<p>I’ve never seen the play version before. I am enjoying the more political/historical aspects than what was included in the movie version.</p>
<p>I enjoy Stepehen more when he has to be sinister and cocky.</p>
<p>He’s still better than Carrie.</p>
<p>Yes, sound is awful.</p>
<p>Max Is great. I am enjoying this.</p>
<p>Spouse and I were so looking forward to this production and I am left feeling …somewhat cheated. True, Max is great, baroness was excellent, and the children have had some wonderful moments, but overall, if it weren’t for the Nuns I’m not sure they would have had the right to sell advertising!</p>
<p>Audra McDonald and Laura Benanti should have played all the roles. They were wonderful. Christian Borle - meh. Carrie Underwood just not right for the role in any universe.</p>
<p>So much to digest… not sure I can do it all tonight!</p>
<p>I watched the last hour or so. She absolutely sucked. Acting on the level of a HS production where the person is cast because a) she’s a pretty blond, and b) she can sing the songs. I only saw one scene with Audra. An actress who can sing Carrie Underwood into the ground!</p>
<p>The kids were great. Georg was a romantic hero. The Baroness seemed pretty feeble. Difficult to work around the black hole at the center.</p>
<p>Oh what fun! I genuinely enjoyed that!! I was not familiar with the stage version but I really enjoyed it – the differences kept me paying attention. I thought Underwood was excellent. No, she’s not an actress, but her voice was magnificent.</p>
<p>I thought that hiss was my TV! What the heck was it?</p>
<p>Am I right that the Admiral totally muffed the lousy couple of lines he had? How humiliating!</p>
<p>Moyer was pretty awful, but I think Carrie Underwood trumped him in the wooden acting competition. I’m still appalled that Broadway vets like Borle, McDonald and Benanti had to share a stage with them. As for 17-going-on-35 Rolf–what the heck was that casting about?</p>
<p>I hope they don’t drag the video of this thing back every year. It needs to dies a quiet death. And I hope the ratings were poor enough that no one ever stunt casts a musical on TV again.</p>
<p>VeryHappy - true, if one is mostly familiar with the movie, watching the stage production does make you pay more attention!</p>
<p>Based on the special “The Making of The Sound of Music”, it appears that the kids got very close during the rehearsals. I’m betting that there are a lot of tears back stage right now as they all realize it’s over.</p>
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<p>Based on how my FB news feed was blowing up, I doubt very seriously that it got low ratings. I even commented on my FB that I wish I tweeted because I have a feeling I’m missing a whole experience there right now.</p>
<p>I can’t get past the awful wedding dress!</p>
<p>The youngest child looked toward the end like she was having trouble staying awake.</p>
<p>The local Chicago NBC station has an interview they’re going to show during tonight’s news broadcast of what Maria Von Trapp’s son thinks his mom would think about tonight’s SOML.</p>
<p>Had to laugh at one twitter comment “first time I’ve ever routed for the Nazis”. Guess that person didn’t like it.</p>
<p>I thought the cast was excellent, except Maria’s acting. My biggest problem was Rolf and Liesl rolling down the hill. Wow. One little kiss and they’re rolling around on the ground. LOL :)</p>
<p>He said his mother would have loved it!</p>
<p>swimcatsmom - Funny!</p>
<p>I really do not get people saying “But it’s LIVE!”</p>
<p>Do you not realize that on Broadway and the West End et al performers perform live EVERY NIGHT, and they are GREAT??? Like Audra McDonald, for example.</p>
<p>ETA: the wedding dress was indeed awful. The Barnard junior totally out-acted Carrie. What a disaster.</p>
<p>Our local serious-amateur theater production was better.</p>
<p>We West Coasters are just starting out watching. But Carrie Underwood Just. Can’t. Act. And Audra McDonald is a goddess.</p>