Many critics trashed Robert Wise's 1965 screen version of The Sound of Music , but the musical's emotional openness and unguarded optimism honestly express the worldview of songwriters Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein.

Julie Andrews has announced a comeback to the city in which she made her professional debut over sixty years ago.

Dame Julie Andrews will return to the UK stage for the first time in 30 years! The iconic singer will sing songs from her stage and screen hits on May 8th at London's O2 Arena while accompanied by an ensemble of five and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

This May, the musical icon and beloved actress Julie Andrews will return to the UK stage for the first time in thirty years, with a special one off performance.

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Julie Andrews is to perform in London, 30 years after her last appearance on the British stage.

The hills are alive with the sound of a 74-year-old national treasure with badly damaged vocal cords reviving past glories.

A week in the life of actor, musician, music director and talk show host Seth Rudetsky.

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.

A lack of suitable talent in Australia has forced producers of a big-budget musical to search New Zealand for a leading lady.

Macy's Center City will come alive today with the sound of seasonal music and with "Sound of Music" star Julie Andrews, as she unveils the store's holiday window display.

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.

Movie "Mary Poppins" Julie Andrews proved herself in this 1964 film, which received 13 Academy Award nominations , as did the Walt Disney studios, which were much better known for their animated features.

Pirate Radio's hottie Tom Sturridge is not yet 25, but has been acting in movies with the likes of Annette Bening, Kenneth Branagh and Philip Seymour Hoffman.

A Melbourne stage production is to search New Zealand for a supercalifragilisticexpialidocious actor to play Mary Poppins, after failing to find anyone suitable in Australia.

During the run of HBO's Sex and the City Willie Garson played Carrie Bradshaw's best gay friend -- Stanford Blatch Now he's playing a part that's an one-hundred-and-eighty-degree turn from Stanford, that of a police informant on the new USA series White Collar.

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.

Kevin Williamson is no stranger to the horror genre , nor is he a stranger to network television .

When Cameron Macintosh offered writer-actor Julian Fellowes the job of adapting "Mary Poppins" for a stage musical, two legacies were at stake.

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.