Don't wash that man right out of your Hair
Bring him to the seven-time 2008 Tony
Award-winning
Lincoln Center Production of South Pacific
edited by Madelyn Miller, the TravelLady
 The first Broadway musical
ever to play the Winspear Opera House in Dallas, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s
SOUTH PACIFIC begins Tuesday, December 15, 2009 and runs through Sunday,
January 3, 2010 for a strictly limited run of only 24 performances.
The AT&T Performing Arts Center’s Lexus Broadway Series has chosen the
Dallas engagement of the National Tour of The Lincoln Center Theater
Production of Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein’s prize-winning musical
SOUTH PACIFIC, directed by Bartlett Sher as the first musical production.
Everyone's favorite Musical
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s SOUTH PACIFIC swept the 2008 Tony Awards®, winning
seven honors including Best Musical Revival and Best Director for Bartlett
Sher. This breathtaking new production was lauded by the critics as “Simply
Wonderful! Beguiling Theatrical Magic!” (New York Post), “Ravishing and
Overwhelming” (Variety) and “Rapturous and Revelatory!” (The New York
Times). The Lincoln Center Theater production of Rodgers &
Hammerstein's SOUTH PACIFIC continues its record breaking run on Broadway at
the Vivian Beaumont Theater (150 West 65 Street). Visit
www.SouthPacificMusical.com.
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 and a book by Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua
Logan.
Set on a tropical island during World War II, the musical tells
the sweeping romantic story of two couples -- US Navy nurse Nellie Forbush
and French plantation owner Emile de Becque and Navy Airman Joe Cable and a
young local native girl Liat -- and how their happiness is threatened by the
realities of war and by their own prejudices. Considered by many the finest
musical ever written, the score’s songs include such classics as “Some
Enchanted Evening,” “I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair,” “Younger
Than Springtime,” “Bali Ha’i,” “There is Nothin’ Like A Dame,” “This Nearly
Was Mine” and “A Wonderful Guy.”
The lavish new production features a cast of 34, musical staging by
Christopher Gattelli, sets by Michael Yeargan (winner of the 2008 Tony
Award®), costumes by Catherine Zuber (winner of the 2008 Tony Award®),
lighting by Donald Holder (winner of the 2008 Tony Award®), sound by Scott
Lehrer (winner of the 2008 Tony Award®) and music direction by Ted Sperling.
A full orchestra of 26 members – the largest orchestra of any touring
Broadway production – will perform the original orchestrations by Robert
Russell Bennett (winner of a Special 2008 Tony Award®) and dance and
incidental music arranged by Trude Rittmann.
For more information on the
production, please visit
www.SouthPacificOnTour.com
Casting for limited Dallas engagement
The National Touring Company of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s SOUTH PACIFIC will
be led by Jason Howard (Emile de Becque) and Carmen Cusack (Nellie Forbush),
with Anderson Davis (Lt. Cable), Matthew Saldivar (Luther Billis), Keala
Settle (Bloody Mary), Gerry Becker (Capt. Brackett), Peter Rini (Cmdr.
Harbison), Sumie Maeda (Liat), Rusty Ross (Professor), original 2008
Broadway cast member Genson Blimline (Stewpot), Christina Carrera (Ngana)
and CJ Palma (Jerome).
The ensemble will include Christopher Carl, Eric L. Christian (from the
Broadway production), Jacqueline Colmer, Mike Evairste (from the Broadway
production), Kate Fahrner, Nicholas Galbraith, Alexis G.B. Holt, Chad
Jennings, Christopher Johnstone, Kristie Kerwin, Jodi Kimura, Joe Langworth,
Cathy Newman, Diane Phelan, John Pinto Jr, Travis Robertson, Josh Rouah,
Tally Sessions, Kristen J. Smith, Matt Stokes, Gregory Williams and Victor
Wisehart.
Jason Howard is appearing with the support of Actors’ Equity
Association. The Producers gratefully acknowledge Actors’ Equity
Association for its assistance of this production.
Who's Who
BARTLETT SHER (Director) Lincoln Center Theater: Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,
South Pacific (Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards), Awake and
Sing (Tony nomination), The Light in the Piazza (Tony nomination). Artistic
Director of Seattle’s Intiman Theatre; credits there include: the world
premieres of Prayer for My Enemy and Singing Forest by Craig Lucas (both
also Long Wharf Theatre) and Nickel and Dimed; plays by Chekhov, Wilder,
Shakespeare, Goldoni and Tony Kushner. Opera: Roméo et Juliette (Salzburg
Festival), The Barber of Seville (Metropolitan Opera), Mourning Becomes
Electra (Seattle Opera and New York City Opera). New York: Cymbeline (2001
Callaway Award for Best Director; first American Shakespeare at the Royal
Shakespeare Company), Waste (2000 Best Play Obie), Don Juan (all TFANA). He
is a member of the TCG Board.
JASON HOWARD (Emile de Becque): Born
and raised in Wales. Former firefighter. Trained at Trinity and Royal
Colleges of Music, London. Early roles in musicals Curly in Oklahoma!, The
Ballad Singer in Paul Bunyan and Ravenal in Showboat (RSC production). Lead
roles in cast recordings include Showboat, The King and I, A Little Night
Music and Calamity Jane. Solo recording of Broadway material "Make Believe"
the Hollywood Baritones, a personal tribute Gordon Macrae and Howard Keel.
Opera highlights include: Rigoletto at Scottish Opera; Capt. Brant in
Mourning Becomes Electra at the Chicago Lyric, Seattle and New York City
Operas; Germont/La Traviata at English National, Minnesota, New York City
Operas; Marcello/La Bohème at Covent Garden, Geneva, Paris, Welsh National
Opera, Toulouse and Seattle. Most recently Wotan in Wagner's Ring Cycle,
Strasbourg.
CARMEN CUSACK (Nellie Forbush) Carmen is from Houston,
TX, has spent the last two years playing Elphaba in Wicked (US National
tour, Chicago and Australia productions). Her career prior was based in
England. Recent West End credits include: Les Misérables (Fantine; UK, US &
Shanghai), The Secret Garden (Rose; Royal Shakespeare Company), Personals
(Kim), Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens (Chesty Prospects), Over the Rainbow
(Eva Cassidy; UK & Ireland) and The Phantom of the Opera (Christine; UK
National Tour).
http://www.carmencusack.net/
Tickets
Tickets can be purchased at
www.attpac.org/southpacific, by phone at (214) 880-0202, or visit the
remote Box Office at Park Place Lexus Plano at 1025 Preston Road.
Ticket prices range from $30.00 to $98.00.
Madelyn Miller is a travel and food writer who has never been to the South
Pacific but has enjoyed the musical many times. Read her stories on
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