A Fullerton School District school opted this week to remove Nazi symbols from their sixth-graders’ performance of the play “The Sound of Music.” The play, set in Austria at the beginning of World War II, tells the true story of a family who must flee their country as the Nazis invade. District Superintendent Rob Pletka…

On the evening of March 31, 1943, American musical theater entered its Golden Age. That was the night the curtain at Broadway’s St. James Theatre rose on an old woman churning butter and a cowboy praising the beauty of the morning. It was the night “Oklahoma!” proclaimed the arrival of composer Richard Rodgers and librettist/lyricist…

Salzburg is forever smiling to the tunes of Mozart and “The Sound of Music.” Thanks to its charming old town, splendid Baroque churches, and one of Europe’s largest medieval fortresses, Salzburg feels designed to keep its visitors happy. With around eight million sightseers prowling its cobbled lanes each year, the city can feel pretty touristy….

While arriving at her house with chocolates, flowers, and maybe a trip to her favorite upscale dining establishment will likely suffice, how cool would it be if you and your mom (or your child) were to sit down together and take in an inspirational movie (or two) celebrating motherhood in all of its glory? The…

LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill.—“The Sound of Music” first played in New Haven, Connecticut, as a pre-Broadway try-out on Oct. 3, 1959. After the show, its composer Richard Rodgers, its lyricist Oscar Hammerstein, and the show’s performers waited for the town’s critical reviews to come in. When the newspapers came out with bad reviews, everyone was crestfallen believing…

STOWE, Vt.—The second daughter of Maria von Trapp, whose Austrian family was famous for being depicted in the musical and beloved movie “The Sound of Music,” has died. She was 90. Eleonore “Lorli” von Trapp Campbell died Sunday in Northfield, Vermont. The death was confirmed by The Day Funeral Home in Randolph, Vermont. Campbell was…

NEW YORK—Christopher Plummer, the dashing award-winning actor who played Captain von Trapp in the film “The Sound of Music” and at 82 became the oldest Academy Award acting winner in history, has died. He was 91. Plummer died Friday morning at his home in Connecticut with his wife, Elaine Taylor, by his side, said Lou…