I first saw Sound of Music in a Chicago downtown theater in 1965 (?) and that turned me on to musicals.
first musicals, then gladiator movies, then....
Two summers ago our youngest daughter and her 3 daughters - the youngest age 6 - were cast in ‘Sound Of Music’ at the community theater in Ojai, Calif.
Daughter played the woman Captain von Trapp was engaged to until Maria came along. (I did not get the idea Maria went about on purpose to break up that engagement).
In the party scene, daughter wore a beautiful red gown as she descended the stairway - the audience always gasped. Daughter is not, say, Rita Hayworth gorgeous, but is rather charismatic on stage.
It was a sensational summer, and we all hated to see it end.
PS Some told daughter to have the red gown ‘mysteriously’ disappear from wardrobe, but it should still be there!