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November 8 - December 23
Marian Theatre - Santa Maria

... the Von Trapps

In real life, the Captain and Maria married eleven years before the Anschluss and it was not a love match for Maria. In her book, she describes how "I really and truly was not in love. I liked him but didn't love him. However, I loved the children, so in a way I really married the children." Originally, Maria was sent to the family from Nonnberg Abbey as a nurse/tutor to a single child recovering from scarlet fever rather than a governess to all. There were 10 not 7 children, the eldest daughter was also named Maria, and the eldest child was a son not a daughter. [more]

... the Play

Based loosely on Maria Von Trapp's The Story of the Trapp Family Singers (published in 1949), The Sound of Music was the brainchild of director Vincent J. Donahue and his good friend actress and icon, Mary Martin. Donahue had been asked by Paramount Pictures to view two popular German films based on the life of the Trapp Family singers and create a vehicle for Audrey Hepburn. Donahue was intrigued with the concept but favored his friend Martin over the studio's choice, Hepburn. [more]

... the Production

According to director Roger DeLaurier, much of his delight in The Sound of Music comes from the skill of the team of Rodgers and Hammerstein creating music and lyrics and Lindsay and Crouse authoring this musical’s book. For DeLaurier, this is an apt and compelling story that has been firmly and dexterously transformed from its original source material to one of the great classics of the American Musical Theater. [more]

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