Productions4 on Broadway
| 1943 | Cort Theatre Original. December 29, 1943 · Lee Strasberg · predates this show | 5 performances |
| 1949 | Majestic Theatre Revival. April 7, 1949 · Joshua Logan | 1,925 performances · 10 Tony wins |
| 1949 | Transfer Theatre not recorded. | |
| 2008 | Revival Theatre not recorded. · Bartlett Sher | 996 performances |
Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. 1 of these predate the show itself and are almost certainly a different work of the same name. Shown, marked, not merged. West End runs are not yet held.
Recordings 1 album held
Licensing 2 entries
| US | Concord Theatricals R&H Theatricals | available |
| UK | Concord Theatricals R&H Theatricals | available |
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In the literature40 passages
It was the second longest running musical of the decade as well as the second musical to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize for drama. book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-green-stanley-green-kay-5th-ed-rev-and-updated-by#p167
Myron McCormick in South Pacific appeared in drag. book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-green-stanley-green-kay-5th-ed-rev-and-updated-by#p290
the revue’s original name had been a more commercial one, but unfortunately another show in town was already called South Pacific . However, their revue had much in common with Rodgers and Hammerstein’s hit book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p52
“Getting to Know You” was added during the tryout for Anna and the royal wives and children. As “Suddenly Lucky,” it had been intended for Cable to sing to Liat in South Pacific, but was dropped in favor of “Younger Than Springtime.” With a revised lyric, the song became one of the hit songs from The King and I. book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p140
; and she was Martin’s stand-by in South Pacific and went on for a few performances when Martin took ill. book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p185
South Pacific first opened on April 7, 1949, at the Majestic Theatre for a marathon run of 1,925 performances with Ezio Pinza (Emile de Becque), Mary Martin (Nellie Forbush), William Tabbard (Cable), Juanita book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p469
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