Salzburg’s “Sound Of Music” – It’s A Hit!

The musical’s depictions of swastikas and characters in Nazi uniforms has previously been a point of contention in Austrian productions — and caused some walkouts when “The Sound of Music” was presented in Vienna in 2005, The A.P. said — but Andreas Gergen, director of the Salzburg production, said, “I think that this is truly the right moment in time, when Austrians are actually ready to deal with their past.”