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| Carrie Underwood and the children |
So
disappointed in The Sound of Music Live. Yes Carrie Underwood can sing,
and did a great job with the songs. No one was a bad singer, however
there was a lot of bad acting. And who made that casting choice for
Rolf?? Seriously? He looked far from 17
I wanted to love it. I
did. Sound of Music is one of my all time favorite musicals. I've been
to a lot of plays in my life, most of which were mus
icals,
this was one of the worst I've seen. And that includes local musical
theater not just the Broadway touring companies. Annie, which we saw
last year in NH had better acting.
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| Audra McDonald as Mother Abbess |
One exception was Audra
McDonald who played Mother Abbess. She stood out as the "Actor" in the
bunch. Yes, I know Stephen Moyer (Captain Von Trapp) is in True Blood
and I'm sure he's a good actor - in other shows, not this one.
Absolutely horrible. I didn't believe a word he said nor an emotion he
tried to portray. I didn't hate the actor who portrayed Max, and come to
find out he's a Tony Award winner. Hmm.
The children were pretty good, and honestly probably out shined the adults.
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Carrie Underwood &
Stephen Moyer |
I think the problem here was this wasn't playing to a packed theater,
this was playing for the camera. Even having said that I have DVD's of
filmed stage productions, Into the Woods for example, and they are
wonderful. No acting issues in them.
Bad casting. Especially of
Maria. I love Carrie Underwood but she is not an actress. This story
needs an actress who can portray a depth of feeling. Carrie Underwood
didn't do that.
Now having said all that: Kudos to everyone for
attempting live television. I didn't notice a lot of technical errors,
nor flubbed lines and such.
