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Kennedy Center produced audiences”The sound of music“Tell Fox News Digital this story reminds you of eternal values.
Growing up Sarah Portner watches the movie and tells the story of Maria, a picky religious life Fox News Numbers In an interview, she first heard that the show would come to the Kennedy Center in March and secured tickets.
“My mom is the youngest of six, she grew up in Ireland like a very, very small village, and her mom takes each of her six kids to the movies,” Portner said. “So it’s a way to start.
Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer posed with von Trapp’s children, The Voice of Music adaptation of the 1965 Rodgers and Hammerstein film. (Getty Image)
Portner called the story a “lifelong favorite,” he said, reflecting values that people can still learn.
“Resilience is just the strength of the family and the unconditional love for others,” Potner said. “Yes, I think a lot of it sounds cliché, but it can help you persevere in many trials of life, suffering and all times.”
The Kennedy Center will be produced in Washington, D.C. from September 9 to October 5, 2025.
The stage design directed by three-time Tony Award winner Jack O’Brien recreates rural Austrians, the iconic staircase used in Captain Von Trapp’s home, the use of the “So Long, Farewell” number in Von Trapp’s home, and the Nazi efforts hidden in the family.
Katie Burnham and sister Caroline Burnham told Fox News Digital in an interview that she could learn from tough times.
“Don’t be overly politicized, but I think we can learn a lot from that generation through the past decade,” Burnham said.
She added: “I feel like our generation has almost followed similar steps in our grandparents and great-grandparents, so my grandparents were from that era, so it was fun, it was interesting to hear their stories and their lives stories, and now we’ve been through those tough, turbulent world politics ages.”
Caroline Burnham told Fox News Digital that even as a member of Gen Z, she admires classical stories such as “The Voice of Music.”
“I feel it does talk a lot like the community. Like you know, Maria, when she was kicked out of the monastery, they did it because it was her best and then she was able to form a new community through her family. Then she went into a home that wasn’t connected to each other because they didn’t connect with that place, and I was able to remind them of that, which was a very important thing.”
Burnham added that she believes her generation has nostalgia for the community and culture portrayed in the “Voice of Music.”
“I think, at least for me, I feel like my friends and I have been talking about this all the time, like the degree of disconnect between us and phone and social media, you never meet anyone because everyone works like three jobs and no one can pay to go to the bar these days.”
“So, I think there is a reminder that maybe it can be lived in different times, too,” she added. “It’s not a good time to spend in Austria, but it’s great to escape it.”
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Julie Andrews performed in the 1965 film The Sound of Music directed by Robert Wise. Although it opened the movie, the scene was the last sequence shot in Europe in July 1964, before the actors and crew returned to Los Angeles. The film goes on to win five Academy Awards, including Best Photos ((Michael Ochs Archives/Photos of Getty Images))
Ellen Wilson, who also grew up with the Sound of Music, told Fox News Digital that she found its value to be inspiring.
“My parents lived in Germany when I was in college, so I thought the whole person, like they escaped from Austria, like politically, I found it really interesting,” Wilson said. “And the loyalty to his country, you know, to his family.”
Valerie Wheeler told Fox News Digital that the Kennedy Center performed a timeless story.
“I think it’s great,” Wheeler said. “I think we can do live shows anytime, and I love going to Nationals. I love coming to Kennedy Center. I’m a retired teacher for over 35 years and I’m an English teacher. So, I love, love, love, love, love, love, love live.”
“The Voice of Music” began with the 1959 Broadway musical before being adapted into a 1965 film starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer.
The movie wins Five Academy Awards 1966, including Best Sound, Best Music and Best Pictures. It’s creepy $158 million domestically Box office records show that the global budget of $286 million is $8 million.
On March 2, 1965, this day in history, “The Voice of Music at the American Film Theater” debuted
Julie Andrews posed for a photo with Charmian Carr, Nicholas Hammond, Angela Cartwright, Heather Menzies, Duane Chase, Debbie Turner and Kym Karath in 1965. (Screen Archives/Getty Image Photos) (Getty Image)
