UK Cast Of The Sound Of Music Goes All Out In "The Sound Of Gaga"

Check out this impressive tribute to Lady Gaga by the current UK cast of The Sound of Music.

Looks like the talented cast adapted their staging to accommodate the Gaga songs. Well done!

Here's the clip description:

At the 2015 Oscars, Lady Gaga performed a medley of songs from The Sound of Music to mark the 50th Anniversary of the classic movie. In return, the cast of The Sound of Music pay their thanks to the ‘Mother Monster’ by performing their take on some of Lady Gaga’s hits.

And Lady Gaga approves:

I mean this is just so amazing, the instrumentation and the performers! Thank you from the bottom of my heart! https://t.co/bj2eCO9N1N

— Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) February 24, 2016

(h/t Towleroad)

'The Sound Of Music' Turns 50

The AP reports:

Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer attend the TCM Classic Film Festival to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the much loved musical, 'The Sound Of Music,' and reflect on why they think it's such a iconic film.

(via AP)

Maria Von Trapp, inspiration for THE SOUND OF MUSIC, dies at 99

From Yahoo News:

The last surviving member of the famous Trapp Family Singers made famous in "The Sound of Music" died this week at her home in Vermont. Maria von Trapp was 99.

Von Trapp's brother, Johannes von Trapp, says that she died on Tuesday. He called her a "lovely woman who was one of the few truly good people."

The family won acclaim throughout Europe for their singing and escaped from Nazi-occupied Austria in 1938. Their story was turned into the film and Broadway musical. Maria von Trapp is the second youngest girl and was portrayed as Louisa in "The Sound of Music."

They moved to Vermont in 1942 after visiting during a singing tour and vacationing in Stowe. The family opened and still operates a lodge there.