The Sound of Music Live!

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.

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  Carrie Underwood

  Maria Rainer
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  Stephen Moyer

  Captain Von Trapp
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  Laura Benanti

  Baroness Elsa Schrader
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  Christian Borle

  Max Detweiler
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  Audra McDonald

  Mother Abbess
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  Ariane Rinehart

  Liesl von Trapp
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  Michael Campayno

  Rolf Gruber
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  Sophia Anne Caruso

  Brigitta von Trapp
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  Jessica Molaskey

  Sister Berthe
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  Christiane Noll

  Sister Margaretta