As opposed to the previous clip, the new spot features a longer look at the larger cast – not just Carrie Underwood – as they describe details of the production.  Though Underwood opens the promo, Audra McDonald,  Laura Benanti, Christian Borle and Stephen Moyer are all featured – with Benanti saying perhaps the most defining and important-to-note detail:

“We’re not trying to remake the movie.  Nobody can remake the movie,” Benanti asserts.  Of course, referencing the 1965 Oscar-nominated film adaptation starring Julie Andrews.  It has been said previously that this production is more-aptly compared to the original stage production of the story….if a comparision is even necessary.

Castmembers note the scope of the production (“The set was a NASA hanger,” says Borle), as well as make sure to compliment each other – the incredible talent the Sound of Music production will be featuring.

Surely, as Benanti says, the NBC production will be “a Sound of Music for a new generation.”

Watch the full trailer below:

 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8uXO2n4j4Y#t=79

The Sound of Music airs live on NBC December 5th.

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While it’s been known for almost a year that six-time Grammy winner Carrie Underwood will be starring in the project as Maria, and more recently that True Blood‘s Stephen Moyer will portray Captain Georg Von Trapp, the rest of the cast has been unnamed.

Until today, when NBC announced that Christian Borle (Smash), Audra McDonald (Private Practice), and Laura Benanti (Go On) have been added to the cast.  All three are veterans of TV, and Tony Award winners!

McDonald, a five-time Tony-winner as been cast as Mother Abbess, Benanti as Elsa Schrader, and Borle is slated to play Max Dettweiler.

According to NBC, the three-hour Sound of Music telecast is based on the original 1959 Broadway production, not the 1965 film adaptation, though comparisons to Andrews’ performance are nonetheless inevitable.

The telecast is currently set to air Thursday, December 5th at 8/7c PM.

What do you think of the casting?  Hit the comments below!

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