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Original Broadway Cast South Pacific Program From 1949, Mary Martin, Ezio Pinza
Original Broadway Cast South Pacific Program From 1949, Mary Martin, Ezio Pinza
Original Broadway Cast South Pacific Program From 1949, Mary Martin, Ezio Pinza
Original Broadway Cast South Pacific Program From 1949, Mary Martin, Ezio Pinza
Original Broadway Cast South Pacific Program From 1949, Mary Martin, Ezio Pinza
Original Broadway Cast South Pacific Program From 1949, Mary Martin, Ezio Pinza
Original Broadway Cast South Pacific Program From 1949, Mary Martin, Ezio Pinza
Original Broadway Cast South Pacific Program From 1949, Mary Martin, Ezio Pinza
Original Broadway Cast South Pacific Program From 1949, Mary Martin, Ezio Pinza
Original Broadway Cast South Pacific Program From 1949, Mary Martin, Ezio Pinza
Original Broadway Cast South Pacific Program From 1949, Mary Martin, Ezio Pinza
Original Broadway Cast South Pacific Program From 1949, Mary Martin, Ezio Pinza

Original Broadway Cast South Pacific Program From 1949, Mary Martin, Ezio Pinza

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My mother worked in Chicago in the theaters in the 1940s.
She saw the musical play South Pacific many times and managed to save one program from it.
I am hoping this original show souvenir book finds its way into the hands of someone who will truly appreciated, as I am downsizing at this time.
• Ezio Pinza
• Juanita Hall
• Mary Martin
• Oscar Hammerstein II
• Richard Rodgers
• Robert Russell Bennett
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• For their fourth work together, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II wrote one of the great musicals in Broadway’s history, South Pacific. Based on Tales Of The South Pacific, a collection of wartime stories by James Michener, it chronicled the love story between Nellie Forbush, a Navy nurse stationed on an atoll in the Pacific, and a French planter, Emile de Becque, a long-time resident on the atoll. With Joshua Logan fashioning the show into an exhilarating colorful display of tender duets and brash, lively moments, South Pacific opened on April 7, 1949 at the Majestic Theatre, and enjoyed one of the longest runs on Broadway up to that time (1,925 performances); it deservedly won the Pulitzer Prize, along with a plethora of Tony Awards®. First LP release: May 9, 1949
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• The original Broadway production enjoyed immense critical and box-office success, became the second-longest running Broadway musical to that point (behind Rodgers and Hammerstein's earlier Oklahoma! (1943)), and has remained popular ever since. After they signed Ezio Pinza and Mary Martin as the leads, Rodgers and Hammerstein wrote several of the songs with the particular talents of their stars in mind. The piece won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1950. Especially in the Southern U.S., its racial theme provoked controversy, for which its authors were unapologetic. Several of its songs, including "Bali Ha'i", "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair", "Some Enchanted Evening", "There Is Nothing Like a Dame", "Happy Talk", "Younger Than Springtime", and "I'm in Love with a Wonderful Guy", have become popular standards.
• The production won ten Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Best Score, and Best Libretto, and it is the only musical production to win Tony Awards in all four acting categories. Its original cast album was the bestselling record of the 1940s, and other recordings of the show have also been popular. The show has enjoyed many successful revivals and tours, spawning a 1958 film and television adaptations. The 2008 Broadway revival, a critical success, ran for 996 performances and won seven Tonys, including Best Musical Revival.
The program measures 12" x 9".
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