Carnegie Hall today announced that its one-night-only concert performance of The Sound of Music on Tuesday, April 24 at 8:00 p.m. in Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage will star Laura Osnes (Bonnie & Clyde, Anything Goes, Grease) as Maria Rainer alongside Tony Goldwyn (Broadway's Promises, Promises and film version of Ghost) as Captain von Trapp.
Additional cast members include Broadway and film/television actress Brooke Shields (The Addams Family, Wonderful Town) as Elsa Schräder, Patrick Page (Spider Man: Turn Off the Dark) as Max Detweiler, and Metropolitan Opera star mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe as The Mother Abbess.
This concert performance of the beloved musical with a timeless score by Rodgers & Hammerstein with book by Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse, adapted by David Ives, also features Joy Hermalyn (Fiddler on the Roof) as Sister Berthe, Linda Mugleston (Anything Goes) as Sister Margaretta, mezzo-soprano Faith Sherman as Sister Sophia, Veanne Cox (Caroline or Change, Company) as Frau Schmidt, and Daniel Truhitte (Rolf Gruber in the film version of The Sound of Music) as Baron Elberfeld. The roles of the von Trapp children include members of the Brooklyn Youth Chorus: Jake Montagnino as Friedrich, Olivia Knutsen as Louisa, Jacob Sutton as Kurt,Grace Luckett as Brigitta, Natalie Hawkins as Marta, and Charlotte Knutsen as Gretl. Remaining cast members will be announced at a later date.
This concert is a gala benefit providing support for the music education and community programs of
Carnegie Hall's Weill Music Institute.
Gary Griffin (Encores!
Lost in the Stars and Broadway's
The Apple Tree and
The Color Purple) directs the production with
Rob Fisher (founding Music Director of Encores! and
Anything Goes and
Chicago) serving as musical director, conducting the Orchestra of
St. Luke's and the Women of the Mansfield University Concert Choir under the direction ofPeggy Dettwiler. Production team includes
John Lee Beatty (Scenic Consultant),
Alan Adelman (Lighting Designer),
Joshua Bergasse (Choreographer),
Wendall K. Harrington (Video and Projections Designer),
Tara Rubin Casting (Casting Consultant),
Nevin Steinberg (Sound Designer), and
Paul Tazewell (Costume Consultant).
The Sound of Music gala event is sponsored by Ernst & Young LLP with corporate chair Stephen R. Howe, Jr. and co-chaired by Susan and Ed Forst,
Nelle Nugent and
Jolyon Stern, and Dinny and Lester Morse, Jr. Gala guests will enjoy a festive, pre-concert dinner hosted by honorary chairs, including members of the Rodgers, Hammerstein, Crouse, and von Trapp families, and His Excellency Ernst-Peter Brezovszky,
Consul General of the Republic of Austria at Remi Restaurant (145 West 53rd Street) at 6:00 p.m. as well as the best possible concert seating. Gala benefit tickets are available by calling
Carnegie Hall's Special Events office at
212-903-9679 or online at
carnegiehall.org/thesoundofmusic. Tickets begin at $1500.
A limited number of premium (concert-only) tickets, priced $55–$200, are currently available at the
Carnegie Hall Box Office, by calling Carnegie Charge at
212-247-7800, or online at
carnegiehall.org/thesoundofmusic. A portion of all tickets is a tax-deductible contribution.
Presented with full orchestra, cast, and chorus, this performance of
The Sound of Music will bring the world's most popular musical to the stage of
Carnegie Hall. With music by
Richard Rodgers, lyrics by
Oscar Hammerstein II, book by
Howard Lindsay &
Russel Crouse, adapted by
David Ives, and based on
Maria Augusta Trapp's autobiography,
The Sound of Music tells the timeless story of Maria, Captain von Trapp, and their singing family. Set in Salzburg, Austria, on the eve of World War II, the score includes "My Favorite Things," "Do Re Mi," "Edelweiss," the title song, and "Climb Ev'ry Mountain."
The Sound of Music premiered on Broadway in 1959 where it ran for more than 1,400 performances. Presented subsequently at New York
City Center, New York City Opera, and in a Broadway revival in 1998-99,
The Sound of Music marks its first return to New York since then with this
Carnegie Hall concert version.
Carnegie Hall has worked closely with the
Rodgers & Hammerstein office on concert stagings of favorite musicals in recent years, including
Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel with
Hugh Jackman and
Audra McDonald (2002), and
South Pacific with
Reba McEntire and
Brian Stokes Mitchell (2005) as well as Kern and Hammerstein's Show Boat with
Nathan Gunn,
Carolee Carmello,
Marilyn Horne, and
Alvy Powell (2008).
Gala Ticket Information
Gala benefit tickets are priced at $1500, $2500, and $5000, and include a pre-concert dinner as well as the best possible concert seating. Gala benefit tickets are available by calling Carnegie Hall's Special Events office at 212-903-9679 or online at carnegiehall.org/thesoundofmusic.
