Theater star Laura Benanti moves closer to mainstream fame with the NBC hit 'The Sound of Music Live!,' mixing it up with concert shows and guest spots."The Sound of Music" has been sweet to Laura Benanti. In 1998 at the age of just 18, she made her Broadway debut as Maria in a revival of the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical, but it was her role last month as Maria's rival, the jilted Elsa Schrader, in NBC's "The Sound …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:30AM on January 8, 2014