Rodgers and Hammerstein's SOUTH PACIFIC at Performance Riverside September 20, 2008

Performance Riverside opens it's Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Season with Rodgers and Hammerstein's SOUTH PACIFIC, the winner of nine Tony Awards and the 1950 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Set in an island paradise during World War II, two parallel love stories are threatened by the dangers of prejudice and war. Nellie, a spunky nurse from Arkansas, falls in love with a mature French planter, Emile. When Emile is recruited on a dangerous mission, Nellie realizes that life is too short not to seize her own chance for happiness, thus confronting and conquering her prejudices. South Pacific has some of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s greatest songs, such as “Some Enchanted Evening,” “There is Nothing Like a Dame,” “Honey Bun,” “You’ve Got to Be Carefully Taught,” “Wash That Man Right Out of My Hair,” and the haunting “Bali Ha’i.” Performances are September 19, 20, 26, and 27 at 8pm, and September 20, 21, 27, and 28 at 2pm. Call (951) 222-8100 for tickets, or visit www.performanceriverside.org to buy tickets now.

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