The "hills are alive" at Bowling Green State University with "Sing-a-Long-a Sound of
Music." The family-friendly audience-participation show begins at 7 p.m. on June 21 in the Thomas
B. and Kathleen M. Donnell Theatre in the Wolfe Center for the Arts.
Part of the College of Musical Arts’ Summer Concert Series, "Sing-a-Long-a Sound of Music" has
been performed over 10,000 times in 11 countries since it debuted at the Prince Charles Cinema in the
U.K. in 1999, and has filled the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles seven times.
In 2001, Elton John and 40 of his friends dressed up as nuns to "sing along with Julie," hiring
the show for a private birthday party. Other fans include Hugh Grant, Joan Collins and Neil Tennant of
the Pet Shop Boys.
Audience members lend their voices to the experience, singing from memory (or by subtitle, if new to the
"Sound of Music" scene), using the props provided to ticketholders.
In preparation for the screening of the classic Julie Andrews movie in full-screen Technicolor, the night
will begin with a 30-minute pre-film show during which the host will lead the audience through a vocal
warm-up and prepare them for special moments throughout the film and the fancy dress parade and
competition. The audience will choose the winners of prizes awarded in three categories: nuns and
children, individuals and groups.
ABC World News Tonight said, "If you’ve always wanted to be a part of a musical, this is your
chance!"
Tickets at $15 can be purchased by visiting BGSU.edu/Arts or by calling the Arts Box Office at
419-372-8171.
Guests with disabilities in need of special services, assistance, or accommodations to fully participate
in this program should contact BGSU at 419-372-2616 or [email protected].
"The Sound of Music," the last musical from the team of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein,
made its debut on Broadway in 1959.
Based on a true story it tells of the formation of the Trapp Family Simgers discovery of music, and then
the family’s flight from the Nazis.
The 1965 film of the musical, starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, won five Academy Awards.