The Sound of Music
At the 1960 Tony Awards this production was nominated for 9 awards:-
Best Musical – WINNER (Joint winner with “Fiorello!”
Best Actress in a Musical – Mary Martin WINNER
Best Featured Actor in a Musical – Theodore Bikel
Best Featured Actor in a Musical – Kurt Kasznar
Best Featured Actress in a Musical – Patricia Neway WINNER
Best Featured Actress in a Musica – Lauri Peters & the Children (Kathy Dunn, Evanna Lien, Mary Susan Locke, Marilyn Rogers, William Snowden, & Joseph Stewart)
Best Director of a Musical – Vincent J Donehue
Best Design of a Musical – Oliver Smith WINNER
Best Musical Director & Conductor – Frederick Dvonch WINNER
The actual winners in the other categories were:-
Best Featured Actor in a Musical – Tom Bosley “Fiorello!”
Best Director of a Musical – George Abbott “Fiorello!”
Mary Martin had a schoolfriend whose name she always liked to refer to in any production she was appearing in, either in the dialogue or as a character name. This was a little difficult in a show with very Austrian names. But Renee Guerin, who was Mary Martin’s Standby as Maria also played the small crossover part of “A Postulant” and so she was billed as Sue Yeager in reference to Mary’s friend.
Cast & Crew
Cast
| A Postulant | Renee Guerin
(credited as Bessie Mae Sue Ella Yeager) |
|---|---|
| A Postulant (Replacement) | Sara Letton |
| Admiral von Schreiber | Michael Gorrin |
| Admiral von Schreiber (Replacement) | Jay Velie |
| Baron Elberfeld | Kirby Smith |
| Baron Elberfeld (Replacement) | Webb Tilton |
| Brigitta von Trapp | Marilyn Rogers |
| Brigitta von Trapp (Replacement) | Nita Novy |
| Brigitta von Trapp (Replacement) | Mary Susan Locke |
| Captain Georg von Trapp | Theodore Bikel |
| Captain Georg von Trapp (Replacement) | Donald Scott |
| Elsa Schraeder | Marion Marlowe |
| Elsa Schraeder (Replacement) | Lois Hunt |
| Elsa Schraeder (Replacement) | Jen Nelson |
| Ensemble | Joanne Birks |
| Ensemble | June Caird |
| Ensemble | Dorothy Dallas |
| Ensemble | Ceil Delli |
| Ensemble | Luce Ennis |
| Ensemble | Cleo Fry |
| Ensemble | Barbara George |
| Ensemble | Joey Heatherton |
| Ensemble | Lucas Hoving |
| Ensemble | Patricia Kelly |
| Ensemble | Maria Kova |
| Ensemble | Shirley Mendonca |
| Ensemble | Kathy Miller |
| Ensemble | Lorna Nash |
| Ensemble | Keith Prentice |
| Ensemble | Nancy Reeves |
| Ensemble | Bernice Saunders |
| Ensemble | Connie Sharman |
| Ensemble | Tatiana Troyanos |
| Ensemble | Mimi Vondra |
| Ensemble (Replacement) | Maureen Bailey |
| Ensemble (Replacement) | Imelda De Martin |
| Ensemble (Replacement) | Helen Feit |
| Ensemble (Replacement) | Dan Ferrone |
| Ensemble (Replacement) | Catherine Gale |
| Ensemble (Replacement) | Geraldine Gale |
| Ensemble (Replacement) | Ann Gardner |
| Ensemble (Replacement) | Barbara Gregory |
| Ensemble (Replacement) | Sarah Hageman |
| Ensemble (Replacement) | Sara Letton |
| Ensemble (Replacement) | Luann Ragle |
| Ensemble (Replacement) | Gina Viglione |
| Ensemble (Replacement) | Connie Webber |
| Ensemble (Replacement) | Mitzi Wilson |
| Franz, the Butler | John Randolph |
| Franz, the Butler (Replacement) | Jay Barney |
| Frau Schmidt | Nan McFarland |
| Friedrich von Trapp | William Snowden |
| Friedrich von Trapp (Replacement) | Royston Thomas |
| Friedrich von Trapp (Replacement) | Ronnie Tourso |
| Friedrich von Trapp (Replacement) | Arthur Warren |
| Gretl von Trapp | Evanna Lien |
| Gretl von Trapp (Replacement) | Valerie Lee |
| Gretl von Trapp (Replacement) | Laura Michaels |
| Gretl von Trapp (Replacement) | Leslie Smith |
| Herr Zeller | Stefan Gierasch |
| Herr Zeller (Replacement) | Milton Luchan |
| Kurt von Trapp | Joseph Stewart |
| Kurt von Trapp (Replacement) | Richard Carafa |
| Kurt von Trapp (Replacement) | Tommy Leap |
| Liesl von Trapp | Lauri Peters |
| Liesl von Trapp (Replacement) | Imelda De Martin |
| Liesl von Trapp (Replacement) | Marissa Mason |
| Louisa von Trapp | Kathy Dunn |
| Maria Rainer | Mary Martin |
| Maria Rainer (Replacement) | Jeannie Carson |
| Maria Rainer (Replacement) | Nancy Dussault |
| Maria Rainer (Replacement) | Martha Wright |
| Marta von Trapp | Mary Susan Locke |
| Marta von Trapp (Replacement) | Evanna Lien |
| Max Detweiler | Kurt Kasznar |
| Max Detweiler (Replacement) | Paul Lipson |
| Rolf Gruber | Brian Davies |
| Rolf Gruber (Replacement) | Peter Van Hattum |
| Rolf Gruber (Replacement) | Jon Voight |
| Sister Berthe | Elizabeth Howell |
| Sister Berthe (Replacement) | Lizabeth Pritchett |
| Sister Margaretta | Muriel O’Malley |
| Sister Margaretta (Replacement) | Nadine Lewis |
| Sister Sophia | Karen Shepard |
| The Mother Abbess | Patricia Neway |
| The Mother Abbess (Replacement) | Elizabeth Howell |
| Ursula, a Maid | Luce Ennis |
| Ursula, a Maid (Replacement) | Bernice Saunders |
Crew | |
| Choral arrangements | Trude Rittmann |
| Designer | Oliver Smith |
| Director | Vincent J Donehue |
| Lighting | Jean Rosenthal |
| Musical Director | Frederick Dvonch |
| Musical numbers staged by | Joe Layton |
| Orchestrations | Robert Russell Bennett |
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