The excitement continues to build toward Carrie Underwood’s starring role in NBC’s December 5th holiday event, The Sound of Music Live!, and you can be watching for Carrie on TV later this week, including the November 27th premiere of an hourlong special about the making of the three-hour musical and its companion soundtrack. And playing the part of Maria is really a big deal and a huge thrill for Carrie, in part because she says that she’s always been a big fan of musicals. (AUDIO INFO BELOW)

• Don’t miss The Making of The Sound of Music Live! when it premieres Wednesday, November 27th, at 8pm, ET, on NBC.
• Thanksgiving with Carrie:  In addition to her previously announced appearance on this year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade®, you can also watch for Carrie to make a Thanksgiving night appearance on NBC’s Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Catch Fallon at 12:35pm, ET, and look for Carrie and other cast members from The Sound of Music Live! during the first hour of the Macy’s parade, which will air on NBC beginning at 9am (all time zones), re-airing at 2pm throughout the country.
• The Sound of Music Live! will air from 8 to 11pm, ET, on December 5th, on NBC.
• Last week, NBC posted a special preview video, “First Look – The Sound of Music Live!” Check it out here!
• Get in the Spirit: If you need to brush up on your favorite songs from the musical, you can pick up the companion soundtrack two days before the live TV event! Releasing on December 3rd, “The Sound of Music” — Music from the NBC Television Event will include studio recordings of all of the musical numbers performed by the cast in the live broadcast. The album is available for pre-order here, on iTunes.
• Pick up a holiday keepsake to re-live and enjoy The Sound of Music Live! when the three-hour event is released on DVD on December 17th!

  Carrie Underwood talks about being a part of The Sound of Music Live! (:43)
“I grew up loving the movie, and I’ve always loved musicals, and obviously I have such a huge respect for people singing live and people that are genuinely talented people getting up and presenting themselves to the world, and I think marrying all that stuff, you know, being on TV, being a live event, being a musical, I really think we’ll be able to kind of bring all of those things to a whole new generation and hopefully just let people really get an appreciation for big events like that and live music. And I’m just excited to be a part of one of the greatest musicals of all time, and I’m excited to get that chance.”