Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific: National Tour April 17, 2010

A stunning reinvention produced by Lincoln Center Theater, 'South Pacific' swept the 2008 Tony Awards(R), winning seven honors including Best Musical Revival and Best Director for Bartlett Sher. Set on a tropical island during World War II, the musical tells the sweeping romantic story of two couples and how their happiness is threatened by the realities of war and by their own prejudices. The beloved score's songs include 'Some Enchanted Evening,' 'I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair,' 'This Nearly Was Mine' and 'There is Nothin' Like a Dame.' Based on James Michener's Pulitzer Prize winning book Tales of the South Pacific, 'Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific' has music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, a book by Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan and is directed by 2008 Tony Award(R)-winner Bartlett Sher.