Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and eight Tony Awards, “South Pacific” — Rodgers and Hammerstein’s glorious tale of wartime romance — comes to the Beasley Coliseum 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 11.
This Broadway classic is rich in humor and eloquent in song. It features an unforgettable score of enduring standards, like “Some Enchanted Evening,” “I’m In Love With a Wonderful Guy,” “Bali Ha’i,” “Younger Than Springtime,” “There Is Nothing Like a Dame” and “Gonna Wash That Man Right Out of My Hair.”
Adapted from two short stories by James Michener, “South Pacific” chronicles two love affairs. The first involves Lt. Joe Cable and a young Polynesian girl. The second revolves around Nellie Forbush, a Navy nurse from Little Rock, and Emile de Becque, a French planter with whom she falls in love one enchanted evening. The two stories fatally intertwine when Cable and de Becque go on a dangerous mission behind Japanese lines from which only one of them returns.
This is the same production currently touring in larger Inland Northwest cities, including Spokane. Presented by Festival Dance and Performing Arts with local sponsors KLEW-TV and Zions Bank, “South Pacific” is the finest balance between story and song, hilarity and heartbreak.
Tickets — available at Beasley, The Depot, UI North Campus Center and all Ticketswest outlets — are priced as follows: Adults $26/$20, students $20/$16, children 12 and under $16/$12, first seven rows $32, discounts for groups. For more information, call Festival Dance at (208) 883-3267 or the Beasley box office at 335-1514, ext. 3.
