South Pacific is a musical composed by Richard Rogers, 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. 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-aged expatriate French plantation owner but struggles to accept his mixed-race children.
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1950 | Best Musical | Winner |
The Man Who Came to Dinner (4/4/25-4/6/25)
South Pacific (5/30/25-6/8/25)
Party of 1 (Acts) - One-Act Festival (7/11/25-7/13/25)
Into the Woods (9/26/25-10/5/25)
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Kelly Briggs " Broadway By The Bay" (12/29/23-12/29/23)
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