Broadway International Group and Broadway Asia are pleased to announce that Filipino theater stalwarts Karylle Tatlonghari and Markki Stroem will be joining the international touring cast of 'The Sound of Music' for its Manila season.

Tatlonghari is taking on the role of Baroness Elsa von Schraeder; the beautiful, cosmopolitan woman who has her eyes set firmly on the Captain.

Markki Stroem, meanwhile, will be playing the handsome Rolf, the delivery boy who has his eyes on the beautiful Liesl in 'Sixteen Going On Seventeen.'

'We are absolutely thrilled to welcome Karylle and Markki into the company,' Said producer Marc Routh.

'Having done many shows in Manila over the years with stars like Lea Salonga in Cinderella, Filipinos are known around the world over for their spectacular talents — so we when the opportunity for us to cast two roles out of the Philippines, how could we say no?

'We are so excited to see them both step into these iconic roles. We have so much confidence in their abilities as performers and we are really looking forward for Filipino audiences to come and see them on stage,' Routh added.

'My love of musicals began when I watched the movie Sound of Music as a 4-year-old, it was aspirational, I memorized all of the songs and dreamed of one day being part of this wonderful classic,' Stroem excitedly shared.

'I guess when a childhood memory becomes a reality, you are transported back to that time when you first fell in love with musicals — this is the moment when my childhood dreams and reality meet,' Tatlonghari also said.

The two artists will join the touring company members Jill-Christine Wiley as Maria Rainer, Trevor Martin as Captain von Trapp, and Lauren Kidwell as Mother Abbess, and Lauren O'Brien as Liesl.

Tickets are available online at ticketworld.com.ph and TicketWorld outlets.