What is The Sound of Music?
{{Infobox musical | name = The Sound of Music | subtitle = | image = Mary Martin.jpg | image_size = 220px | caption = [[Mary Martin]] was the first Maria (photo, 1950) | music = [[Richard Rodgers]] | lyrics = Oscar Hammerstein II | book = Howard Lindsay<br />Russel Crouse | basis = 1956 German movie, ''Die Trapp-Familie''<br />''The Story of the Trapp Family Singers'' by Maria von Trapp | productions = [[Broadway]] (1959)<br />[[West End theatre|West End]] (1961)<br />[[Movie]] (1965) | awards = [[Tony Award for Best Musical]] }} '''''The Sound of Music''''' is a [[musical]]. It was based on a 1956 German movie, ''Die Trapp-Familie'' and ''The Story of the Trapp Family Singers'' by Maria von Trapp. The book was written by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. The lyrics were written by [[Oscar Hammerstein II]]. The music was written by [[Richard Rodgers]]. It was the last musical written by Rodgers and Hammerstein. Hammerstein died [[Nine Months|nine months]] after the [[Broadway]] opening. ==Story== A young Austrian woman named Maria Rainer becomes the [[governess]] to the children of Captain Georg von Trapp, a widow. The children included Liesl (16), Friedrich (14), Louisa (13), Kurt (10 or 11), Brigitta (9), Marta (7) and Gretl (5). Maria teaches the children how to sing, during the famous song ''Do Re Mi''. The captain and Maria fall in love and marry. Von Trapp refuses to join the [[Nazis]] and escapes from the [[Salzburg Festival]], where his family performed. The story ends with Maria and her family leaving from [[Austria]] to [[Switzerland]]. ==Productions== ''The Sound of Music'' was released on 16 November 1959 at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on [[Broadway]]. It starred [[Mary Martin]] as Maria and [[Theodore Bikel]] as Captain von Trapp. It moved to the Mark Hellinger Theatre on 6 November 1962, and closed on 15 June 1963 after 1,443 performances. The musical opened on the [[West End theatre|West End]] at the Palace Theatre on 18 May 1961. It