NBC Adds Three Names to The Sound of Music Live!

NBC announced today that three Tony winners would be joining Carrie Underwood and True Blood's Stephen Moyer in the production of The Sound of Music Live!

Audra McDonald, Laura Benanti, and Christian Borle have each signed on to the production.

Via EW:

The Sound of Music Live!, starring Carrie Underwood as Maria von Trapp, will premiere on NBC this December. In addition to premiering the first art (above), NBC  also announced today that Broadway vets Audra McDonald, Laura Benanti, and Christian Borle have all signed on to the production. McDonald will play Mother Abbess, Borle will tackle von Trapp family friend Max Detweiler, and Bananti will portray Elsa Schrader, the Captain’s onetime fiancée. The production, which will also star Stephen Moyer as Captain Georg von Trapp, is based on the original three-hour 1959 Broadway production, not the iconic 1965 movie starring Julie Andrews, although comparisons to the beloved Andrews version are inevitable. This poster, of course, calls to mind one of Andrews’ most iconic moments.

The Sound of Music Live! will air live December 5th at 8 p.m. ET.