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ISBS Review: South Pacific on Broadway

By Brian | July 27, 2008 | Share on Facebook

As an anniversary gift, my in-laws bought us tickets to see the latest revival of South Pacific, currently playing at the Lincoln Square Theater in New York.

For those who don’t know (I didn’t until tonight), South Pacific was written in 1949 by the legendary team of Rodgers and Hammerstein.

Topics: ISBS Reviews, New York, New York | 3 Comments »

3 Responses to “ISBS Review: South Pacific on Broadway”

  1. Michael Weinmayr says at July 27th, 2008 at 7:30 am :
    I couldn’t agree more. I’ve performed in 4 R&H musicals (this one, Oklahoma, The King & I, and Carousel), and while they are all heavy-handed in the moral lessons that they attempt to deliver, South Pacific is the worst of the lot. I don’t plan to see it again, unless I know somebody in the cast.

    I also recently went to a musical revue of songs from R&H musicals, and it was great. If only the books of these shows weren’t so ponderous.

  2. Brian says at July 27th, 2008 at 9:01 pm :
    Now that you mention it, I was in a pit orchestra for Carousel in high school, and while it was quite the morality lesson, I don’t remember it dragging on for nearly as long.

    Now that I’ve sat through another three hours of R&H as an adult, though, I think I’d almost always prefer an R&H musical revue to any of their shows.

    Unless, as you mention, I know someone in the cast (most likely – you!)

  3. Michael Weinmayr says at July 29th, 2008 at 7:41 am :
    An additional thought: R&H always kill someone off. And, it’s whichever character is the most convenient, the one who isn’t going to change, and that allows everyone else to “learn a wonderful life lesson”. Feh.