Image Title

:  [Mary Martin (Maria Rainer) and cast in The Sound of Music]

Created Date

: 1959

Notes

: Richard Rodgers project. Note 2.) Performing the song "Climb Every Mountain". Note 3.) This image from the Friedman-Abeles Collection has been preserved, cataloged, and digitized through the generosity of Nancy Abeles Marks and the Joseph S. and Diane H. Steinberg Charitable Trust. Note 4.) This image from the Friedman-Abeles Collection has been preserved, cataloged, and digitized through the generosity of Nancy Abeles Marks and the Joseph S. and Diane H. Steinberg Charitable Trust.

Production Notes

: The Sound of Music played previews at the Shubert Theater in New Haven, beginning October 5, 1959. The production opened on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theater on November 6, 1959. It moved to the Mark Hellinger Theater on November 6, 1962 and ran through June 15, 1963. The original cast included Mary Martin as Maria, Theodore Bikel as Captain von Trapp, Patricia Neway as the Mother Abbess, Kurt Kaznar as Max.

Source

: Friedman-Abeles photograph collection / Productions. / The Sound of Music / Original cast.

Location

: The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts / Billy Rose Theatre Division

Catalog Call Number

: *T-VIM 1992-013

Digital ID

: psnypl_the_4233

Record ID

: 1773070

Digital Item Published

: 12-5-2008; updated 3-13-2012

Rights Notice

: Copyright The New York Public Library.