South Pacific

^{Running since March 2008}
A revival of the classic Rodgers & Hammerstein musical plays the main hall at Lincoln Center Theater.
^{Winner of 7 Tony Awards, including Best Revival of a Musical. Closes August 22nd.}

The Broadway production of South Pacific closed August 22, 2010. For current Broadway show listings and tickets, please click here.

The original stars of this production, Kelli O'Hara and Paulo Szot, will return on August 10th and play the final 2 weeks of the run.

This is one of the gold-standard Broadway musicals of the last century in its first Broadway revival, staged by one of the city's leading art theatres, winning rave reviews in the tri-state press - an excellent purchase for those looking for the classic Broadway experience. The anguished goings-on and rapturous arias would certainly bore the tykes, but for adults looking for a lavish staging of a classic show, this is a great choice.

Plot: Deep in the Pacific theater of WWII, a nurse falls for a local planter, but recoils when she discovers that he had once been married to an island native. A serviceman is faced with a similar decision when mulling happiness with an innocent 'Tonkinese' girl.

Here's a video montage from the production (no singing for some reason, but the images are stunning and you can probably sing along as you watch anyway):

South Pacific - Broadway Musical

what the critics said:

4.3 out of 5.0 (click for excerpts)

what audiences said:

4.7 out of 5.0 (click for reviews)

audience rating for kids:

OK for 11 and over (click for details)

producer:

Lincoln Center Theater

stars:

Kelli O'Hara, Paulo Szot

music:

Richard Rodgers

lyrics & book:

Oscar Hammerstein II

book:

Joshua Logan

story:

James A. Michener

director:

Bartlett Sher

awards:

^{2008 Tony Awards: Best Revival of a Musical, Best Direction of a Musical, Best Scenic Design of a Musical, Best Costume Design of a Musical, Best Lighting Design of a Musical, Best Sound Design of a Musical, Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical (Paulo Szot).
2008 Drama Desk Awards: Outstanding Revival of a Musical, Outstanding Director of Musical, Outstanding Set Design of a Musical, Outstanding Sound Design, Outstanding Actor in a Musical (Paulo Szot).
2008 Outer Critics Circle Awards: Outstanding Revival of a Musical, Outstanding Director of a Musical, Outstanding Actor in a Musical (Paulo Szot), Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical (Danny Burstein).}

ticket prices:

$75.00 - $125.00

attendance last week:

96.8%

venue:

Lincoln Center - Vivian Beaumont Theatre (information) (seating chart)

(map & driving directions) (parking) (parking coupon)

running time:

2 hrs 50 mins

link to official show site:

official website

full credits:

http://www.ibdb.com/production.asp?ID=463981

weekly schedule:
Monday	Dark
Tuesday	7:00 PM
Wednesday	2:00 PM & 8:00PM
Thursday	8:00 PM
Friday	8:00 PM
Saturday	2:00 PM & 8:00 PM
Sunday	3:00 PM