This revival has been running uptown at Lincoln Center's Vivian Beaumont theatre and it's a beautiful reminder of Broadway's golden days and the glory of musical theatre glory.
With it's original orchestrations (which where a break trough back in 1949 and a challenge for modern orchestras nowadays due to such a big orchestra itself) This new revival plays it amazingly and it's just a non stop rush of joy.
Hammerstein's and Rodger's shows where innovating, and South Pacific is to my personal taste their masterpiece, lucky we are to be able to have this show running once again.
And although if I have to be totally honest there's one or two thing on the main characters acting that is not quite convincing, but with the rest of this grand performance.. who cares?! It's just a lovely sight you don't want to miss... and student tickets are just 20 dollars!! so worth it.
I found myself having a hard time writting about this show, since I'm so moved by it that the only thing that comes to my mind are the lyrics and thousand of Hammertein's quotations, when I should be talking about this show breaking tabus for their time since it was only 1949 and they where talking about racial and political issues and it's done in such a way there's no way that you won't be move even now in 2009, 60 years after it was originally done!
It has been greatly praised by the new New York Press and now that I saw it I totally agree with them...
Treat yourself, go see it!
That's theatre magic.
"I'm as corny as Kansas in August,
I'm as normal as blueberry pie.No more a smart little girl with no heart,
I have found me a wonderful guy!".... Men and their names where Rodgers and Hammerstein!!
P.S
here's the link to a video of the Original Cast of South Pacific Ezio Pinza and Mary Martin performing "Some Enchanted Evening". Just delightful.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1qpQb11YWc
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