South Pacific News

Carmen Cusack and David Pittsinger star in the first national tour of "South Pacific" by Lincoln Center.

Bob Boyett and NETworks Presentations are proud to bring the National Tour of The Lincoln Center Theater Production of Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein 's prize-winning musical SOUTH PACIFIC, directed by Bartlett Sher , to Greenville, SC, for an engagement at the Peace Center on November 17 - 22.

If the critics can be believed, area theatergoers can expect some enchanted evenings and a handful of rather spectacular afternoons in their immediate futures.

"South Pacific" is considered to be "the jewel in the crown of Rodgers and Hammerstein's artistic output," says Ted Sperling, musical director of the show's Tony Award-winning revival at New York's Lincoln Center Theater.

Here's a national tour to pay attention to, even though it's not quite in our backyard.

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Nov. 15-21: Nov. 15: "People's Court" judge Joseph Wapner is 90.

Island-hopping spa-goers will leave the outside world behind with a visit to two South Pacific spas that give new meaning to the idea of Polynesian pampering.

The Virginia Arts Festival began 13 years ago with an emphasis on quality dance and chamber music concerts.

October 02, 2009, 6:43 AM / Hawaiianmemories Actress Mitzi Gaynor says filming "South Pacific" on the Hawaiian island of Kauai some 50 years ago "was a hoot." The 78-year-old returned to the island this week for the first time since production wrapped on the hit 1958 musical.

A Hollywood legend is spending the weekend on the garden isle. Mitzi Gaynor, star of "South Pacific" is here to celebrate the movie musical's 50th anniversary.

Mitzi Gaynor remembers when the opportunity to audition for "South Pacific" came along.

If you don't have an invite to the St. Regis Princeville Resort's party for Mitzi Gaynor on Saturday - no worries.

A TSUNAMI caused by a powerful earthquake off Samoa has flattened at least one village in American Samoa and reportedly caused an unknown number of deaths in both island groups.

Q: I would like to know if the Glenn Close series, "Damages," is going to return for a third season and if so, when.

For a big Broadway musical that is otherwise as corny as Kansas in August, South Pacific is full of darkness.

An Alaskan carpenter's 17th century-style ball gown made entirely of wood has won the top prize at the World of WearableArt awards in Wellington.

Mitzi Gaynor will be the toast of the town when the legendary actress graces Kauai Marriott Resort & Beach Club.

South Pacific: Musical. Music by Richard Rodgers. Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II.

When the weather is rainy and miserable this fall, what you need is an umbrella.

Mitzi Gaynor, Hollywood legend and the unforgettable star of Rodgers & Hammerstein's classic movie musical South Pacific , is returning to Kauai in October to take part in the Garden Isle's celebration of the film's 50th anniversary.