Tickets On Sale Today for THE SOUND OF MUSIC

Music by RICHARD RODGERS
Lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II
Book by HOWARD LINDSAY and RUSSEL CROUSE
Suggested by The Trapp Family Singers by Maria Augusta Trapp
Directed by JACK O’BRIEN

North American Tour to play Proctors March 17-22

Tickets are on sale today for THE SOUND OF MUSIC, coming to Proctors March 17-22 and presented as part of the KeyBank Broadway Series.  Produced by Concord Theatricals and NETworks Presentations, this critically acclaimed North American tour honors the 65^th anniversary of the musical’s original stage debut.

Tickets are on sale through the Box Office at Proctors in person, via phone at (518) 346-6204 Tuesday- Saturday, 12-6 p.m., or online by visiting atproctors.org. Groups of 10 or more can get the group advantage by calling (518) 382-3884 x 139.

Directed by three-time Tony Award® winner Jack O’Brien, the smash-hit musical classic will transport the next generation of theatergoers to the hills of Austria, captivating audiences with its universal themes of love, resilience, and the power of music. Casting will be announced at a later date. For more information, please visit www.SoundOfMusicOnTour.com.

The spirited, romantic and beloved story of Maria and the von Trapp family features an unforgettable Tony, GRAMMY® and Academy Award®-winning Best Score, including legendary favorites “My Favorite Things,” “Do-Re-Mi,” “Climb Ev’ry Mountain,” “Edelweiss” and “The Sound of Music.”

THE SOUND OF MUSIC features music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse, suggested by “The Trapp Family Singers” by Maria Augusta Trapp. The 60th anniversary of the Oscar®-winning film, which continues to be one of the most successful movie musicals of all time, will be celebrated in 2025.

This production is directed by Jack O’Brien (2024 recipient of Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre), and choreographed by Danny Mefford (Broadway’s Kimberly Akimbo, Dear Evan Hansen, Fun Home). The design and production team is comprised of Douglas Schmidt, Set Design (Tony Award nominee: The Front Page, Into the Woods); Jane Greenwood, Costume Design (2014 recipient of Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre), Natasha Katz, Lighting Design (Eight-time Tony Award winner: Sweeney Todd, MJ The Musical, Long Day’s Journey Into Night, An American in Paris); Kai Harada, Sound Design (Dead Outlaw, A Wonderful World, Merrily We Roll Along); Andy Einhorn, Musical Supervisor (Gypsy, Carousel, Hello, Dolly!); Tom Watson, Hair/Wig Design (Spamalot, Harmony, Parade); and Casting by The Telsey Office – Rachel Hoffman, CSA, Rashad Naylor, CSA.

According to director Jack O’Brien, “A few years ago, I was part of a group of collaborative artists who, almost inadvertently, stumbled on original conceptions for the stage mounting of THE SOUND OF MUSIC that had never found their way into production. We felt as if we were awakening Sleeping Beauty herself, and the results exposed a version of this classic virtually unknown before, and yet more dramatic, more detailed, more rapturous and more touching than any we had experienced.”

“It is with extreme enthusiasm and a keen sense of anticipation that those same artists once more return to complete the work we began and give this most beloved of all musicals the creative facelift it deserves. We truly believe the original authors would be thrilled. And we believe you will be, too!”

Producer Sean Patrick Flahaven, Chief Theatricals Executive of Concord, said, “It’s a great privilege to bring a new tour of this landmark musical to theaters across North America. People of all ages will discover or rediscover their love of this classic story that remains so appropriate for our time. Thanks to our distinguished team, led by the master Jack O’Brien, audiences can expect a truly magnificent production of THE SOUND OF MUSIC.”

THE SOUND OF MUSIC On Tour

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Facts and Figures about THE SOUND OF MUSIC

• The original Broadway production (1959)
  • Won five Tony Awards, including Best Musical
  • Original Cast Album won the GRAMMY Award
• National Tour, 2015-2019
  • Toured the U.S. and Canada for four seasons
  • Played 224 cities and 1,099 performances
  • Seen by more than two million theatergoers
• Worldwide
  • Tens of thousands of productions worldwide, with over 500 professional, amateur, and school productions each year in North America alone
• The motion picture (1965)
  • Won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture
  • One of the most successful movie musicals in history and top-grossing films of all time
• The Music
  • Decades of popular artists have recorded songs from THE SOUND OF MUSIC
  • Soundtrack ranked as Billboard’s #2 Greatest Album of All Time
  • THE SOUND OF MUSIC motion picture soundtrack drives more than 55MM+ streams in the U.S. every year

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BIOS

Jack O’Brien (Director) Special Tony® Award recipient for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre. Broadway: The Roommate, Shucked (Tony® nomination), All My Sons, Carousel, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Front Page, It’s Only a Play, Macbeth, The Nance, Dead Accounts, Catch Me If You Can, Impressionism, The Coast of Utopia (Tony Award®), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Tony® nomination), Henry IV (Tony Award®), Hairspray (Tony Award®), Imaginary Friends, The Invention of Love (Tony® nomination, Drama Desk Award), The Full Monty (Tony® nomination), More to Love, Getting Away With Murder, Pride’s Crossing, The Little Foxes, Hapgood (Lucille Lortel Award, Best Director), Damn Yankees, Two Shakespearean Actors (Tony® nomination), Porgy and Bess (Tony® nomination). Metropolitan Opera: Il Trittico. Carnegie Hall: Guys and Dolls. Public Theater Central Park: Much Ado About Nothing. London: Love Never Dies, Hairspray (Olivier nomination). National Theatre: His Girl Friday. Artistic Director of the Old Globe Theatre, 1981-2007. Six movies for PBS’s “American Playhouse.” Books: Jack Be Nimble and Jack in the Box, both published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux.

RICHARD RODGERS & OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II (Music & Lyrics)

After long and highly distinguished careers with other collaborators, Richard Rodgers (composer, 1902-79) and Oscar Hammerstein II (librettist/lyricist, 1895-1960) joined forces in 1943 to create the most successful partnership in American musical theatre. Prior to joining forces, Rodgers collaborated with lyricist Lorenz Hart on musical comedies that epitomized wit and sophistication (Pal Joey, On Your Toes, Babes In Arms, and more), while Hammerstein brought new life to operetta and created the genre-transforming Show Boat with Jerome Kern. Oklahoma!, the first Rodgers & Hammerstein musical, introduced an integrated form that became known as “the musical play.” Their shows that followed included Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I, and The Sound of Music. Collectively, Rodgers & Hammerstein musicals have earned Tony, Oscar, GRAMMY, Emmy, Pulitzer, and Olivier Awards. The Rodgers & Hammerstein catalog is owned by Concord.

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