Overview
South Pacific
Music by Richard Rodgers
Book by Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein
Directed by Rob Ruggiero
From the haunting “Bali Hai” to the exquisite “Some Enchanted Evening,” this Rodgers & Hammerstein classic contains some of the most glorious music ever written. The winner of 10 Tony Awards and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, South Pacific tells the sweeping romantic story of two couples on a remote island in the Pacific – a U.S. Navy nurse and an expatriate French plantation owner, and a Marine Corps lieutenant and a young local girl – and how their happiness is threatened by the realities of war and their own prejudices. Helmed by the same director of last season’s smash hit Show Boat, South Pacific balances intimate, personal stories with the sweeping grandeur of wartime drama. This exciting new production features all-new orchestrations arranged especially for Asolo Rep.