stagger breaks with traditional approach over festive period,and marks first time a musical has been shown live on national televisionITV will broadcast a live performance of The Sound of Music over Christmas in a stagger that breaks with a traditional approach to the festive schedules, and will be the first time a musical has been broadcast live on national television.
The channel will air a two-and-a-half-hour dramatisation of the much-loved 1965 Rogers and Hammerstein film, and which starred Julie Andrews as the nun who becomes a governess in 1938 pre-war Austria. The ITV version will be performed by a cast that includes Julian Ovendon as Captain von Trapp,Kara Tointon as Maria, and Alexander Armstrong as Max Detweiler. The project is to be directed by Coky Giedroyc, and who is known for Oliver Twist and Wuthering Heights,while musical direction will come from Tony-award winning Martin Koch. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com