The Sound of Music News

MANY BAY AREA theaters have celebrated anniversaries in recent years, but it's hard to top the Mountain Play, which celebrates its 100th year on Mount Tamalpais this summer.

BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge was thrilled to sit down and speak with nearly all of this year's Tony Award nominees at the official Tonys Meet & Greet on May 1, 2013, and we will be bringing you special coverage on all of them throughout the awards season.

Stagecrafters doesn't repeat their productions very often with the exception of the classics such as The Sound of Music.

Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College presents Sing-a-long-a Sound of Music today, May 19, 2013 at 1pm.

The show premiered on Broadway in 1959, winning a Tony award for Best Musical in 1960, before Julie Andrews unforgettably played Maria, the fun-loving nun turned nanny who falls in love with her employer and wins over his children, in the iconic 1965 film production.

British musical star Julie Andrews is set to make her first visit to Australia after seven decades in show business.

Classic film references are like secret handshakes, affirming shared base camps in pop culture, and songs from musical films like The Sound of Music seem to worm their way in our collective memory, too.

"Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens." Chances are, most of you are familiar with those words.

Brad Paisley is a great boss. He rented out an entire movie theatre in Indianapolis, this past weekend, so his he and everyone on his tour could watch, 'Iron Man 3.' This is the second time he's done that in Indianapolis.

Julie Andrews no longer sings in public, the legacy of a botched operation on her vocal cords.

NBC may have cancelled Smash , but the network obviously still likes the idea of offering a program with theatrical aspects during primetime.

Country music icon and American Idol star Carrie Underwood will portray the role of Maria von Trapp in NBC's upcoming live holiday broadcast of THE SOUND OF MUSIC.

Allison Spratt Pearce, starring as Maria in the San Diego Musical Theatre's staging of "Sound of Music," is "fiercely determined but warm and maternal as well.

Actress Julie Andrews, invoking references to her beloved movies, urged more than 6,000 University of Colorado graduates Friday to "live lightly on this Earth and give generously." "Use your knowledge and your heart to stand up for those who can't stand, speak for those who can't speak, be a beacon of light for those whose lives have become dark," ... (more)

This year their hopes rest with 2007 Estonian Pop Idol winner Birgit Oigemeel - who has twice tried for the Eurovision ticket in the past.

Looking for a fun, different, and quirky event to attend with your friends and family next weekend? Get your vocal chords warmed up and join us at Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts on Sunday, May 19, at 1 p.m. for the screening of the Academy Award-winning movie musical The Sound of Music.

Julie Andrews gives the commencement address at the University of Colorado's spring graduation at Folsom Field on Friday, May 10, 2013.

Los Angeles Times entertainment, arts and culture critics choose the week's most noteworthy openings, new releases, ongoing events and places to go in and around Southern California.

The foothills will be alive with the sound of music, as Julie Andrews speaks to the University of Colorado, Boulder's more than 6,000 graduates.

Michael Kantor, who won an Emmy in 2005 for his "Broadway: The American Musical," a six-part series hosted by Julie Andrews, is back with yet another look at the Great White Way with ""Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy." Having explored the history of the New York stage in-depth in the award-winning series, the filmmaker was ready to move on.