The Sound of Music

3 stars (out of 4)

Music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse, directed by Jack O’Brien. Until Jan. 4 at the Princess of Wales Theatre, 300 King St. W. mirvish.com or 1800-467-3333

At the end of the first act of “The Sound of Music,” Christiane Noll’s Mother Abbess belts out one of the musical’s most soul-stirring numbers, “Climb Ev’ry Mountain,” which she sings to Cayleigh Capaldi’s Maria, urging her young protégé to forge ahead on her own path, no matter how treacherous or challenging.

The three-minute song is one of the many emotional summits in this final collaboration from the songwriting team of Rodgers and Hammerstein. It’s also representative of director Jack O’Brien’s staging as a whole, which has rol

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