The Sound of Music is Rodgers and Hammerstein's final and perhaps most beloved musical collaboration, following Maria, a spirited postulant whose exuberant, unconventional nature makes her an uneasy fit for convent life, as she is sent to serve as governess to the seven children of the widowed, stern naval Captain von Trapp in Austria on the eve of the Anschluss. Maria's warmth and music gradually thaw the disciplined household, softening the Captain's rigid grief and winning the children's affection, and in time she and the Captain fall in love despite his prior engagement to a glamorous baroness. As the family's happiness grows, the encroaching threat of Nazi annexation forces the newly married von Trapps to a fateful choice, refusing to serve the Third Reich and instead making a daring escape over the mountains to freedom. The score, including "Do-Re-Mi," "My Favorite Things," and "Climb Ev'ry Mountain," is among the most beloved in musical theater history. Its blend of family warmth, sweeping romance, and courageous defiance against tyranny has made it a perennial favorite for audiences of all ages.

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