<P> The original Broadway production , starring Mary Martin and Theodore Bikel , opened in 1959 and won five Tony Awards , including Best Musical , out of nine nominations . The first London production opened at the Palace Theatre in 1961 . The show has enjoyed numerous productions and revivals since then . It was adapted as a 1965 film musical starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer , which won five Academy Awards . The Sound of Music was the last musical written by Rodgers and Hammerstein ; Oscar Hammerstein died of cancer nine months after the Broadway premiere . </P>
<P> The original Broadway production , starring Mary Martin and Theodore Bikel , opened in 1959 and won five Tony Awards , including Best Musical , out of nine nominations . The first London production opened at the Palace Theatre in 1961 . The show has enjoyed numerous productions and revivals since then . It was adapted as a 1965 film musical starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer , which won five Academy Awards . The Sound of Music was the last musical written by Rodgers and Hammerstein ; Oscar Hammerstein died of cancer nine months after the Broadway premiere . </P>
when did the original sound of music come out
when did the original sound of music come out
1959
1959