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Posted by Rob 2012-11-30 10:29:56
Carrie Underwood to Star in NBC's Live Broadcast of THE SOUND OF MUSIC
Posted by somethingwicked 2012-11-30 10:34:23
How is that even remotely appropriate? I love Underwood as a recording artist, but this is truly bizarre casting.
Carrie Underwood to Star in NBC's Live Broadcast of THE SOUND OF MUSIC
Posted by luvtheEmcee 2012-11-30 10:34:55
This is a joke, right?
Carrie Underwood to Star in NBC's Live Broadcast of THE SOUND OF MUSIC
Posted by Wynbish 2012-11-30 10:37:55
Boooooooooo
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Posted by showchoirguy 2012-11-30 10:38:27
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Posted by ACL2006 2012-11-30 10:39:29
this has trainwreck written all over it. Love Underwood, but she's not right for this.
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Posted by CarlosAlberto 2012-11-30 10:39:32
...and the bitch-fest has commenced!
This thread should prove quite entertaining...
Bring on the BWW meltdowns! LMFAO!!
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Posted by dreaming 2012-11-30 10:41:25
I'll add to the general sentiment-This is going to be a disaster. A country singer as Maria von Trapp??? What next, Ozzy Osbourne as the Captain?!
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Posted by RockStarNYC 2012-11-30 10:46:26
Gotta agree here. Underwood is a phenomenal performer, but this just isn't right. There are PLENTY of vehicles they could try with Underwood (South Pacific, Annie Get Your Gun, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, hell maybe even Wicked) but Sound of Music? Sorry, gotta say PASS!
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Posted by luvtheEmcee 2012-11-30 10:47:43
I like her, but if someone can actually explain how this casting makes any sense, that'd be swell.
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Posted by SonofRobbieJ 2012-11-30 10:53:40
She's a huge singing star with Teutonic looks. And she didn't sound terrible singing Hello Young Lovers on American Idol.
I'm trying...I'm trying...
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Posted by Marianne2 2012-11-30 10:55:09
Really? One of the oddest castings ever.
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Posted by ucjrdude902 2012-11-30 10:55:32
I'll bet you $20 she does this, it's incredible and the reviews are stellar.
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Posted by dreaming 2012-11-30 10:57:51
ucr-I'll see your $20 and raise you another $20. She's gonna SUCK big time. She's an unproven actress who's not the right vocal type for the role.
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Posted by ucjrdude902 2012-11-30 10:59:31
I'd also like to add I see big ratings for this. Country fans turn out if you all haven't learned that yet.
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Posted by luvtheEmcee 2012-11-30 11:00:46
Not the point. I don't care who watches if she sucks.
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Posted by ucjrdude902 2012-11-30 11:02:41
And NBC doesn't care if she sucks, only who watches.
Sidenote: Carlos, you should know by now people on BWW love an overly dramatic meltdown for something they have no control over 
!
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Posted by luvtheEmcee 2012-11-30 11:03:23
Good. This still does not answer my question.
Carrie Underwood to Star in NBC's Live Broadcast of THE SOUND OF MUSIC
Posted by mikey2573 2012-11-30 11:04:27
"There are PLENTY of vehicles they could try with Underwood (South Pacific, Annie Get Your Gun, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, hell maybe even Wicked) but Sound of Music?"
Odd that two of the shows you listed (South Pacific, Annie Get Your Gun) were both originally cast with Mary Martin, the original Maria Von Trapp on Broadway.
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Posted by luvtheEmcee 2012-11-30 11:06:17
Annie Get Your Gun, yes, but if we're arguing about vocal type I can't say I see South Pacific working either. Maybe the odd song here and there, but overall, no. PS this is assuming she acts?
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Posted by chellylovesrent2 2012-11-30 11:07:32
I think Carrie Underwood is a great performer in her field of music but I really don't know if her vocal chords can pull off Maria. Perhaps they may have to change the songs down a key. This casting just seems so strange to me.
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Posted by madbrian 2012-11-30 11:07:55
How is a country Maria any more bizarre than a British Maria, or an non-country American Maria? Unless an Austrian singer is cast, whoever they hire will be the wrong type.
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Posted by ucjrdude902 2012-11-30 11:08:41
Good point madbrain.
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Posted by luvtheEmcee 2012-11-30 11:09:57
When did this become about accents? Have you ever heard a country singer? There's little to substantiate that stylistically, this is going to make sense. Style & tone = / = accent. That's just ridiculous.
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Posted by ucjrdude902 2012-11-30 11:13:58
I doubt any of you have gone to one of Carries concerts but its an incredible show. She puts alot of energy to making it perfect and I think she'll do the same with that. Even thought she can clearly sing I am sure she'll work with coaches to make it perfect.
Calm.the.f.down.
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Posted by somethingwicked 2012-11-30 11:14:21
As skeptical as I am about this, I will say: the Rodgers & Hammerstein organization is fiercely protective over the R&H catalogue, so I would venture to guess Underwood had to audition to get estate approval before they allowed her to be cast in this.
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Posted by SonofRobbieJ 2012-11-30 11:14:50
Well...here's a small taste of what she'll sound like:
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Posted by CarlosAlberto 2012-11-30 11:19:10
Carlos, you should know by now people on BWW love an overly dramatic meltdown for something they have no control over !
^ THIS!!
Is it too early to pop popcorn?
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Posted by ucjrdude902 2012-11-30 11:20:48
Grab the popcorn and I'll start making the margaritas!
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Posted by CarlosAlberto 2012-11-30 11:22:33
Never too early or too late for margaritas!!
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Posted by ucjrdude902 2012-11-30 11:24:37
Exactly!
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Posted by beautywickedlover 2012-11-30 11:26:15
I am a huge fan of Underwood. And after watching that video I think she will do a very job. Her acting was also great in 'Soul Surfer'.
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Posted by xoffender45 2012-11-30 11:29:22
Instead of the Ländler, I hope Maria teaches the kids the Hoedown Throwdown.
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Posted by doodlenyc 2012-11-30 11:30:38
I love Carrie, and if she can get ahold of her twang, she may be okay.
That vid that Robbie posted was kind of lovely, but girl needs to phrase that song better! She takes a breath after every word!
(I hope I didnt titillate anyone with the phrase "get ahold of her twang".)
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Posted by CarlosAlberto 2012-11-30 11:31:47
Oooh racism! What's next? The Hill-billies are alive with the Sound of Country? Yee-haw?
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Posted by taboo123 2012-11-30 11:32:17
Can she PLEASE do 'Favorite Things' mashup with 'Before He Cheats?" pretty please
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Shania Twain CDs and warm woolen mittens,
Bleach blond and gumdrops
N' shootin' some whiskey
Some bathroom Polo and bashing headlights
These are a few of my favorite sights!
When the dog bites, When the tires slash,
When i'm feeling sad
I simply remember my louisville swing
And then I don't feeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelllllllll
sssooooooo baaaaaadddddddddddddddd.
(sung to the tune of 'Favorite Things' and a slight nasal twang, equipped with trills- and a giant fan to blow wind in your hair)
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Posted by SonofRobbieJ 2012-11-30 11:32:57
Racism? Now that's just a bizarre charge.
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Posted by bwaylyric 2012-11-30 11:36:07
Taylor Swift as the Baroness and Dolly Parton as Mother Abbess. Ratings gold!
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Posted by Geoff2 2012-11-30 11:37:08
Guys - If we truly want this medium and the masterworks in it to survive, thrive and reach new, young audiences, we have to stop being so provincial in our thinking about interpretations or casting of them. Carrie is an amazing performer who knows damn well (as do the Producers and R&H) that the approach she takes with one of her number-one country/pop hits is not the approach to take with this project. She'll put the necessary work in. And if it means millions more become aware of music theatre, I say Amen!
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Posted by jv92 2012-11-30 11:37:31
AAAAND...I'm not watching! :)
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Posted by jimmycurry01 2012-11-30 11:45:06
"As skeptical as I am about this, I will say: the Rodgers & Hammerstein organization is fiercely protective over the R&H catalogue, so I would venture to guess Underwood had to audition to get estate approval before they allowed her to be cast in this."
If the R&H organization was that fiercely protective, this would not exist: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0160429/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2
"AAAAND...I'm not watching! :)"
I call bullsh!t on that. You know you'll watch. You'll complain, but you'll watch.
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Posted by beautywickedlover 2012-11-30 11:48:13
"Taylor Swift as the Baroness and Dolly Parton as Mother Abbess. Ratings gold!"
They could actually get Swift to play Liesl. She's actually one year younger than when Charmian Carr played the role.
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Posted by CarlosAlberto 2012-11-30 11:48:24
I call bullsh!t as well! They'll watch and complain and post it all on BWW for everyone to read.
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Posted by SonofRobbieJ 2012-11-30 11:51:51
I only call bullShit on the racism charge.
I, of course, will watch. With an open mind...and hopefully open legs. That's how I got through Liz & Dick!
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Posted by CarlosAlberto 2012-11-30 11:52:52
I was being sarcastic with the racism comment. Flew right over yer head, di'nt it?
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Posted by CarlosAlberto 2012-11-30 11:55:55
ROFL @ SonofRobbieJ....
I just caught the "open legs" comment!
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Posted by jimmycurry01 2012-11-30 11:56:50
You got through Liz & Dick?! Kudos to you! That takes a bit of tenacity.
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Posted by CarlosAlberto 2012-11-30 11:56:57
Will there be a soundtrack recording?
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Posted by ucjrdude902 2012-11-30 12:06:12
That I doubt will happen. Having worked in country music for a little bit, I doubt Carries album lets her record for someone else. Same reason The Color Purple EP with Fantasia never happened, her record company put a "hell no" on it real quick.
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Posted by ljay889 2012-11-30 12:06:19
May they please work on her head voice.
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Posted by JoeKv99 2012-11-30 12:07:56
The way this country's going, set The sound of Music in 2012 in the rural south- instead of the anschluss, Kentucky secedes from the union while the Captain and Maria are on their honeymoon and the captain refuses to serve in the new racist government's Navy, partly because he finds their politics abhorrent and partly because Kentucky is land-locked.
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Posted by SonofRobbieJ 2012-11-30 12:10:43
"I was being sarcastic with the racism comment. Flew right over yer head, di'nt it?"
It did! But only because I've met more than one Southerner who considered their geographic background a 'race.' They were strange, strange people!
And I only got through Liz & Dick because I just had some good Not Liz minutes before we watched it!
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Posted by CarlosAlberto 2012-11-30 12:15:37
And I only got through Liz & Dick because I just had some good Not Liz minutes before we watched it!
I heard that was only way you could get through Liz & Dick: Sex or Alcohol...or a combo of both. I wonder if it will work for this particular broadcast?
Will it be broadcast live on a sound stage or live on a theater stage?
What will the show curtain look like?
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Posted by CarlosAlberto 2012-11-30 12:16:36
Billy Ray Cyrus for Captain Von Trapp!
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Posted by SonofRobbieJ 2012-11-30 12:18:35
Whatever happens, I hope the last minutes are bum rushed by Bill Murray and Alfre Woodard sings 'Put a Little Love in Your Heart'.
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Posted by thirtythirtyninety 2012-11-30 12:20:06
Much more concerned about her acting than her singing. Especially since this is a live broadcast, which will be extremely challenging for a non-actor, especially such a huge role.
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Posted by HumATune 2012-11-30 12:26:07
I find her painful to watch because her face is so expressionless when she sings. Yes, this is television, where facial expressions should be subtler than live theater, but even for television her face is rather blank-looking.
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Posted by Mattbrain 2012-11-30 13:08:55
A previous Fraulein Maria is not pleased:
https://twitter.com/LauraBenanti
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Posted by ucjrdude902 2012-11-30 13:11:06
Isn't she on an NBC show? How dumb is she to go against her parent company.
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Posted by NoName3 2012-11-30 13:14:45
Billy Ray Cyrus as the Captain is an excellent suggestion, CarlosAlbert. With Myley as Liesl, Reba as Mother Superior, Dolly Parton as Elsa and Clay Aiken as Max.
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Posted by degrassifan 2012-11-30 13:28:06
Who knows? She could be good. Petula Clark played Maria in the 1981 London revival, and the real Maria von Trapp said Petula was the best Maria she had ever seen. Listening to cast recording of the Petula Clark version, I can tell you she played Maria with a pop sensibility and I quite liked it. Therefore, Carrie Underwood could be quite good!
I imagine this is how people would have reacted if the Internet was prevalent in 1997 when it was announced that Brandy would play Cinderella in a television remake of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella. And now, the Brandy version is considered a "classic" for my generation.
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Posted by ucjrdude902 2012-11-30 13:31:42
Is this going to be a movie? If I recall correctly wasn't it at one time discussed to be a live show?
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Posted by PalJoey 2012-11-30 13:32:38
Petula Clark is an actress. I agree with thirtythirty: her singing will be fine but her acting will be wooden.
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Posted by degrassifan 2012-11-30 13:36:51
I think it will be good. I trust Zadan and Meron.
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Posted by supportivemom 2012-11-30 13:46:11
Yeah- I think she can handle the singing but Maria has so many dimensions and I don't believe Carrie can handle the acting. Hopefully, she will get a great director (like Jennifer Hudson did for Dream Girls) and maybe she will surprise everyone- at least that's what I'm hoping. I can't tell you how many local shows I have seen where the lead could sing but not act- it's painful! Part of me also believes Carrie is just too commercially pretty for the part- that's just my opinion. I'm looking forward to seeing who the rest of the cast will be.
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Posted by jimmycurry01 2012-11-30 13:48:56
"Is this going to be a movie? If I recall correctly wasn't it at one time discussed to be a live show?"
It is being filmed live like the TV productions of Cinderella and Peter Pan from the 50's.
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Posted by ray-andallthatjazz86 2012-11-30 13:53:52
What a terrible idea. Are they seriously saying that of all the women who could have possibly been brilliant in this, Carrie Underwood was their top choice? That's ridiculous, what a missed opportunity. I have zero desire to see her take on this role, what a joke.
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Posted by degrassifan 2012-11-30 13:56:16
I'm honestly more worried about this being a "live" broadcast. I'd rather see real Alps and magnificent scenery than fake mountains and abbeys.
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Posted by thirtythirtyninety 2012-11-30 14:21:31
I worry she won't be able to handle three hours of memorized dialogue
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Posted by bobs3 2012-11-30 14:35:21
You complainers need to get over it...there was no way NBC was going to cast Laura Osnes or Annaliese van der Pol or Sierra Boggess in their multi-million dollar live production -- they could have never sold that to advertisers! If you have a problem with Carrie Underwood then don't watch the broadcast! Period.
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Posted by henrikegerman 2012-11-30 14:56:44
It is a good question why we accept a "standard" Brit or American accent in Sound of Music but would not accept a regional one. It's a convention we've grown accustomed to, and regional accents distract us and carry stereotypical baggage.
In any event, I seriously doubt Underwood will do this with a regional dialect.
Twang is not irrepressible. Just as Australians can sound generically American so can women from Oklahoma (hell, Chenoweth and O'Hara are from Oklahoma and Mary Martin was from Texas). She might be great.
And country singers don't have to sound country just as non-country singers can sometimes sing country.
No one objected to Gwyneth Paltrow in Country Strong (at least on those grounds, some people would object to Gwyneth in anything).
No one objected to Karen Black and Barbara Harris in Nashville.
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Posted by bobs3 2012-11-30 15:32:31
And you can bet your arse that Mary Rodgers and Alice Hammerstein signed off on this casting.
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Posted by darquegk 2012-11-30 15:44:46
I wonder how much NBC synergy we'll be seeing. Featuring Alec Baldwin as Captain Von Trapp? With Smash's Megan Hilty and Christian Borle as Elsa and Maxie Dettweiler?
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Posted by HometownGlory 2012-11-30 16:00:59
I live for when projects like this get announced and everyone gets so excited casting their favorite Broadway ensemble member as the lead, and then being shocked - SHOCKED - when a star is cast.
I can see this going either way. She could sink, she could swim, I don't know. She is very talented, and this has certainly gotten me interested.
(I'll admit, though, I sorta thought they'd get Katharine McPhee because of the Smash tie-in. Wrong Idol contestant.)
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Posted by ucjrdude902 2012-11-30 16:06:17
I'd be okay with Baldwin.
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Posted by Phyllis Rogers Stone 2012-11-30 16:49:40
30 Rock will be long gone by then, so it wouldn't really be NBC synergy, but I wouldn't mind him, either. I've always thought he would make a great Ben Stone in Follies.
I guess I kind of understand all this sturm und drang about Underwood because this is BWW, but when I saw this I admit I was a little surprised, but I don't really think she's that terrible a choice. I mean, it's a year away, so perhaps any of the the issues people think they are going to have with her are something that she'll work on before then?
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Posted by LYLS3637 2012-11-30 18:11:46
It's probably already been said, but I was hoping they would have gone the "...AND INTRODUCING" route.
Cast big names around a relatively unknown Broadway actress as Maria.
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Posted by Patti LuPone FANatic 2012-11-30 18:30:42
I'm "intrigued" by this casting choice. I'm not really all that familiar with her. I know of her a little bit. It is kind of humorous how some people get all hot and bothered about casting choices. Simmer down and give the girl a chance. She will either be brilliant, be so-so or just suck eggs. But one can't be sure until the show is presented. Pass the popcorn. from RC in Austin, Texas
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Posted by darquegk 2012-11-30 19:08:48
Does anyone else see this as something of a call-back to the establishing of Reba McEntire as a valid interpreter of golden age musicals a while back? Like "If it worked with Reba, maybe we can replicate that success with Carrie?"
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Posted by degrassifan 2012-11-30 19:13:43
Jennifer Hudson never acted before receiving the role of Effie, so anything is possible. I don't know much about Carrie Underwood except that she's the most successful and still relevant winner of American Idol. Plus, I loved her "Ever Ever After" in Disney's Enchanted.
Something else I just thought of. There's a reason why the film was not a direct adaptation of the original Broadway show, but maybe it doesn't matter since this won't be on the big screen?
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Posted by darquegk 2012-11-30 19:14:49
I'm suspecting that we'll see a production based on the film-influenced 90s revival, not the original licensed version of the show before the movie changes were implemented.
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Posted by Brave Sir Robin2 2012-11-30 19:52:28
Here is the Entertainment Weekly link because it has video of her singing the title song from an event in 2007. I think she sounds great and it works very well for a pop-oriented setting. With proper direction, I think she could be superb.
http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/11/30/carrie-underwood-the-sound-of-music/
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Posted by Owen22 2012-12-01 10:34:19
"..but Maria has so many dimensions"
really? really?
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Posted by mdundaswood 2012-12-01 10:35:20
Here's my take, on Simply-Showbiz.com:
http://simply-showbiz.com/blog/archives/39639
MDW
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Posted by FindingNamo 2012-12-01 13:23:20
I would rather see Carrie play the lead in "Carrie," now that the revival proved it's a masterpiece. The mother/daughter scenes are aaaamaaaayziiiing.
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Posted by fredric47 2012-12-01 19:48:12
Since I don't watch "American Idol," I really have no idea how talented Carrie Underwood is. But I was hoping that they would cast a Maria from the Broadway talent pool. It is too bad that television is so dependent upon high ratings. I think that Craig Zadan and Neil Meron are really off the wall with much of their TV casting choices. Their "The Music Man" with Matthew Broderick was disasterous. Thank God, I got to see the original "The Sound of Music" with Mary Martin and have watched the film version with Julie Andrews umpteenth times since its release in 1965. I guess they will cast an aging rock star as Captain Von Trapp.
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Posted by fingerlakessinger 2012-12-02 04:30:06
I doubt the acting is going to be "difficult." Maria is not that complex of a character. Is it a classic? Of course. But Maria is not really a "difficult" role to act. If Carrie is able to portray a women who is questioning her path in life (either become a nun or live her life outside of the one place she knows) and is able to portray love and devotion to the children and the captain, she will be fine. The singing I believe she will be quite exceptional at. She will probably have to improve her upper register in terms of the "legit" notes but again, I'm sure she has a coach who is going to beat the entire score into her vocal chords.
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Posted by goldenboy 2012-12-02 11:22:12
Well let's see it could work... afterall
Austria is a country/Carrie is from the country.
I see how their thinking works.
__________________________
As for "I trust Neil Meron."
You did see Matthew Broderick in the Music Man right?
What a mess that was.
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And sometimes perfect casting doesn't work:
Bette Midler should have been perfect in Gypsy but instead she played
not Mama Rose but Bette Midler. And Neil Meron did that too.
I love Dolly Parton as Elsa or Mother Superior... LOL.
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Posted by singtopher 2012-12-02 13:33:40
I, for one, hope she's outstanding.
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Posted by ComingUpRoses2 2012-12-02 13:50:33
Meron and Zadan have made some odd choices for their musicals. While I thought the casting in Chicago and even Hairspray was pretty spot on, their TV musicals have left a little to be desired. I think their best one was probably Annie.
They have a habit of casting actors who seem ideal on paper, but end up giving less than stellar performances (Midler in Gypsy and Broderick in The Music Man come to mind).
I actually don't think Carrie is a bad choice. She could pull a Reba and impress all of us. She certainly has a nice voice and a lot of charm, which is really all the role requires.
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Posted by SNAFU 2012-12-02 16:39:01
It would be awesome if it were done live from 8h! There has been talk about them wanting to do a musical live and 8H is set up for that!
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Posted by JohnyBroadway 2012-12-02 18:37:00
Their casting for cinderella was also spot on.
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Posted by beagle 2012-12-02 19:19:25
I find this casting strange but interesting. Maria doesn't always have to be a soprano (Mary Martin wasn't) even though that's the standard casting nowadays, so I don't think Underwood's vocal range will be that much of a problem. I think she will be able handle the singing very well, but it's the acting I'm more concerned about. She could end up being surprisingly good in the role, or not, but we never know until we see it. I will be watching out of curiosity.
I wonder now, since they have a big name in the role of Maria, if they will fill out the rest of the cast with Broadway people.
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Posted by JP2 2012-12-02 19:20:21
"I don't know much about Carrie Underwood except that she's the most successful and still relevant winner of American Idol."
She's not.
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Posted by Caring Soul 2012-12-02 20:56:47
We do not have a television set, but if it is true that this person is some sort of country-western singer, the culture is reaching a new low.
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Posted by luvbrdway 2012-12-02 23:21:03
I love Carrie Underwood, but I love Sound of Music more. It just shouldn't be done. Julie Andrews is perfection in that role. Yeah, I'm old and crotchety.
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Posted by degrassifan 2012-12-02 23:26:23
"I don't know much about Carrie Underwood except that she's the most successful and still relevant winner of American Idol."
"She's not."
I'm pretty sure it's a fact.
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Posted by bobs3 2012-12-02 23:40:21
"It would be awesome if it were done live from 8h! There has been talk about them wanting to do a musical live and 8H is set up for that!"
I don't think Studio 8H is big enough to do a LIVE production of "The Sound of Music" with the large, lavish sets and mountainous backgrounds it will require. It will most likely be broadcast live from a movie studio sound stage in Los Angeles (much like the Stephen Frears/George Clooney live broadcast of "Fail Safe"). Since NBC owns Universal, it will probably be done on one (or two) of the large sound stages at their lot in Universal City.
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Posted by bobs3 2012-12-02 23:45:24
13 million albums sold, 5 Grammys and numerous sold out arena tours and she's not the most successful American Idol winner?
As Bill Clinton said, do the math!
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Posted by Far From Home 2012-12-02 23:48:29
Bet Julie Andrews is turning over in her grave. What? She's still alive? This will kill her.
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Posted by Phyllis Rogers Stone 2012-12-02 23:50:47
I bet she couldn't care less.
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Posted by darquegk 2012-12-03 00:29:55
Of course she couldn't care less! This isn't even a movie remake- it's a live-in-the-studio stunt performance of the show in SOME form or other. Whether it'll be the original production with "An Ordinary Couple" and no puppet show, or the revised version with "I Have Confidence" and "Something Good," whether we'll get the long Nun Chorales, all of this has yet to be seen.
But we'll have cute kids singing "Do, a deer, a female deer," probably some slightly awkward choreography for "Sixteen," and at least one Broadway star and movie/television star rounding out the cast with names.
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Posted by JP2 2012-12-03 00:45:41
"13 million albums sold, 5 Grammys and numerous sold out arena tours and she's not the most successful American Idol winner?
As Bill Clinton said, do the math! "
Well, we're obviously not doing the "math" if you say Carrie is the most successful Idol winner. :)
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Posted by Phyllis Rogers Stone 2012-12-03 15:08:40
All right, I give. Who is?
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Posted by SonofRobbieJ 2012-12-03 15:21:35
'Well, we're obviously not doing the "math" if you say Carrie is the most successful Idol winner. :)'
But...she is. She's sold the most units and has had the most number 1 records. Plus five Grammys. Only thing Clarkson has on here is top 40 number 1's.
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Posted by JoeKv99 2012-12-03 16:18:25
Taylor Hicks.
He'd make an awesome Captain Von Trapp by the way. With Scotty McCreery as that creepy Nazi telegram boy.
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Posted by JP2 2012-12-03 19:22:29
"But...she is. She's sold the most units and has had the most number 1 records. Plus five Grammys. Only thing Clarkson has on here is top 40 number 1's."
More number ones. More top 10 hits. More records sold. Also the more global act. Carrie sings Country, so she's pretty local.
http://www.billboard.com/features/top-24-american-idols-of-all-time-1004088662.story#/features/top-24-american-idols-of-all-time-1004088662.story?page=4
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Posted by SNAFU 2012-12-03 19:27:34
Actually Comcast owns NBC now. Not sure if Comcast owns Universal
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Posted by bobs3 2012-12-03 22:35:05
Comcast owns 51% of NBC Universal. General Electric owns 49%. Comcast has a contract clause that allows them to buy out the remainder of GE's share after a certain number of years.
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Posted by showchoirguy 2012-12-06 16:51:47
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Posted by beautywickedlover 2012-12-18 22:25:51
There seems to be a little curse for some women who have played Maria Von Trapp or future women who play the role involving vocal problems. Like Julie Andrews and Connie Fisher, Underwood recently lost her voice, but I think she'll recover.
http://music-mix.ew.com/2012/12/16/carrie-underwood-donating-concert-money-lost-voice/
http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/our-country/carrie-underwood-apologizes-shortened-set-returning-money-city-193747788.html
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Posted by ucjrdude902 2012-12-18 22:37:43
She's got a year. I think she'll have enough time to get better.
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Posted by henrikegerman 2013-01-30 12:10:24
Apart from what many I'm sure would regard as an icky difference in their ages, it would be interesting to see Christoph Waltz as Georg.
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Posted by ray-andallthatjazz86 2013-01-30 12:34:29
Waltz would be perfectly cast, but clearly the producers are not interested in casting this with people who are appropriate for the roles, so it'll probably be more like Justin Timberlake as Georg and Bette Midler as the Baroness.
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Posted by madbrian 2013-01-30 13:01:54
Ewan McGregor turns 40 soon, so he is old enough to play the Captain.
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Posted by beautywickedlover 2013-02-06 19:55:37
Carrie and NBC have nothing to worry about, Julie Andrews is completely on board with this.
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Posted by CarlosAlberto 2013-02-06 20:02:53
In all honesty I really don't think this production was hinging on Julie Andrews' approval one way or the other, but it doesn't hurt either.
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Posted by suestorm 2013-02-07 09:09:36
Triple Threat! Young, Beautiful with the voice of an Angel. its gonna be legen...wait for it..dary
GEOFF2 nailed it
""Guys - If we truly want this medium and the masterworks in it to survive, thrive and reach new, young audiences, we have to stop being so provincial in our thinking about interpretations or casting of them. Carrie is an amazing performer who knows damn well (as do the Producers and R&H) that the approach she takes with one of her number-one country/pop hits is not the approach to take with this project. She'll put the necessary work in. And if it means millions more become aware of music theatre, I say Amen""
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Posted by beautywickedlover 2013-02-16 20:04:34
After just seeing Rachel York in 'Anything Goes' today I think should play the Baroness. I know that she played it in the Hollywood Bowl production.
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Posted by Playbilly 2013-02-16 20:10:46
They will probably pick a TV star as the Captain. Rob Lowe or a similar type.
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Posted by theatergeek3 2013-02-18 11:48:35
I would be very excited about this concert but Carrie Underwood playing Maria makes me a LOT less excited. That is one of the weirded casting choices I have EVER heard of. They obviously want a star but why her????
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Posted by OperaBwayLover 2013-02-18 14:58:58
Can't say I'm looking forward to this either. I'll watch it out of sheer curiosity, but I don't understand the necessity of remaking The Sound of Music. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
And yes, a part of me is still bitter that we never got a tv film of Annie Get Your Gun with Reba. That was needed. This is not. :-p
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Posted by degrassifan 2013-02-18 16:51:27
Can't say I'm looking forward to this either. I'll watch it out of sheer curiosity, but I don't understand the necessity of remaking The Sound of Music. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
This is not a remake. It is based on strictly the Broadway version.
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Posted by bobs3 2013-02-18 18:46:55
"I would be very excited about this concert but Carrie Underwood playing Maria makes me a LOT less excited. That is one of the weirded casting choices I have EVER heard of. They obviously want a star but why her????"
Mary Rodgers and Alice Hammerstein, who are both very protective of the R&H catalog, signed off on this casting so there must be something about Underwood that they liked.
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Posted by Jordan Catalano 2013-02-18 19:05:29
It's not a concert. And if you don't want to watch it, don't watch it. I doubt anyone will care if you do. But if you don't watch it, be sure to come back and bitch and moan about how much you hated it!
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Posted by bobs3 2013-02-19 08:52:13
^^You can bet your bottom dollar she will be back to bitch and moan about how much she hated a broadcast that she didn't even watch!
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Posted by beautywickedlover 2013-04-07 13:39:13
Here's what Carrie had to say about the upcoming broadcast:
Quote:
"It's a giant challenge, which I appreciate," this week's PEOPLE cover girl, who is currently in the midst of her Blown Away tour, says of the new production, which is slated to air later this year around the holidays. "Everybody keeps saying, 'People don't do this anymore, singing live!' "
As for following Julie Andrews, who earned an Oscar nomination for her role in the box-office blockbuster 1965 original, the country superstar, 30, says she's not trying to fill the Hollywood legend's shoes.
The British star "just has this royal air," says Underwood, who has never met Andrews: "It would be like you're beneath her!"
Underwood adds, "I think once people tune in and realize that [our version] is not a remake, they won't compare it to the movie.
End quote.
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Posted by jekyllforever 2013-04-09 17:27:57
Really hate Carrie Underwood. I know she's very successful, but I don't get why, unless it's that she's very beautiful. All she does is scream and her stage presence has always been zero. But, hey, she had AI handed to her, so why not this, too?
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Posted by finebydesign 2013-04-09 17:35:34
They could go ahead and cast a broadway star....wait nobody would watch it.
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Posted by beautywickedlover 2013-04-09 17:40:38
"Really hate Carrie Underwood. I know she's very successful, but I don't get why, unless it's that she's very beautiful. But, hey, she had AI handed to her"
That's how I feel about the last four of the five White Guys with Guitars who've won, especially Phillip Phillips. The success he has had so far astounds me.
I was not a fan of Underwood's at first, but I really grew to like her. I think she was a powerful voice and has also become a very good performer as well.
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Posted by SeanMartin 2013-04-09 17:56:13
>> I think once people tune in and realize that [our version] is not a remake, they won't compare it to the movie.
Be afraid.
Be very afraid....
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Posted by ray-andallthatjazz86 2013-04-09 18:12:00
They could go ahead and cast a broadway star....wait nobody would watch it.
Okay, yes, but it's not an either/or situation. There are plenty of actresses or even singers who'd have made great Marias on stage, or if not great, they might have been appropriately cast. The only positive thing I can say about this casting is that sometimes unexpected casting leads to great things (I never thought I'd fall head over heels over Sutton Foster's Reno Sweeney).
Be afraid.
Be very afraid....
Oh, Sean, do not worry, already there...
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Posted by NOB88 2013-04-09 18:22:04
I think Carrie is pretty, but not sure I would call her beautiful. Her stylist does a wonderful job on making her look great. She is awkward on stage, IMO. She has never been able to overcome that since her Idol days. My niece went to one of her concerts last year and said she pretty much screamed thru the whole thing. She said she had to take an Excedrin - not sure if she is still a fan lol.
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Posted by GavestonPS 2013-04-09 18:46:13
Be afraid.
Be very afraid....
Indeed.
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Posted by SweetLips 2013-04-09 19:30:13
Just tried to listen to the video Robbie posted [I've never heard of Carrie Underwood but of couse curious and interested].I don't know much about the writing of music but isn't that song for a soprano?--how much was that song lowered to fit her voice? That song is supposed to soar over the mountains-hers couldn't make it to the top of a small hill.
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Posted by best12bars 2013-04-09 19:36:08
"The hills are live with body mics!"
"Dough, some cash I used to have,
Ray, this guy I used to know,
Me, myself, I love myself,
Fah, the British word for "far."
So, this isn't very hard.
La-la-la-forgot the words,
Tee-hee-hee-hee-hee-hee-hee!
That will bring us back to cash.
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Posted by SeanMartin 2013-04-09 19:39:32
Well, you know, it's a year off, so maybe (in the spirit of good family entertainment values, y'know), we should provide NBC with our own take on how they can take this country singing sensation and make it all work in THE SOUND OF MUSIC. I mean, sure, it'll mean making a few changes here and there, but heck, the Met does this all the time and no one cares (well, too much).
So... THUH SOUYND UH MEWYSIC (as adapted from some play by a couple of Yankees who should git down on their knees and thank God for this great land)
ACT ONE. Scene 1: The Abby Trailer Park, high in the hills of West Virginia. The local Baptist ladies are all working away on their upcoming bake sell and truck raffle, but no one can find Mary (who makes the best corn muffins in the county). Frustrated, they commiserate over a Long Island Iced Tea or two and sing "Whut do yew do with a prohblem liyke Mary?"
Scene 2: Up in the hills, Mary picks her way past a few not so well hidden stills as she sings "Thuh HIYLLLLLS 'R' UH-LIVE with the sound of Banjos!"
Scene 3: Mary returns home, only to find she's been summoned before Abby Superior, the trailer park's matriarch. Abby tells her that she's lined up a real sweet job babysitting for the local circuit court appeals judge (who's up for re-election). Mary, being of course a welfare case, balks at the idea because it means her government subsistence check will be taken away, but then she sees a picture of the judge and decides that she needs to get in there, pull herself up by her bra straps, and help make America great once more, which leads into the passionately patriotic number (backed up by an offstage chorus of Marines) "Eagles all weepy and grunts at attention / Stars and stripes on everything too numerous to mention / Trusting in Reagan and all that he sings / These are a few of my favourite things!"
I'm tellin' ya, we got a gold mine here!!!
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Posted by GavestonPS 2013-04-09 19:44:25
You're joking, Sean, but I actually did an entire summer of TSOM in Northern Georgia in 1975. Maria and the Captain were cast in New York, but the kids came from the local Baptist church and sounded just as you would imagine.
Based on Underwood's concert Youtube of the title song and her singing of "Getting to Know You" when she was on AI, I doubt they can find a child in all of Georgia who sings R&H worse than she does. I don't know why; maybe it's the struggle to sing straight tones. But Underwood really seems at sea with the genre.
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Posted by bobs3 2013-04-09 19:45:25
"I don't know much about the writing of music but isn't that song for a soprano?--how much was that song lowered to fit her voice? That song is supposed to soar over the mountains-hers couldn't make it to the top of a small hill."
Guess what? Mary Martin wasn't a soprano and from what I've heard she did okay by the role.
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Posted by MCfan2 2013-04-09 20:52:42
NOB88, I think I know what your niece meant. I haven't seen Carrie in concert, but I do hear her a lot on the radio. She used to have more nuance to her voice, but these days it seems like she's just loud.
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Posted by jekyllforever 2013-04-09 22:19:14
Didn't they consider Taylor Swift for Les Miserables? It's all about putting popular faces out there. What bugs me is, when I go see a movie musical, I'd actually like to see somebody in the lead role who can sing and act. They seem to think if it's a well-known actor, we're all so stupid we will accept a bad singer. That has been done over and over.
I'd like Carrie a lot more if she would just stop yelling. Sing the song already. She doesn't need to scream it. She has a sound team who will make sure she is heard. And she is very wooden. And she marches across the stage. She just isn't graceful or a natural on a stage. Sometimes a singer who is a great performer will go further than a person with a better voice who can't perform.
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Posted by GavestonPS 2013-04-09 22:29:09
If only she could reign in the accent, they'd be better off with Kelly Pickler. At least, Pickler is charming.
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Posted by NOB88 2013-04-09 23:03:55
Yep, Carrie may edge out Pickler in voice (minus the screaming), but Pickler is def the better performer.
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Posted by degrassifan 2013-04-10 09:34:16
I don't know much about the writing of music but isn't that song for a soprano?--how much was that song lowered to fit her voice? That song is supposed to soar over the mountains-hers couldn't make it to the top of a small hill."
No, it wasn't written for a soprano. Mary Martin (the original Maria) wasn't a soprano. It wasn't until after the movie came out that Marias on stage became sopranos.
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Posted by Jordan Catalano 2013-04-10 09:51:43
So many people hating on her just because she's not "Broadway", therefore she has no right to do this and she's going to be awful, even though she's a gorgeous woman with a gorgeous voice.
She's going to be wonderful and the telecast will be seen by millions of people and will hopefully lead to more broadcasts of more musicals that everyone can bitch and moan about without having seen them yet.
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Posted by NOB88 2013-04-10 10:30:38
"she's a gorgeous woman with a gorgeous voice."
To me she is a pretty girl who can sing but screams too much and is very awkward on stage. She would be the reason I wouldn't bother to tune in. No hate, just no interest. But Jordan I hope you enjoy the heck out of it.
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Posted by Jordan Catalano 2013-04-10 10:35:41
Uh huh
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Posted by jekyllforever 2013-04-10 11:31:09
I don't love Sound Of Music, so it isn't something I'd go out of my way to see, no matter who was in the lead.
Carrie's comment about how there won't be any comparisons because it's not a remake? Is she really that naive? But, let's give her a break. She may do very well. She might be working on toning down the accent, and it's acting - so she won't be awkward on the stage because the directors will have blocked her every move. Nobody's going to let this girl fail.
At least she has the guts to get out there and try it.
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Posted by sooner2 2013-04-10 14:09:23
Carrie also recently said that she'd start vocal training and script memorization in June because "The Sound of Music isn't country." She's said several times that as soon as her tour ends in May the rest of her year will be spent almost solely on TSOM.
BTW she had the flu in the live Sound of Music video that's on youtube. You can tell her voice is hoarse in some parts.
I'm not worried about the singing at all. I do think she's really going to have to work on the acting though.
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Posted by jekyllforever 2013-04-10 14:21:48
She was on a tv episode of something or other and really was quite good.
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Posted by ggersten 2013-04-10 15:21:43
The recent record of televised musicals on network tv is not great. Was the last one "Once Upon A Mattress"? We had the deadly dull Music Man (2003) with Tony winner Matthew Broderick (and Kristin Chenowith). South Pacific (2001)with Glenn Close and Harry Connick Jr. Jason Alexander in Bye Bye Birdie
Then there were two "originals" neither of which I saw:
"Gepetto" (2000) with songs by Stephen Schwartz
And Xmas Carol (2004) with songs by Mencken/Ahrens and Kelsey Grammer (Scrooge), Jason Alexander (Marley), Jennifer Love Hewitt (Emily), Ruthie Henshall (Scrooges Mother), Jane Krakowski (Christmas Past), Jesse L. Martin (Christmas Present), Geraldine Chaplin (Christmas Future
So, no high hopes for Sound of Music, just based on what has transpired.
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Posted by GavestonPS 2013-04-10 19:00:03
Thanks for the update, Sooner2. I'll do my best to keep an open mind.
Ouch, ggersten, that's a depressing list, isn't it? It makes the KISMETs and DAMN YANKEES of the early 1970s seem sublime!
***
I for one don't understand the fuss over "live" TV. That it is live is only interesting if something goes horribly wrong.
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Posted by SweetLips 2013-04-10 20:16:56
Thanks for the info.re sopranos and the role--I suppose all I can hear is Julie Andrews when I hear those songs.
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Posted by beautywickedlover 2013-04-10 23:30:04
">> I think once people tune in and realize that [our version] is not a remake, they won't compare it to the movie.
Be afraid.
Be very afraid...."
"Carrie's comment about how there won't be any comparisons because it's not a remake? Is she really that naive?"
There are some differences in the stage show. For one thing Rolf doesn't reveal to the Nazis where the Von Trapps are hiding. He keeps it a secret because he still has some feelings for Liesl. Before that she introduces Maria to him at the mansion before he upsets her. Maria also apparently leaves the family after having a conversation with Brigitta rather than the Baroness. Some lines are also different. One example would be when Maria explains to the Captain what he does not know about the children, Marta is the one she does not know much about rather than Louisa. She says that Louisa wants to have fun and the Captain has just got to let her fun. I think when they did the movie, they either thought the audiences would not know about Louisa either or they thought it would've been bad for Maria to say she knew nothing about a 7 year old.
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Posted by bobs3 2013-04-10 23:44:00
In the original Broadway production (which I assume will be live televised version) Maria sings MY FAVORITE THINGS in the Mother Abbess's office, just before she sends Maria to serve Captain von Trapp's family as governess to his seven children. THE LONELY GOATHERD is sung in the children's bedroom to comfort them during the storm. DO RE MI is sung in the living room of Captain von Trapp's house, shortly after Maria introduces herself to the children. The party is held in the first act and the children sing SO LONG FAREWELL. CLIMB EVERY MOUNTAIN is sung at the end of the first act.
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Posted by darquegk 2013-04-11 09:38:39
That's the original Broadway, but several revivals since have changed elements- some inspired by the criticisms that claimed the film was structurally stronger than the original stage show's script, others for other reasons.
I would imagine what we get on NBC will be as much influenced by later revivals as by the original staging and licensed script.
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Posted by beautywickedlover 2013-04-11 14:38:18
In some versions of the musical, "The Lonely Goatherd" is sung at the music festival. But in most recent revivals it is sung in the garden right after the Captain asks Maria to stay.
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Posted by beautywickedlover 2013-05-13 13:33:51
The date for when the program will air has been announced.
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Posted by TheresaG 2013-05-13 13:39:44
This article says it will be a live holiday broadcast. It's a film. What does that mean? Will they have a person or people introducing it live? Where will they be?
Confused at how a film gets broadcast live.
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Posted by Phyllis Rogers Stone 2013-05-13 13:42:07
Who said it was a film?
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Posted by CarlosAlberto 2013-05-13 13:42:34
It's not a film. It WILL be filmed as they are performing it LIVE.
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Posted by TheresaG 2013-05-13 13:47:20
CarlosAlberto, I had the same thought as you wrote. But then I saw this sentence in the article:
"The network announced today that the film, executive produced by Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, will premiere on Thursday, December 5, 2013."
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Posted by CarlosAlberto 2013-05-13 13:50:18
Oh yes, you need to understand that BWW articles are riddled with goofs and misinformation. No one proofreads them. There is a whole tumblr feed dedicated to the best ones.
So I could see how that would be confusing.
Carrie Underwood to Star in NBC's Live Broadcast of THE SOUND OF MUSIC
Posted by beautywickedlover 2013-05-13 14:10:42
Here is Playbill's version. They say it will still be a three hour live broadcast.
Carrie Underwood to Star in NBC's Live Broadcast of THE SOUND OF MUSIC
Posted by finebydesign 2013-05-13 14:48:30
Would love a link to that tumblr Carlos.
LOL I love today's "article" about that "new" image for Frozen. That images has been floating around the web for weeks.
Carrie Underwood to Star in NBC's Live Broadcast of THE SOUND OF MUSIC
Posted by ucjrdude902 2013-05-13 14:49:49
Personally, I think this has the possibility for being a huge hit for NBC. Carrie has a very strong and loyal fan base on top of the fact that people will watch it for the fact that the show itself is a classic.
Carrie Underwood to Star in NBC's Live Broadcast of THE SOUND OF MUSIC
Posted by BroadwayBaby6 2013-05-14 00:37:26
Can somebody tell Miss Underwood that "The Lonely Goatherd" is not a song about bestiality in Appalachia?
