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THE SOUND OF MUSIC. The Richard Rodgers-Oscar Hammerstein operetta looses a landslide of sentimental song, but its most spectacular effects are achieved by Julie Andrews and the Tyrolean Alps.
THE SOUND OF MUSIC. Julie Andrews winningly upstages the Tyrolean Alps and surmounts heaps of sugary sentiment in this Richard Rodgers-Oscar Hammerstein operetta about the Trapp Family Singers who fled Nazi-dominated Austria in 1938.
THE SOUND OF MUSIC. Julie Andrews winningly upstages the Tyrolean Alps and surmounts heaps of sugary sentiment in this Richard Rodgers-Oscar Hammerstein operetta about the Trapp Family Singers who fled Nazi-dominated Austria in 1938.
The score is at war with itself. Stephen Sondheim's lyrics are brain-dry and sometimes brain-shy; Richard Rodgers' music is moon-washed, and sometimes soggier than the Grand Canal. The choreography is either a slight or an oversight. In Waltz, company loves misery. The unhappy lovers...
THE SOUND OF MUSIC. This Richard Rodgers-Oscar Hammerstein musical about the Trapp Family Singers who tied Austria after the Anschluss of 1938 has more sugar than spice, but a buoyant performance by Julie Andrews makes the show seem irresistibly gemütlich.