1960's classic The Sound of Music has been named the 'Greatest Musical of All Time' in a new poll. The 1965 film, starring Julie Andrews, got 15 per cent of the vote in the Twentieth Century Fox poll. In the film, Andrews plays nun Maria who leaves an Austrian convent to take up a job of a governess to a Navy captain and his seven kids. Speaking at the launch of the Sound Of Music DVD at London's Palladium, Charmian Carr, who played Liesl von Trapp said: "It's such a good feeling to be a part of something that changed so many lives for the better. "To love each other and to stay together is such a wonderful message and I think probably nowadays more than ever people need to hear that message again." Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta starred, 1978 musical Grease, bagged the second place, reports The Sun. Musical comedy The Rocky Horror Show landed the third, while Mary Poppins, a Disney musical starring Julie Andrews stood fourth. Nicole Kidman starred Moulin Rouge came fifth, while Phantom of the Opera and The Wizard of Oz stood sixth and seventh respectively. Oliver, West Side Story and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang rounded off the top ten 'Greatest Musicals of All Time.'
The top ten 'Greatest Musicals of All Time' are:
1.The Sound of Music
2.Grease
3.The Rocky Horror Show
4.Mary Poppins
5.Moulin Rouge
6.Phantom of the Opera
7.The Wizard of Oz
8.Oliver
9.West Side Story
10.Chitty Chitty Bang Bang