The Sound of Music by Rogers and Hammerstein has been so popular that I think I should have seen it a dozen time in Southern Calilfornia and at least a couple of times since we've been here. But as I try to remember when or with whom, I can't remember. If so, it must have been at least 10 years ago, maybe longer.
In any case, the musical is being performed by the Davis Musical Theater Company who have worked their usual magic in bringing the talent out in a large group of amateurs. Kay Hight, who plays Maria Rainer for example, is like Julie Andrews, not an instantly recognizable beauty. But when she smiles, her face actually glows and her eyes glisten. She therefore makes a believable Maria. And each of the 7 von Trapp children are believable and lovable.
The choir of all the nuns steals the show. What great harmony and tone! The greatest enigma of the whole performance was Captain vonn Trapp. His character played by Giorgio Selvaggio did everything to excess - marched stiffly but stiff to the point of rigidity; spoke roughly but to the point of robotic; and appeared to make rash decisions regarding his marriage.
The person having the most fun during the play had to be Herb Schultz who played Max Detweiler and hammed it up about as much as he could have.
You can try to get tickets at dmtg.org but they were playing to a full house yesterday.
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