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"Audra McDonald, Laura Benanti and Christian Borle are the latest stars to join NBC&amp;#039;s live production of The Sound of Music. The three Tony Award winners will appear alongside Carrie Underwood in a three-hour show based on the original 1959 Broadway production.   Five-time Tony and two-time Grammy winner McDonald is being lined up to play Mother Abbess, the head of Nonnberg Abbey. The 34-year-old Benanti will take on the role of Elsa Schrader, while Borle - who recently appeared in Smash - will play Max Dettweiler.   True Blood&amp;#039;s Stephen Moyer was recently confirmed as Captain von Trapp. The Sound of Music live production will air on NBC on December 5. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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