The Sound of Music News

CURVY KELLY BROOK cracks the whip - as action hero Indiana Jones. The 29-year-old model dressed as HARRISON FORD 's Raiders of the Lost Ark tough guy to promote Sky Movies' Christmas schedule.

Kelly Brook became Kelly Golightly as she re-enacted a famous scene from Breakfast At Tiffany's. Complete with pearls and cigarette holder, Kelly struck a pose as Audrey Hepburn from the classic 60s rom com.

Mary Martin and Theodore Bikel, center, with members of the cast of the original Broadway production of "The Sound of Music." Fifty years ago this week, a nun-in-training, seven frisky kids and their grumpy but lovable father do-re-mi'd their way across a Broadway stage.

It's been years since Roy Hamlin, associate artistic director at Theatre Under the Stars, has had anything to do with The Sound of Music -- not since his high school days when he was playing Uncle Max.

In the spring of 1961, when I was a freshman at Columbia, the theater group invited our illustrious alumnus Richard Rodgers to speak.

The cover of next week's Newsweek features a picture of Sarah Palin, along with the headline "How do you solve a problem like Sarah?" The cover is one more example of the periodical's positioning itself as the ideas journal for people who think that the New York Times' in-house editorials are middle-of-road, but have too many big words.

A host of theatre artists will take part in a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, The Sound of Music , Nov.

What do you do when you want to take on a role made famous by Julie Andrews but don't make the cut? If you're Jayme Armstrong, you take on another role made famous by Julie Andrews, of course.

The spirit of Julie Andrews and the sights and sounds of the Von Trapp family are coming alive at the Collins Center for The Performing Arts this fall, as students and the Andover High School drama and music departments take on Rogers and Hammerstein's "The Sound of Music." "The process of choosing a show for each fall production can be a ...

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The show stars international jazz songstress Laura Fygi as Victor/Victoria, and Filipino theatre stalwart Jake Macapagal as King Marchan.

On November 16, 1959, The Sound of Music--the last musical collaboration of composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II--made history when it opened at Broadway's Lunt-Fontanne Theater.

Originally printed 10/29/2009 Ewan McGregor to star in a gay movie ... again Romeo's still waiting for the long-delayed homo romantic comedy "I Love You, Philip Morris" to finally open in U.S. theaters, but Ewan McGregor has already lined up a role in yet another gay-themed movie.

The "Sound of Music" cast includes Abi Rinas and Anna Howell; Kristina Howell, Cayman Ilika, Giselle Gudenkauf and Evan Griffin; and Natalie Howell and Justin Youngquist.

Rodgers and Hammerstein's beloved musical, "The Sound of Music," opens tonight at 8 p.m. in the Degenstein Center Theater on the campus of Susquehanna University, with seven performances over the next week.

After winning the coveted role of Maria Rainer, in Toronto's production of The Sound of Music , Elicia MacKenzie and Janna Polzin have spent night after night keeping the hills alive with the sound of their music.

Dignified ... Christopher Plummer in the title role of Terry Gilliam's The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.

Shirley Jackson is best known today for her literature class standard, "The Lottery," but her 1959 novel, The Haunting of Hill House , is widely regarded as one of the best modern ghost stories; the 1963 film adaptation, called simply The Haunting , brings Jackson's eerie tale of fear and psychological collapse onto the big screen.

"Girl Power" was the theme of a spectacular night honoring the achievements of women in Hollywood on Monday.

The Oscar winner has been unable to sing ever since surgery to remove non-cancerous nodules on her vocal cords in 1997 Photo: IAN JONES The British star of The Sound of Music and Mary Poppins is expected to be one of the first patients in the world to have man-made tissue injected into her voice box.