The Sound of Music opens in Sunderland
The sell-out UK tour of ‘The Sound of Music’ starring Connie Fisher as Maria and Michael Praed as Captain von Trapp is now playing at the Sunderland Empire. The show runs until Saturday 5 December 2009.
Michael and Connie are joined by Margaret Preece as ‘Mother Abbess’, Jacinta Mulcahy as ‘Baroness Schraeder’, Martin Callaghan as ‘Max’, Claire Fishenden as ‘Liesl’ and Jeremy Taylor as ‘Rolf’. Kirsty Malpass plays ‘Maria’ at certain performances.
This lavish production tells the story of the Von Trapp family’s flight across the mountains with its unforgettable score that includes some of the most memorable songs ever performed on the musical stage including ‘My Favorite Things’, ‘Do-Re-Mi’, ‘Climb Ev’ry Mountain’, ‘The Lonely Goatherd’ and the title song ‘The Sound of Music’.
“THE SOUND OF MUSIC” has music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, with a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse, suggested by “The Trapp Family Singers” by Maria Augusta Trapp.
November 17 – December 5, 2009
Sunderland Empire
SUNDERLAND
Box Office: 0844 847 2499
