundhaug as Marta, Peyton Ella as Gretl
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Stephen Moyer as Captain Von Trapp, Carrie Underwood as Maria
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Stephen Moyer as Captain Von Trapp, Carrie Underwood as Maria
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Stephen Moyer as Captain Von Trapp, Carrie Underwood as Maria
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Michael Nigro as Friedrich, Ariane Rinehart as Liesl, Peyton Ella as Gretl, Joe West as Kurt, Grace Grundhaug as Marta, Sophia Anne Caruso as Brigitta, Christian Borle as Max Detweiler, Ella Watts-Gorman as Louisa
The young cast set to play the von Trapp children are Ariane Rinehart (Liesl), Michael Nigro (Fredrich), Ella Watts-Gorman (Louisa), Joe West (Kurt), Sophia Caruso (Brigitta), Grace Rundhaug (Marta) and Peyton Ella as young Gretl.
The live TV version of the Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein II musical is 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. The iconic story, according to NBC, "centers on a young woman who leaves an Austrian convent to become a governess to the seven children of a naval officer widower."
The Sound of Music Live! is executive-produced by Neil Meron and Craig Zadan. Beth McCarthy-Miller and Rob Ashford serve as co-directors. The Sound of Music Live! is produced by Universal Television.
