Seven Days: Vermont's Independent Voice

Climb Ev'ry Mountain

If staging The Sound of Music atop the Alps isn’t an option — talk about a long shot — the next best place to draw the curtains is likely in Stowe. After all, the popular getaway town is the home base of the Trapp Family Singers’ descendents. Stowe Theatre Guild takes that connection and runs with it in a production of the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical 50 years after its Broadway opening. A Burlington-based trifecta — director Sue Fox, music director Martin Hain and choreographer Christina Weakland — leads the production, which boasts a large cast from all over the state and “one of the biggest sets we’ve ever had,” says STG’s Lynn Espey. Let the “do-re-mi”s begin.