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South Pacific is a musical composed by Richard Rodgers, 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, running for 1,925 performances.
South Pacific es un musical de Richard Rodgers y Oscar Hammerstein II con libreto de Oscar Hammerstein II y Joshua Logan . El musical se estrenó en 1949 en Broadway y fue un éxito inmediato. Fue nominado a diez premios Tony y ganó en todas las categorías, incluyendo al mejor musical, al mejor actor principal en un musical, a la ...
Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers, Leland Hayward and Joshua Logan: Won Best Director: Joshua Logan: Won Best Libretto: Oscar Hammerstein II: Won Best Original Score: Richard Rodgers: Won 1949 Best Scenic Design: Jo Mielziner: Won
It would remain on the chart until 1953 and make its return in 1957 upon the film’s release, where it would stay until 1959. Learn more about the 1949 Original Broadway Production of South Pacific at the Official Rodgers & Hammerstein website. Explore the history, awards, media.
South Pacific. Music by Richard Rodgers | Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Book by Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan | Adapted from the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Tales of the South Pacific by James Michener. Based on short stories by James Michener published collectively as Tales of the South Pacific, the musical South Pacific opened on ...
Produced by Rodgers & Hammerstein and 20th Century Fox, the film version of South Pacific premiered on March 19, 1958. Directed by original Broadway director and co-librettist Joshua Logan, the film starred Mitzi Gaynor as Ensign Nellie Forbush, opposite Italian film star Rossano Brazzi as Emile de Becque.
In Oscar Hammerstein II Prize, 1944), Carousel (1945), and South Pacific (1949; Pulitzer Prize in 1950), combining bright tunes with relatively sophisticated stories—a blend then unfamiliar to the stage but later widely adopted.
