Musicals Taught Me Everything I Know

This week we are chatting with Vivien Wood about one of the biggest musicals of all time that is named after an ocean - South Pacific!

The New York Herald Tribune wrote: The new and much-heralded musical, South Pacific, is a show of rare enchantment. It is novel in texture and treatment, rich in dramatic substance, and eloquent in song, a musical play to be cherished. Under Logan's superb direction, the action shifts with constant fluency. ... [He] has kept the book cumulatively arresting and tremendously satisfying. The occasional dances appear to be magical improvisations. It is a long and prodigal entertainment, but it seems all too short. The Rodgers music is not his finest, but it fits the mood and pace of South Pacific so felicitously that one does not miss a series of hit tunes. In the same way the lyrics are part and parcel of a captivating musical unity.

VIdeo Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeXvaHZj5tw

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Pacific_(musical)

https://stageagent.com/shows/musical/898/south-pacific

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052225/

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