Based on James Michener’s Pulitzer Prize-winning collection of short stories, TALES OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s own Pulitzer Prize-winning blockbuster was a landmark of post-World War II Broadway, a provocative romantic drama that beguiled audiences with a hit parade of instant standards.

South Pacific was among Rodgers and Hammerstein’s most successful and critically acclaimed shows, winning nine Tony Awards, including Best Musical, in 1950. Tender romance, an immortal score and enchanted South Sea splendor are set against the dark backdrop of a world at war in this lush and passionate musical classic.

At the heart of South Pacific is the love story of a naive young Navy nurse and an older French plantation owner whomeet on a U.S. - occupied South Sea island. A young soldier and a beautiful native girl also fall in love, as the two parallel love stories are threatened by the dangers of prejudice and war. South Pacific is generally considered to be one of the greatest musicals of all time, and a number of its songs, such as “Bali Ha’i”, “Younger than Springtime”, and “Some Enchanted Evening”, have become worldwide standards.

 

July 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

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