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First Preview: Feb 06, 1998
Total Previews: 38
Opening Date: Mar 12, 1998
Closing Date: Jun 20, 1999
Total Performances: 533
Production Staff Theatre Owned / Operated by Jujamcyn Theaters (James H. Binger: Chairman; Rocco Landesman: President; Paul Libin: Producing Director; Jack Viertel: Creative Director) Produced by Hallmark Entertainment , Thomas Viertel , Steven Baruch , Richard Frankel and Jujamcyn Theaters (James H. Binger: Chairman; Rocco Landesman: President; Paul Libin: Producing Director; Jack Viertel: Creative Director) ; Produced in association with The Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization , Charles Kelman Productions, Inc. , Simone Genatt Haft , Marc Routh , Jay Binder and Robert Halmi, Jr. ; Associate Producer: James D. Stern and PACE Theatrical Group, Inc. Music by Richard Rodgers ; Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II ; Additional lyrics by Richard Rodgers ; Book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse ; Suggested by "The Trapp Family Singers" by Maria Augusta Trapp ; Music orchestrated by Bruce Coughlin ; Dance arrangements by Jeanine Tesori ; Incidental music arranged by Jeanine Tesori ; Original orchestrations by Robert Russell Bennett ; Original Dance arrangements by Trude Rittman ; Original Choral arrangements by Trude Rittman ; Musical Director: Michael Rafter Directed by Susan H. Schulman ; Assistant Director: Terry Berliner ; Choreographed by Michael Lichtefeld ; Associate Choreographer: Joe Bowerman Scenic Design by Heidi Ettinger ; Associate Scenic Design: Richard Jaris and Wade Laboissonniere ; Assistant Scenic Design: Judy Gailen and Fabio Toblini ; Costume Design by Catherine Zuber ; Lighting Design by Paul Gallo ; Associate Lighting Design: Philip Rosenberg and David Weiner ; Associate Moving Light Designer: Paul J. Sonnleitner ; Assistant Lighting Design: Paul D. Miller ; Sound Design by Tony Meola ; Assistant Sound Design: Kai Harada ; Hair and Wig Design by Paul Huntley General Manager: Richard Frankel Productions and Laura Green ; Company Manager: Kathy Lowe Production Manager: Peter Fulbright ; Production Supervisor: Beverley Randolph ; Stage Manager: Ira Mont ; Assistant Stage Mgr: Thom Widmann and Joe Bowerman ; Technical Supervisor: Tech Production Services, Inc. , Elliot Bertoni , Robert Shuck and Peter Ruen Musical Coordinator: John Miller ; Conducted by Michael Rafter ; Associate Conductor: Steven Tyler ; Assistant Conductor: James Baker ; Violin: Elizabeth Lim-Dutton , Karl Kawahara , Krystof Witek and Karen Milne ; Viola: Maxine Roach ; Cello: Adam Grabois and Sarah J. Seiver ; Bass: Bill Ellison ; Woodwind: Helen Campo , Rick Heckman , Jon Manasse , Robert Ingliss and Don McGeen ; Trumpet: Carl Albach and John Dent ; Trombone: Dick Clark ; Bass Trombone / Tuba: Matthew Ingman ; Guitar / Mandolin / Zither / Autoharp: Scott Kuney ; French Horn: Javier Gandara and Leise Anschuetz Paer ; Keyboard / Accordian: Steven Tyler ; Percussion: James Baker Casting: Jay Binder ; Press Representative: Cromarty and Company ; Dance Captain: Joe Bowerman ; Advertising: Serino Coyne, Inc. ; Marketing: TMG Marketing & Publicity ; Dialect Coach: Deborah Hecht ; Promotions: Scott Walton Communications , Scott Walton , Kathi Iannacone and Leanne Schanzer Promotions ; Asst. to the Choreographer: Melissa Rae Mahon
Swings: Tad Ingram (Swing ), Betsi Morrison (Swing ) and Margaret Shafer (Swing ) Standby: Timothy Landfield (Captain Georg von Trapp ) Understudies: Anne Allgood (Sister Margaretta ), Joan Barber (Sister Berthe ), Laura Benanti (Maria Rainer ), Nora Blackall (Brigitta von Trapp, Louisa von Trapp ), Marissa Gould (Gretl von Trapp, Marta von Trapp ), Martha Hawley (Frau Schmidt ), Kelly Cae Hogan (Elsa Schraeder ), Siri Howard (Liesl von Trapp ), Tad Ingram (Admiral von Schreiber, Baron Elberfeld, Franz, Herr Zeller, Max Detweiler ), Jeanne Lehman (The Mother Abbess ), Matt Loney (Captain Georg von Trapp, Herr Zeller ), Gannon McHale (Max Detweiler ), Betsi Morrison (A Postulant, Baroness Elberfeld, Maria Rainer, Sister Sophia, Ursula ), Lynn C. Pinto (Sister Sophia ), Lou Taylor Pucci (Friedrich von Trapp, Kurt von Trapp ), Reno Roop (Franz ), Kristie Dale Sanders (Elsa Schraeder ), Margaret Shafer (A Postulant, Baroness Elberfeld, Sister Margaretta, Ursula ) and Ben Sheaffer (Rolf Gruber )
ACT 1 Sung By Preludium The Mother Abbess, Sister Margaretta (Mistress of Postulants), Sister Berthe (Mistress of Novices), Sister Sophia, Nuns, Novices and Postulants The Sound of Music Maria Rainer (a postulant at Nonnberg Abbey) Maria The Mother Abbess, Sister Margaretta (Mistress of Postulants), Sister Berthe (Mistress of Novices) and Sister Sophia I Have Confidence (lyrics by Richard Rodgers ) Maria Rainer (a postulant at Nonnberg Abbey) Do-Re-Mi Maria Rainer (a postulant at Nonnberg Abbey), Liesl von Trapp, Friedrich von Trapp, Louisa von Trapp, Kurt von Trapp, Brigitta von Trapp, Marta von Trapp and Gretl von Trapp Sixteen Going on Seventeen Rolf Gruber and Liesl von Trapp My Favorite Things Maria Rainer (a postulant at Nonnberg Abbey) and Children How Can Love Survive? Max Detweiler and Elsa Schraeder The Sound of Music (Reprise) Captain Georg von Trapp, Children and Maria Rainer (a postulant at Nonnberg Abbey) So Long, Farewell Children Morning Hymn The Mother Abbess, Nuns, Novices and Postulants Climb Every Mountain The Mother Abbess ACT 2 Sung By Opening Act II Max Detweiler and Children No Way to Stop It Elsa Schraeder, Max Detweiler and Captain Georg von Trapp Something Good (lyrics by Richard Rodgers ) Maria Rainer (a postulant at Nonnberg Abbey) and Captain Georg von Trapp Wedding Processional The Mother Abbess, Nuns, Novices and Postulants Sixteen Going on Seventeen (Reprise) Maria Rainer (a postulant at Nonnberg Abbey) and Liesl von Trapp The Lonely Goatherd Maria Rainer (a postulant at Nonnberg Abbey), Captain Georg von Trapp and Children Edelweiss Captain Georg von Trapp, Maria Rainer (a postulant at Nonnberg Abbey) and Children So Long, Farewell (Reprise) Maria Rainer (a postulant at Nonnberg Abbey), Captain Georg von Trapp and Children Finale Ultimo The Mother Abbess, Nuns, Novices and Postulants
