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Top 10 Stage Musicals: A Symphony of Theatrical Brilliance

You walk into the grand theater for a musical, and the red velvet seats stretch before you under the glow of the massive chandelier. A buzz of excitement fills the air as people chat and flip through their playbills. The lights dim, the orchestra rises, and a familiar overture begins to play.  From the streets ...

Viena Abdon

A scene from 'The Sound of Music.'

The Sound of Music in Salzburg, Austria

If The Sound of Music is one of your favorite movies, Salzburg, Austria, is almost certainly on your travel wish list. The Sound of Music continues to captivate moviegoers decades after it first appeared on the big screen. Today, more than 300,000 tourists visit Salzburg, Austria, where the film was shot, each year to tour ...

Haidene Go

Salzburg, Austria.

Do You Know the Real Story Behind ‘The Sound of Music’?

A video of almost 200 people taking over Antwerp Train Station in Belgium in a carefully choreographed dance to the Do Re Mi song that Maria sings in The Sound of Music has reached over 1 million hits. While people, including myself, like to watch viral videos, this one seems to have struck an especially ...

Troy Oakes

A photo of Tracey Bell impersonating Julie Andrews' version of 'Maria' from 'The Sound of Music' with the Austrian Alps in the background.