Simon said-
I thought she was OK, I'm sure many aren't used to stage music type performances. It was a gutsy thing to do.
Yeah, it's gutsy to go against the trends in the music biz with a 50 yr old musical (!), but I suspect she's trying to reach a Middle American audience to line up further opportunities with NBC, based on her wholesome image as a role model.
I hear Lady Gaga is releasing a jazz album (!) in January, which is really gutsy by going against trend (and her latest recording (artpop) didn't make much of a dent on the charts).
FHN said-
I didn't see it, but I saw the show the week before about the making of it. I thought she sounded good in rehearsal. I don't listen to her country music, but I thought her voice lent its self well to this genre. I love the movie. I am kind of sad that I missed it.
I didn't see it either (live), but with the internet, you don't have to miss anything, since NBC.com has it up for on-line viewing:
http://www.nbc.com/sound-of-music/video/the-sound-of-music-live/n43944/
Adam