The four-hour broadcast will mark the first time the Oscar-winning film has aired in a sing-a-long version.
TV watchers will be able to sing along to popular favorites 鈥淓delweiss,鈥� 鈥滿y Favorite Things,鈥� 鈥淐limb Every Mountain,鈥� 鈥淒o-Re-Mi,鈥� "Sixteen Going on Seventeen,鈥� 鈥淭he Lonely Goatherd鈥� and 鈥淭he Sound of Music.鈥�
"Based on the real-life von Trapp family who fled their home to escape the Nazis in 1938," press notes state, "Maria is a young woman who has left the Austrian convent to work for Navy captain Georg Von Trapp. As governess to his seven unruly children, Maria soon finds herself falling for their father."
鈥淭he Sound of Music鈥� stars as Maria von Trapp, as Captain George von Trapp, as Baroness Elsa von Schraeder, Richard Haydn as Max Detweiler, Charmian Carr as Liesl von Trapp, Nicholas Hammond as Friedrich von Trapp, as Louisa von Trapp, Duane Chase as Kurt von Trapp, Angela Cartwright as Brigitta von Trapp, Debbie Turner as Marta von Trapp, Kym Karath as Gretl von Trapp, as Mother Abbess, Anna Lee as Sister Margaretta, Portia Nelson as Sister Berthe, as Sister Sophia, Daniel Truhitte as Rolfe and as Herr Zeller.
鈥淭he Sound of Music鈥� was directed and produced by Robert Wise, with a screenplay by Ernest Lehman, based on the stage musical with music and lyrics by and , and book by and .
