Who was in the cast in the Broadway version of the Sound of Music in the late '50s?

Before it became the movie classic, Rodger and Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music was first introduced on Broadway and had its opening on November 16, 2023. Leading the cast was the actress Mary Martin in the role of Maria Rainer, and Theodor Bikel played Georg Von Trapp.

Here’s the rest of the cast playing the roles of named characters:

Actor/Actress                  Character
Mary Martin                     Maria Rainer 
Theodore Bikel                  Captain Georg von Trapp
Kurt Kasznar                    Max Detweiler 
Marion Marlowe                  Elsa Schraeder 
Patricia Neway                  The Mother Abbess 
Brian Davies                    Rolf Gruber 
Kathy Dunn                      Louisa von Trapp 
Luce Ennis                      Ursula 
Stefan Gierasch                 Herr Zeller 
Michael Gorrin                  Admiral von Schreiber 
Elizabeth Howell                Sister Berthe 
Evanna Lien                     Gretl von Trapp 
Mary Susan Locke                Marta von Trapp 
Nan McFarland                   Frau Schmidt 
Muriel O'Malley                 Sister Margaretta 
Lauri Peters                    Liesl von Trapp 
John Randolph                   Franz 
Marilyn Rogers                  Brigitta von Trapp 
Karen Shepard                   Sister Sophia 
Kirby Smith                     Baron Elberfeld 
William Snowden                 Friedrich von Trapp 
Joseph Stewart                  Kurt von Trapp 
Sue Yaeger                      A Postulant

To find out the full cast, including the replacements, you can check out www.playbillvault.com.

Hearing the Sound of Music’s songs in your head already? Check out the lyrics here.

Tag: music 

Thursday, December 03 2015