Editing The Sound of Music (section)

===Original productions===
[[File:Mary_Martin_in_The_Sound_of_Music_by_Toni_Frissell.jpg|thumb|350px|[[Mary Martin]] and children in a publicity photo, 1959]]
''The Sound of Music'' premiered at New Haven's [[Shubert Theatre (New Haven)|Shubert Theatre]] where it played an eight-performance tryout in October and November 1959 before another short tryout in Boston.<ref>Minor, E. Kyle. [https://www.nhregister.com/entertainment/article/Sound-of-Music-returns-to-its-origins-at-12330595.php "''Sound of Music'' returns to its origins at New Haven's Shubert Theatre"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180624040245/https://www.nhregister.com/entertainment/article/Sound-of-Music-returns-to-its-origins-at-12330595.php |date=June 24, 2018 }}, ''[[New Haven Register]]'', November 3, 2017, accessed June 24, 2018</ref> The musical then opened on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] at the [[Lunt-Fontanne Theatre]] on November 16, 1959, moved to the [[Mark Hellinger Theatre]] on November 6, 1962, and closed on June 15, 1963, after 1,443 performances. The director was [[Vincent J. Donehue]], and the choreographer was [[Joe Layton]]. The original cast included [[Mary Martin]] as Maria, [[Theodore Bikel]] as Captain Georg von Trapp, [[Patricia Neway]] as Mother Abbess, [[Kurt Kasznar]] as Max Detweiler, [[Marion Marlowe]] as Elsa Schraeder, Brian Davies as Rolf, [[Lauri Peters]] as Liesl and [[Muriel O'Malley]] as Sister Margaretta. [[Patricia Brooks]], [[June Card]] and [[Tatiana Troyanos]] were ensemble members in the original production. The show tied for the [[Tony Award]] for Best Musical with ''[[Fiorello!]]''. Other awards included Martin for Best Actress in a Musical, Neway for Best Featured Actress, Best Scenic Design ([[Oliver Smith (designer)|Oliver Smith]]) and Best Conductor And Musical Director (Frederick Dvonch). Bikel and Kasznar were nominated for acting awards, and Donehue was nominated for his direction. The entire children's cast was nominated for Best Featured Actress category as a single nominee, even though two of the children were boys.<ref>[http://www.playbill.com/production/the-sound-of-music-lunt-fontanne-theatre-vault-0000005082# "''The Sound of Music'' Awards"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171217021853/http://www.playbill.com/production/the-sound-of-music-lunt-fontanne-theatre-vault-0000005082 |date=December 17, 2017 }}, Playbill (vault), retrieved November 14, 2017</ref>

[[Martha Wright (actress)|Martha Wright]] replaced Martin in the role of Maria on Broadway in October 1961, followed by Karen Gantz in July 1962, Jeannie Carson in August 1962<ref>{{Cite web |title=PLAYBILL from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre (dated 7/16/1962) |url=https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/760ece70-d279-9985-e040-e00a18061710 |access-date=19 June 2021 |website=NYPL Digital Collections |archive-date=June 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624201140/https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/760ece70-d279-9985-e040-e00a18061710 |url-status=live }} ''for The Sound of Music with Jeannie Carson (Maria Rainer replacement)''</ref> and [[Nancy Dussault]] in September 1962. [[Jon Voight]], who later married co-star Lauri Peters, was a replacement for Rolf from September 1961 to June 1962.<ref>Monush, Barry. [https://books.google.com/books?id=zNGGDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT66 "''The Sound of Music'' FAQ"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240106203547/https://books.google.com/books?id=zNGGDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT66#v=onepage&q&f=false |date=January 6, 2024 }}, Rowman & Littlefield (2015)</ref> The national tour starred [[Florence Henderson]] as Maria and [[Beatrice Krebs]] as Mother Abbess. It opened at the [[Grand Riviera Theater]], Detroit, on February 27, 1961, and closed November 23, 1963, at the [[O'Keefe Centre]], Toronto. Henderson was succeeded by Barbara Meister in June 1962. Theodore Bikel was not satisfied playing the role of the Captain, and Bikel did not like to play the same role over and over again. In his autobiography, he writes: "I promised myself then that if I could afford it, I would never do a run as long as that again."<ref>Bikel, Theodore. ''Theo: The Autobiography of Theodore Bikel'', Univ of Wisconsin Press, 2002, {{ISBN|0-299-18284-3}}, p. Z-17</ref>

The musical premiered in London's [[West End theatre|West End]] at the [[Palace Theatre, London|Palace Theatre]] on May 18, 1961, and ran for 2,385 performances. It was directed by Jerome Whyte and used the original New York choreography, supervised by Joe Layton, and the original sets designed by Oliver Smith. The cast included [[Jean Bayless]] as Maria, followed by Sonia Rees, Roger Dann as Captain von Trapp, [[Constance Shacklock]] as Mother Abbess, [[Eunice Gayson]] as Elsa Schraeder, Harold Kasket as Max Detweiler, Barbara Brown as Liesl, Nicholas Bennett as Rolf and [[Olive Gilbert]] as Sister Margaretta.<ref>Green, ''Encyclopedia'', p. 396</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Sound of Music – 1961 West End Premiere |url=https://rodgersandhammerstein.com/production/the-sound-of-music/1961-west-end-premiere/ |access-date=2021-06-19 |website=Rodgers & Hammerstein |date=October 9, 2020 |archive-date=June 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624200408/https://rodgersandhammerstein.com/production/the-sound-of-music/1961-west-end-premiere/ |url-status=live }}</ref>