Musical

The Sound of Music

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Rodgers and Hammerstein’s *The Sound of Music* follows Maria, a novice nun sent to care for the seven children of Captain von Trapp in Austria as Nazi power spreads toward the 1938 Anschluss. What begins as domestic discipline turns into a family remade, and then a moral test, as the household weighs safety against complicity. The musical entered New York theater history with its 1959 Broadway premiere at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, where its blend of folk-inflected tunes and political unease fit the era’s changing mood. Its clarity can feel deliberate, but that directness is part of its staying power.