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On last night's live broadcast of THE SOUND OF MUSIC on NBC, Laura Benanti brought some serious attitude to her character -- Baroness Elsa Schraeder. Now, Celebuzz has created a series of GI…
NBC's The Sound of Music Live was a major ratings success, but the show had one undeniable highlight: Laura Benanti as Baroness Elsa Schraeder. From her pantsuits to her perfect pitch, Benan…
TV fans may already know Laura Benanti from roles on Go On, The Playboy Club, Law and Order:SVU, and many others. And of course theater lovers have long been fans of the Tony-winning Broadwa…
Hi, all. It's been a very long semester and I've seen very little theater, and I've missed blogging a bunch. I plan to rectify that starting....now:Last night, along with, um, everyone, I go…
Beth McCarthy-Miller, who directed "The Sound of Music" for NBC on Thursday, discussed what went right and wrong during the telecast.
Kudos to Craig Zadan and Neil Meron for producing a live TV version of The Sound of Music. There's something incomparably sparkling, vivid, and delightful about live performances. In the act…
An imposing Austrian manly-man falls for the nanny even though he is attached to a hot and accomplished brunette, and Twitter explodes over it. No, it's not the Arnold Schwarzenegger " Maria…
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. network NBC's live telecast of the musical "The Sound of Music" played to the tune of 18.5 million viewers, the Comcast Corp-owned broadcaster said on Friday, he…
The musical, starring Carrie Underwood, drew 18.5 million viewers, the network's largest nonsports Thursday night audience since 2009.
How do you solve a problem like nostalgia?
Playbill.com has collected video highlights from the NBC Dec. 5 telecast of The Sound of Music, starring Carrie Underwood, Stephen Moyer, Audra McDonald, Laura Benanti and Christian Borle.
Last night, NBC presented an event that viewers have not seen on television for nearly half a century, a live airing of a musical production. Today, the network shared photos highlighting th…
"The Sound of Music" has the sound of a hit for NBC.
Contributer Scott Redman reviews the live broadcast of  The Sound of Music. Truth be told: Last night NBC attempted a feat nearly impossible: a live telecast of the Broadway musical, The …
Anna Kendrick was live tweeting through last night's THE SOUND OF MUSIC special, and had this to say AnnaKendrick47
The television broadcast of The Sound of Music Live!, starring Grammy Award winner Carrie Underwood, was presented Dec. 5 beginning at 8 PM ET.
NBC tried to graft audiences' love for a 1965 movie onto the fascination with reality shows Thursday night in a live "Sound of Music," starring Carrie Underwood.
The Sound of Music Live! was the highlight of our week (can we do it again next Thursday?!), featuring American Idol winner Carrie Underwood, True Blood fave Stephen Moyer and the Tony-winni…
NBC’s return to classic television programming with a LIVE broadcast three-hour event last night, Thursday, December 5, 2013 paid off. Featuring Carrie Underwood, Stephen Moyer, Audra …
Last night, I watched something awful. And it wasn't on TV. We'll get to that later. Reviewing the broadcast of Sound of Music LIVE! is actually pretty simple for me, so we'll address that f…
NBC's live broadcast of THE SOUND OF MUSIC has proven to be a ratings bonanza for the network
NEW YORK (AP) -- "The Sound of Music" has the sound of a hit for NBC....
How do you solve a problem like being the third place network? Rodgers and Hammerstein, of course! NBC’s live broadcast of The Sound of Music, starring Carrie Underwood and Stephen Moy…
What does it take to write, create or star in a Broadway musical? Especially one that is broadcast live on network TV? Hard work, talent, luck—all backed up by a good education. You ha…
NBC’s live revival of “The Sound of Music” averaged 18.5 million viewers Thursday, handily beating competitors in the Big Four throughout its three-hour telecast. The Carri…