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.

Premiering on Broadway at the Majestic Theatre on April 7, 1949, South Pacific was an instant hit with critics and audiences alike. Starring Mary Martin as Ensign Nellie Forbush and opera star Ezio Pinza as Emile De Becque, South Pacific would run 1,925 performances on Broadway, taking its final bow on January 16, 1954.

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.

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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.

2 天之前 · Kamryn Loy Shines a light on Asians in performing arts and her role in Toledo Opera’s South Pacific. This Valentine’s Day Toledo Opera brings South Pacific to the stage at the Valentine Theater February 14 and 16. The original Broadway production premiered in 1949, based on a Pulitzer-Prize winning book Tales of the South Pacific. The musical tells two …

South Pacific follows the lives of U.S. military men, nurses and residents of a Polynesian island during World War II, based on James Michener's Tales of the...

2010年8月22日 · This epic musical romance centers on a group of American sailors and Navy nurses stationed in the South Pacific during World War II.

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.