The hills will be alive again on national TV, as "Smash" producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron begin work on a new production of the 1959 Broadway hit "The Sound Of Music" set for live broadcast on
NBC. No lip-synching allowed!
The network is thus reviving "a tradition of broadcasting musicals live" that was part of 1950s TV, according to NBC Entertainment Chairman Robert Greenblatt.
Airdate isn't available yet, but "casting will begin immediately," writes Lesley Goldberg.