The Hills Are Alive! Check Out Carrie Underwood as Maria in The Sound of Music Poster

American Idol and Grammy Award winner Carrie Underwood is getting set to take on the iconic musical theater role of Maria Rainer in a live TV production of The Sound of Music. The Rodgers and Hammerstein classic will come to life again on December 5 in a telecast co-starring True Blood’s Stephen Moyer as Captain Von Trapp, five-time Tony winner Audra McDonald as Mother Abbess, Tony winner Laura Benanti as Baroness Elsa Schrader and Tony winner Christian Borle as Max Dettweiler. Check out the official poster above to get your first look at Underwood in costume, and set your DVRs today for this can’t-miss musical event, directed by Beth McCarthy Miller and Tony winner Rob Ashford.