South Pacific Rodgers and Hammerstein
south pacific opened on broadway on april 7, 1949, , ran on 5 years. songs bali ha , younger springtime , , enchanted evening have become standards. play based upon 2 short stories james a. michener book tales of south pacific, winner of pulitzer prize fiction in 1948. adaptation, rodgers , hammerstein, along co-writer joshua logan, won pulitzer prize drama in 1950.
in original production, mary martin starred heroine nellie forbush, , opera star ezio pinza starred emile de becque, french plantation owner. in cast juanita hall, myron mccormick , betta st. john. 1958 film version, directed logan, starred mitzi gaynor, rossano brazzi, john kerr, ray walston, , juanita hall. brazzi, kerr, , hall had singing dubbed others.
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