Opening Date

Dec 30, 1963

Closing Date

Mar 22, 1964

MusicalDramaOriginalNational Tour

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Setting
Austria. Early in 1938.
Produced by Henry Guettel
Book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse; Music by Richard Rodgers; Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II; Suggested by 'The Trapp Family Singers' by Maria Augusta Trapp; Music orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett; Choral Arrangements by Trude Rittman; Musical Director: Peter Laurini
Directed by John Fearnley; Musical Staging by Joe Layton
Scenic Design by Oliver Smith; Costume Design by Lucinda Ballard; Lighting Design by Jean Rosenthal
Company Manager: Richard Grayson
Production Stage Manager: Bill O'Brien; Stage Manager: Roger Franklin; Assistant Stage Mgr: Brooks Fountain and Jack LeGrand
General Press Representative: Mae S. Hong and Al Butler
Barbara Meister
Maria Rainer
a postulant at Nonnberg Abbey
John Van Dreelen
Captain Georg von Trapp
Wally Griffin
Max Detweiler
Katherine Hilgenberg
The Mother Abbess
Jen Nelson
Elsa Schraeder
Mary Alexander
Ensemble
Vincent Alexander
Friedrich von Trapp
Sally Cooke
Sister Margaretta
Mistress of Postulants
Ethelyne Dunfee
Liesl von Trapp
Suzann Dyslin
Ensemble
Roger Franklin
Franz
the butler
Betty Janus
Ensemble
Jack LeGrand
Admiral von Schreiber
John Messenger
Kurt von Trapp
Dawn Joy Miller
Ensemble
Lynne Murray
Ensemble
Helen Noyes
Frau Schmidt
the housekeeper
Marcia O'Brien
Ensemble
Jessica Quinn
Sister Berthe
Mistress of Novices
Jeanne Shea
Sister Sophia
Alison Sherwood
Louisa von Trapp
B. Walter Sherwood
Baron Elberfeld
Dawn Sherwood
Marta von Trapp
Holly Sherwood
Brigitta von Trapp
Kyle Sherwood
A Postulant
 
Ensemble
Mindy Sherwood
Gretl von Trapp
Larry Swanson
Herr Zeller
Peter Van Hattum
Rolf Gruber
Trudy Wallace
Ensemble
Hermine Warren
Ursula
a maid
 
Ensemble
Joyce Withrow
Ensemble
Understudies: Sally Cooke (Elsa Schraeder), Brooks Fountain (Rolf Gruber), Roger Franklin (Captain Georg von Trapp), Frank Hubert (Friedrich von Trapp, Kurt von Trapp), Betty Janus (Sister Sophia), Jack LeGrand (Max Detweiler, Herr Zeller), Jessica Quinn (The Mother Abbess, Frau Schmidt), Jeanne Shea (Maria Rainer), Alison Sherwood (Marta von Trapp), B. Walter Sherwood (Admiral von Schreiber), Dawn Sherwood (Gretl von Trapp), Holly Sherwood (Louisa von Trapp), Kyle Sherwood (Liesl von Trapp, Brigitta von Trapp), Larry Swanson (Franz), Trudy Wallace (Sister Berthe) and Joyce Withrow (Sister Margaretta)
music by Richard Rodgers; lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Act 1
Sung By
Preludium
The Sound of Music
Maria Rainer
Maria
The Mother Abbess, Sister Margaretta, Sister Berthe and Sister Sophia
My Favorite Things
Maria Rainer and The Mother Abbess
Do-Re-Mi
Children and Maria Rainer
You Are Sixteen
Liesl von Trapp and Rolf Gruber
The Lonely Goatherd
Maria Rainer and Children
How Can Love Survive?
Elsa Schraeder, Max Detweiler and Captain Georg von Trapp
The Sound of Music (Reprise)
Maria Rainer, Captain Georg von Trapp and Children
So Long, Farewell
Children
Climb Every Mountain
The Mother Abbess
Act 2
Sung By
No Way to Stop It
Captain Georg von Trapp, Max Detweiler and Elsa Schraeder
Ordinary Couple
Maria Rainer and Captain Georg von Trapp
Wedding Processional
Ensemble
You Are Sixteen (Reprise)
Maria Rainer and Liesl von Trapp
Do-Re-Mi (Reprise)
Maria Rainer, Captain Georg von Trapp and Children
Edelweiss
Captain Georg von Trapp, Maria Rainer and Children
So Long, Farewell (Reprise)
Maria Rainer, Captain Georg von Trapp and Children
Climb Every Mountain (Reprise)
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