Preview of 'The Sound of Music Live' on NBC

Grace Rundhaug will be making her television debut in NBC's The Sound of Music Live on Thursday, December 5, 2013 at 8:00 pm EST. Miss Rundhaug is in the third grade at Wooster School, an independent, co-educational college preparatory day school, serving students from Fairfield and Westchester Counties that is located in Danbury, Connecticut,

The Sound of Music Live is based on the original Broadway musical. From executive producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron (Smash, Hairspray, Chicago) comes an instant holiday classic: The Sound of Music, based on the original Broadway musical. Carrie Underwood and Stephen Moyer star as Maria and Captain von Trapp in this beloved story of the young novice who falls in love with Captain von Trapp and his seven children, set against the backdrop of Nazi-occupied Austria.

Tony Award winner Audra MacDonald plays the Mother Abbess, Tony Award winner Christian Borle stars as Max Detweiler, and Tony Award winner Laura Benanti stars as Elsa Schrader. Michael Campayno makes his television debut as Rolf while Ariane Rinehart, who studies at Barnard College, makes her television debut as Liesl von Trapp.

The jewel in the Rodgers and Hammerstein crown, The Sound of Music contains some of the most famous songs ever written for the stage, including "The Sound of Music," "My Favorite Things," "Do-Re-Mi," "Sixteen Going on Seventeen," "Climb Every Mountain" and "Edelweiss."

This new version of The Sound of Music will be a faithful adaptation of the original stage musical, to retell the story for a whole new generation. And more than that, it will be broadcast LIVE, adding a whole new level of immediacy and excitement. Viewers can reintroduce the family to the most joyful, most emotional and most musical family adventure of them all. It will be a three-hour live event.

Miss Rundhaug will star as Marta von Trapp, one of the seven von Trapp children. The young actress' past productions include The Sound of Music at Westchester Broadway Theatre, Miracle on 34th Street at Seven Angels Theatre in Waterbury CT (not Waterbury NY) and Annie at the Warner Theatre in Torrington. I had the pleasure of seeing her performance in those last two credits.

On Wednesday, November 27, NBC aired The Making Of The Sound of Music Live. It was an excellent behind the scenes look at the nationwide casting call, rehearsals in action with the cast, and the 40-piece orchestra recording the soundtrack. In addition to the live on-air television performance, the young actors playing Liesl and Kurt performed "Sixteen Going on Seventeen" in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

To learn more about NBC's The Sound of Music Live please visit http://www.nbc.com/sound-of-music/