Return to Production  The Sound of Music (03/12/1998 -
06/20/1999)   New York Daily News: "'Sound of Mu-zzz-ic' Is Fa
From Original"  "The Sound of Music" was probably put on earth
to teach critics a much-needed lesson in humility. Both the
original musical and the subsequent movie version got mixed
reviews. Both became spectacular and enduring hits. So, pointing
out the limitations of this revival the first on Broadway in the
38 years since the show opened is probably a thankless task.
The appeal of Rodgers and Hammerstein's final collaboration is
hardly a puzzle. "The Sound of Music" has lots of cute kids. It
has, in the tale of how the young Maria melts the glacial heart
of Captain von Trapp, a sweet love story. The family's flight
from the Nazis is, literally, escapist drama. And there are, in
the title song, "Sixteen Going on Seventeen," "My Favorite
Things" and "Edelweiss" some of Richard Rodgers' most hummable
tunes.  It does two things beside. It puts a soothing,
optimistic gloss on a terrible war th