Oh, Maria! 'The Sound of Music' Deconstructed
How Doug Elkins and Hartford Colleagues Got the Idea And Green Light For "Fraulein Maria"Choreographer Doug Elkins recalls when he and co-directors Michael Preston and Barbara Karger met with executives of the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization in New York to pitch their plan to re-imagine the film version of "The Sound of Music" as a dance-theater piece, "Fraulein Maria"