Universal City, California – On the heels of the very successful airing of The Sound of Music Live! in December 2013, NBC Entertainment Chairman Robert Greenblatt announced that the network will present a new television production of the classic musical Peter Pan as a live telecast on December 4, 2014.Multi-award-winning producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, who produced The Sound of Music Live!, will again executive produce the production. Casting is … [Read more...] about NBC to air “Peter Pan Live!” musical in end 2014
Carrie Underwood
“The Sound of Music Live!” delivers ratings for NBC
Universal City, California – Led by Sunday Night Football and The Sound of Music Live!, NBC has finished #1 in adults 18-49 and total viewers for the primetime week of Dec. 2-8, ranking #1 or tied for #1 among the Big 4 networks in 18-49 on six of seven nights for the week. According to The New York Times, the crucial element to the success of the programme was securing Carrie Underwood, the country music star who played Maria, the role which was previously … [Read more...] about “The Sound of Music Live!” delivers ratings for NBC
NBC to broadcast LIVE “The Sound of Music” in December
New York - On December 3, 2013, Sony Masterworks will release the companion soundtrack to NBC's live broadcast of The Sound of Music, based on the classic stage musical. The three-hour live production, starring Carrie Underwood as Maria von Trapp, will air December 5, 2013. The Sound of Music The cast also includes Audra McDonald (Private Practice), who has won five Tony Awards and two Grammys, as Mother Abbess; Stephen Moyer (True Blood), who will play Capt. Georg von Trapp; … [Read more...] about NBC to broadcast LIVE “The Sound of Music” in December