south pacific

     

The basis of this show that won a Best Musical Tony & a Pulitzer was a collection of stories that won the Pulitzer in 1948

Trivia about south pacific

  • One of the traditional 7 seas, it shares its name with a Rodgers & Hammerstein musical
  • This classic musical was based on a book of "Tales" by James Michener
  • "Bali Ha'i"
  • This Rodgers & Hammerstein musical opened on Broadway on "Some Enchanted Evening" in April 1949
  • In 1952 Cloris Leachman briefly starred as Ensign Nellie Forbush in this musical
  • "There Is Nothin' Like A Dame"&"Some Enchanted Evening"
  • Lt. Cable gets to sing "Younger Than Springtime" before he's killed on a tropical island in this WWII-set musical
  • Musical in which Lester Billis was Nellie Forbush's "honey bun"
  • Emile de Becque & Ensign Nellie Forbush
  • Sean Connery's introduction to show biz was as a sailor in a British production of this musical
  • "Happy Talk","Some Enchanted Evening"
  • Bloody Mary was the girl the Tonys loved in 1950, when Juanita Hall won for playing her in this musical
  • Director Josh Logan wanted Elizabeth Taylor to play Nellie Forbush in this movie musical
  • "Younger Than Springtime" was written for "Allegro" but not used; instead, it appeared in this musical
  • There is nothing like this musical that opened in New York in 1949
  • This classic Rodgers & Hammerstein show set in WWII Polynesia came back to Broadway in 2008
  • (Frank Rich delivers the clue.) Though its heroine is a "cockeyed optimist", the 2008 revival of this WWII-set Rodgers & Hammerstein show makes you think about the costs of war
  • (Hi. I'm CCH Pounder.) A favorite film of mine is this 1958 musical that featured the song "Bali Ha'i"; it was also the 1st film I ever saw in color
  • 1950: "Fiji's Neck of the Ocean"