Shows · South Pacific (2008 Revival)
South Pacific (2008 Revival)
Opened 2008
996 performances
Revival, Modern
On a South Pacific island during World War II, Navy nurse Nellie Forbush falls for French plantation owner Emile de Becque, but struggles with her own prejudice when she learns he has mixed-race children from a previous marriage. Meanwhile, young Lieutenant Cable falls for a beautiful Polynesian girl but cannot overcome his own deeply ingrained racism, and both romances test whether love can conquer bigotry.
- Music
- Richard Rodgers
- Lyrics
- Oscar Hammerstein II
- Book
- Oscar Hammerstein II, Joshua Logan
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 combines elements of several of those stories. Rodgers and Hammerstein believed they could write a musical based on Michener's work that would be financially successful and, at the same time, send a strong progressive message on racism. The plot centers on an American nurse stationed on a South Pacific island during World War II, who falls in love with a middle-…
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