# Live "Sound of Music" -- will you watch?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 5, 2013, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-sound-of-music-will-you-watch/675529 "2013-12-05T00:45:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-sound-of-music-will-you-watch/675529/101 "2013-12-12T19:18:39Z")

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I’m surprised there wasn’t more outcry along the lines of “Where are the puppets?” and “Where’s ‘I Have Confidence’?” - and props to whoever made the decision to base it on the stage version without adding parts of the movie to it.

It wouldn’t be the first time a show’s revival was changed to fit the movie; the Grease revival that had its stars cast from an NBC reality show added the songs “Grease (is the Word)” and “You’re the One That I Want.”

Apparently, NBC wants to make this an annual thing, and Entertainment Weekly Radio has had discussions as to what show they should do next year - and the two most popular choices seem to be My Fair Lady and the recent stage version of Mary Poppins. Hmmm…My Fair Lady, Mary Poppins, The Sound of Music - notice a trend?

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-sound-of-music-will-you-watch/675529/102 "2013-12-12T20:05:17Z")

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Mebbe _Damn Yankees, Fiddler on the Roof, 1776, Mame, Hello Dolly_… or is it time for Gilbert & Sullivan in prime time?

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-sound-of-music-will-you-watch/675529/103 "2013-12-12T20:07:52Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Carrie, let me be the first to welcome you to the Straight Dope! 😉

Whew! At long last my secret’s out, and I don’t have to hide who I am anymore. 😉

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