In the tradition of professional Broadway theater, SSMT provides the company members with Mondays off. My first Monday away from work I couldn't think of anything better to do than to go to the alamo. They were presenting an anniversary screening of The Sound of Music. They almost didn't show it Monday, but because I pointed out to the management that they advertised Monday and Tuesday as well as Sunday, I got it to be shown. Never take no for an answer. But I digress. (Anybody? Nobody). The movie is timeless. The music, the story, the actors, everything; it just never gets old. Also, there is nothing like watching it on the big screen. The mountain scenery scrolls across the screen and the music crescendos through the trees to that opening shot with the most famous turn in history. In a movie theater it gives you chills and with the high definition of it all you see a whole new layer of beauty in the film. I also felt like I was watching the film from a whole new lens (and not just because my glasses happened to be clean that day). I've learned so much this past year about the details in theater and the power of underscoring in a play or subsequently a film. I watched with my ears as well and noticed how themes were conveyed through what songs were attached to underscoring at certain parts of the movie. Now, I love the film even more and realize how truly extraordinary it was and is. It will continue to enchant audiences for another fifty years and when it's celebrating its 100th anniversary, I'll still be a fan and go out and buy the latest copy of the movie. Maybe by then they'll have made a 3d version of it or I doubt if DVDs will still exist but however it's released it will always be the timeless classic. The hills will always be alive with the sound of music.
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