3. South pacific is a 1949 musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by oscar Hammerstein and book by Hammerstein and Joshua Logan. South Pacific
4. Director Joshua Logan, a World War2 veteran, read Michener`s Tales of the South Pacific and decided to adapt it for the stage or screen. Background
5. On a South Pacific island during World War2, two Polynesian childeren, Ngana and Jerome, sing “Dites-Moi”, a charming french song. Synopsis Act1
6. Liat and Joe spend more time together. Bloody mary is delighted. She urges them to get married but cable has similar prejudices, fearing what his friends and family would say back home in Philadelphia. Act 2
7. Overture - Orchestra Dites-Moi - Ngana and Jerome A Cockeyed Optimist - Nellie Twin Soliloquies - Nellie and Emile Some Enchanted Evening - Emile Dites-Moi (Reprise) - Ngana and Jerome Bloody Mary - Sailors, Seabees, and Marines There Is Nothing Like a Dame - Sailors, Seabees, and Marines Bali Ha'i - Bloody Mary, Billis, and Cable I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair - Nellie and Nurses Some Enchanted Evening (Reprise) - Emile and Nellie I'm in Love with a Wonderful Guy - Nellie and Nurses Songs from Act1
8. Entr'acte - Orchestra Happy Talk - Bloody Mary Younger Than Springtime (Reprise) - Cable Honey Bun - Nellie and Girls You've Got to Be Carefully Taught - Cable This Nearly Was Mine - Emile A Wonderful Guy (Reprise) - Nurses Some Enchanted Evening (Reprise) - Nellie Honey Bun (Reprise) - Sailors, Seabees, and Marines Finale (Dites-Moi) - Nellie, Ngana, Jerome, and Emile Songs from Act2