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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. The plot is based on James A. Michener 's Pulitzer Prize–winning 1947 book Tales of the South Pacific and ...
- Oscar Hammerstein II, Joshua Logan
- Richard Rodgers
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. The film, directed by Joshua Logan, stars Rossano Brazzi, Mitzi Gaynor, John Kerr and Ray Walston in the leading ...
- $5.61 million
- Richard Rodgers
- March 19, 1958
- Buddy Adler
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.
South Pacific is a musical based on James Michener's stories of World War II romance and culture clash in the South Pacific. It won the Pulitzer Prize, ten Tony Awards, and was adapted into two films.
A classic musical set in a South Pacific island during WWII, featuring two intercultural love stories and themes of romance, duty, and prejudice. Learn about the plot, characters, settings, and licensing information of this Tony Award-winning show.
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A musical play set in World War II about love, racism and culture clash on a South Pacific island. Follow the romance of Nellie and Emile, the spy mission of Lt. Cable and the dilemma of Liat and her suitor.
Plot. Act One. The scene opens on a beautiful, secluded island in the South Pacific, in the 1940s at the height of the Second World War. On the terrace of a splendid plantation home, two young children are singing and playing together ("Dites-Moi"). The children are half-Polynesian, half-European. The children’s nurse calls them inside, and ...
