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South Pacific is a musical composed by Richard Rodgers, with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and book by Hammerstein and Joshua Logan. The work premiered in 1949 on Broadway and was an immediate hit, running for 1,925 performances.
South Pacific is a 1958 American romantic musical film based on the 1949 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific, which in turn is loosely based on James A. Michener's 1947 short-story collection Tales of the South Pacific.
Bloody Mary. There Is Nothin’ Like a Dame. Bali Ha’i. My Girl Back Home. I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair. Some Enchanted Evening (Reprise) A Wonderful Guy. Bali Ha’i (Reprise) Younger Than Springtime.
Based on short stories by James Michener published collectively as Tales of the South Pacific, the musical South Pacific opened on Broadway at the Majestic Theatre on April 7, 1949, starring Mary Martin, Ezio Pinza and Juanita Hall. South Pacific won the 1950 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, marking the first time the committee included a composer in ...
SOUTH PACIFIC CONDENSED SYNOPSIS. During World War II, two love stories are threatened by the dangers of prejudice and war. Nellie, a nurse from Arkansas, falls in love with a local French estate owner, Emile.
Set against the dramatic background of an idyllic South Pacific island during WWII, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific intertwines the themes of romance, duty, and prejudice to create a story that is all at once hilarious, heartbreaking, and thought-provoking.
South Pacific was born when Navy lieutenant James A. Michener found himself stationed on a small Pacific island in 1945. Out of boredom, he wrote a group of stories based on his wartime experiences, then compiled them as Tales of the South Pacific, which won the 1947 Pulitzer Prize.
