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"Carrie Underwood is to star in NBC&amp;#039;s live production of The Sound of Music. The American Idol winner is to play Maria Von Trapp in a three-hour televised staging of the musical.  Smash producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron will oversee the Peacock Network&amp;#039;s version of The Sound of Music, which has been an enduring Broadway hit. An NBC spokesperson said of the project: &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;re thrilled to be presenting the Broadway version of The Sound of Music live and having Carrie Underwood as the star brings it to a new generation who will fall in love with it for the first time as many millions of people already have.&amp;quot; The Sound of Music is expected to air during the 2013 holiday season. Underwood is of course primarily known for her chart-topping country music hits, but she has had acting roles in How I Met Your Mother and Soul Surfer.  Rodgers and Hammerstein&amp;#039;s The Sound of Music made its Broadway debut in 1959 with an all-star cast including Mary Martin and Theodore Bikel. A 1965 film adaptation earned five Academy Awards. Watch a trailer for The Sound of Music film below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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