Let that treasure trove of sweet memories come flooding back
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Carmen Pretorius as ‘Marie’ in The Sound of Music
“Doe a deer a female deer, ray a drop of golden sun!” what memories do these familiar words and happy tunes evoke in us? Maria running across the beautiful alpine hillside singing “The Hills are Alive”? The singing nuns trying to solve “a problem like Maria”? Kids clothed in curtaining fabric traipsing across the countryside? Leisl singing “I am sixteen, going on seventeen”? The children performing “So Long, Farewell” at the ball, or the poignant moment when the Baron’s voice breaks with emotion as he sings Edelweiss?
A treasure trove of memories come flooding back, bringing with it the sweet memory of something good, timeless and precious. The Sound of Music, with over 1,500 Broadway performances, six Tony Awards, three million albums sold and five Academy Awards to its name, is one of the best loved musicals of all time. And Colombo will soon be privy to this Broadway classic as Cinnamon Life presents the award winning musical production by Andrew Lloyd Webber and David Ian’s The Really Useful Group.
The Broadway production of the Sound of Music will be performed at the Nelum Pokuna Theatre from February 14 – 18. The sets, production equipment as well as cast and crew members will be flown in especially for the performance. Tickets for the show can be booked on 011 2161161 or through www.cinnamonboxoffice.com
Cinnamon Life, the integrated development by the John Keells Group, is determined to make Colombo the hotspot of entertainment – The Sound of Music is just the first of many such high calibre performances planned for the near future.
Cinnamon Life presents Andrew Lloyd Webber and David Ian, the Really Useful Group production of The Sound of Music – In Association with Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau, powered by Nations Trust Bank American Express and Mercedez Benz from DIMO, Airline partner SriLankan Airlines, Skills Development Partner British Council. Banking Partner Nations Trust Bank Private Banking, Inbound Travel partner Walkers Tours, Print Media and Web partners Sunday Times, Daily Mirror, Daily FT, Life online, Daily Mirror.lk, Hi Magazine and HI TV, Radio Partner YES FM and Legends 96.6, Creative partner JWT, Print partner Anim8 , Outdoor Media partner Emerging Media, Tea Partner Dilmah Tea, Telecommunication Partner Dialog, Pay TV partner Dialog TV, Cinema Partner Scope Cinema and Official Photographer Sagara Lakmal Photography.