After nearly three decades away, THE SOUND OF MUSIC is coming back to Broadway.
“People are hungry for meaningful shared experiences,” said three-time Tony Award nominee Lear DeBessonet, who will direct the production as Lincoln Center Theater’s Kewsong Lee Artistic Director, when announcing the theater’s 2026-2027 season.
“We hope these productions leave audiences with a deeper sense of truth, a renewed capacity for wonder, and a fuller connection to the heart of our shared humanity,” DeBessonet added.
Lincoln Center Theater confirmed that the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic will open at the Vivian Beaumont Theater in New York City, with performances beginning March 23, 2027, and opening night set for April 15. This 17-week-only engagement marks the first Broadway revival in nearly 30 years, with the last having starred Rebecca Luker in 1998. DeBessonet comes into the project fresh off steering last season’s RAGTIME revival to four Tony Awards, including Best Revival of a Musical.
Tony Award nominee Jasmine Amy Rogers, known for her turn in BOOP! on Broadway, will star as Maria — the irrepressible Austrian postulant dispatched by her convent to serve as governess to the seven children of widowed Captain Georg von Trapp. Rogers takes on the role Mary Martin originated when the show first opened Nov. 16, 1959, carrying one of musical theater’s most beloved scores — “Do-Re-Mi,” “My Favorite Things,” “Edelweiss” and “Climb Ev’ry Mountain” — to a new generation.
Choreographer Christopher Gattelli rounds out the creative team. The production, per Lincoln Center’s announcement, “finds new power in the intimate story of a family learning to love again set against one of the most consequential moments of the twentieth century, as the Nazi regime rises to power and authoritarianism encroaches on daily life.”
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Movieguide® has long counted the original 1965 movie among Hollywood’s finest.
“THE SOUND OF MUSIC is one of the greatest movies of all time,” the Movieguide® review states.
“There is no bad language, sex, nudity or violence — period,” the review continues. “The movie stands as a testament to the incredible box office potential of clean, wholesome movies.”
Movieguide® also noted the movie’s “strong Christian worldview,” with Maria’s “sincere desire to serve God” at the moral center of the story. “The music by Rodgers and Hammerstein is so good you’ll want to sing it yourself,” the review adds. Movieguide® gave the movie a Family Content rating of +3 and a four-star quality score.
The musical’s staying power isn’t hard to figure. Maria’s journey from doubting postulant to wife and mother is driven by a faith that keeps asking whether she’s truly willing to follow. The Von Trapp family’s choice to flee Nazi-occupied Austria rather than comply with an evil regime gives the story its spine — and those aren’t themes that expire.
Christian families hoping to introduce their children to the Broadway stage would do well to start planning now. With just 17 weeks on the schedule, tickets will move fast. Lincoln Center Theater members can access presale tickets beginning July 8, 2026; general tickets go on sale July 21.
THE SOUND OF MUSIC ran for 1,443 performances on its original Broadway run. The hills have waited long enough.
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