Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific: Tony-Winning Production at the Ahmanson
Ahmanson Theatre, at the Music Center (135 North Grand Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90012)
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- $55.00 - $90.00
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- $27.50 - $45.00*
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The last date listed for South Pacific was Thursday July 15, 2010 / 2:00pm.
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Sondheim's Follies: Tony-Winning Broadway Hit at the Ahmanson
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The Kennedy Center's critically-acclaimed Broadway production of Stephen Sondheim's classic musical Follies, currently nominated for eight 2012 Tony Awards, comes to the Ahmanson Theatre, where it's receiving equally stellar reviews. It's the haunting story of two troubled couples who reunite at the decrepit theater where the ladies once performed, facing the ghosts of the past and the harsh reality of the present. Featuring a memorable score by Sondheim, including such enduring songs as "Broadway Baby," "Losing My Mind" and "I'm Still Here," the show is also a riveting look at the deterioration of the American dream -- a crack in the plaster of the gilded age of Broadway. Director Eric Schaeffer is joined by much of his original cast -- with 41 performers, it's one of the largest ever on this stage -- as well as a 28-piece orchestra. Tony Award-winner Victoria Clark joins the production, while reprising their roles from the New York show are 2012 Tony nominees Jan Maxwell, Danny Burstein and Ron Raines. Learn More
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Hit the restroom before the show. First act is almost 2 hours.
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Visit the ladies room prior to the show as intermission is half way through the 3 hour production.
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606 Goldstar Member Reviews
Roxanne Yahner
Very good production of an old classic and family friendly.Written on May 31 2010
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Tim
An incredible production that sets the standard for musical revivals. Fifty years later, you can still see why this won the Pulitzer. The five leads deliver song after song of classic American musical legacy, not just romancing and entertaining, but challenging audiences to examine their prejudices. If anything - Go for the WWII vets that need to be celebrated before its too late!Written on Jun 03 2010
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Martha K.
Very well done from beginning to end. The vocals were awesome, and the dancing even better. We loved the ensemble men's scenes - great choreography with brilliant attention to characterization details, a feast for the eyes. We were wowed by the young woman who played Bloody Mary, the old "Tonganese" mother. It's amazing that this musical premeired over 60 years ago. People old enough to have lived during that time have told me it felt like one hit song after another wafted off of the stage into the audience. The song "You've Got to Be Carefully Taught", about how racism isn't born in people, was courageous then, and still relevant today. "South Pacific" is a classic musical that should be seen by all, and this is as good a production of it you'll ever find.Written on Jul 07 2010
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Neil Klemow
Excellent show with vocally strong cast. Who could resist this famous musical score. Carmen Cusack was on the mark as were the other cast members. Great set and lighting and a story well told. Every bit as good as the reviews! It was some enchanted evening!Written on Jul 01 2010
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Description
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific swept the 2008 Tony Awards®, winning seven honors including Best Musical Revival and Best Director for Bartlett Sher. This breathtaking new production is still selling-out at the Vivian Beaumont Theater on Broadway.
Based on James Michener’s Pulitzer Prize winning book Tales of the South Pacific, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific has music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and a book by Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan. Set on a tropical island during World War II, the musical tells the sweeping romantic story of two couples — US Navy nurse Nellie Forbush and French plantation owner Emile de Becque and Navy Airman Joe Cable and a young local native girl Liat — 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.”
The lavish new production features musical staging by Christopher Gattelli, sets by Michael Yeargan (winner of the 2008 Tony Award®), costumes by Catherine Zuber (winner of the 2008 Tony Award®), lighting by Donald Holder (winner of the 2008 Tony Award®), sound by Scott Lehrer (winner of the 2008 Tony Award®) and music direction by Ted Sperling. A full orchestra will perform the original orchestrations by Robert Russell Bennett (winner of a Special 2008 Tony Award®) and dance and incidental music arranged by Trude Rittmann.