Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II were known for the many innovations they brought to the musical theater, but also for a signature streak of sentimentality. Both are evident in 1959’s The Sound of Music, which would prove to be their final collaboration. Director Jack O’Brien has done what he can to scrape off the layers of sugar encrusted on the show in his buoyant … [Read more...]
Beloved ‘Sound of Music’ comes to Kravis in touring revival
The Sound of Music is the most produced show of the prolific Richard Rodgers-Oscar Hammerstein II canon. The reasons why should be evident when the touring revival opens at the Kravis Center on Tuesday, but its popularity is also tied to the 1965 five-time Oscar-winning movie. As to other reasons it is so frequently performed, the Rodgers and Hammerstein organization’s … [Read more...]