Eight O'Clock Theatre Presents
South Pacific
Book by Oscar Hammerstein II
and Joshua Logan
Music by Richard Rodgers
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
September 6-22, 2013
Based on James Michener's Pulitzer Prize winning
Tales of the South Pacific.
Set on a tropical island during World War II, the musical tells the
sweeping romantic story of two couples 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.
Its portrayal of Americans stationed in an alien culture in wartime is
as relevant today as when it first thrilled audiences in 1949.