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SOUTH PACIFIC | Music by Richard Rodgers| Lyrics by  Oscar Hammerstein II  | Book by Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan | Adapted from the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Tales of the South Pacific by James Michener

Works Consulted:

  • South Pacific (Libretto) Book by Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan, Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
  • South Pacific (Film) Directed by Joshua Logan
  • The South Pacific Companion by Laurence Maslon
  • Something Wonderful: Rodgers and Hammerstein's Broadway Revolution by Todd S. Purdum

Music Credits:

  • "Overture" from Dear World (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music by Jerry Herman | Performed by Dear World Orchestra & Donald Pippin
  • "Why God Why" from Miss Saigon: The Definitive Live Recording  (Original Cast Recording  / Deluxe)  | Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, Lyrics by Alain Boublil & Richard Maltby Jr.  | Performed by Alistair Brammer
  • "Back to Before" from Ragtime: The Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music by Stephen Flaherty, Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens | Performed by Marin Mazzie
  • "Twin Soliloquies" from South Pacific (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Music by Richard Rodgers  & Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Performed by Mary Martin & Ezio Pinza
  • "Maria" from The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording)  | Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Performed by Evadne Baker, Anna Lee, Portia Nelson, Marni Nixon
  • "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording) | Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Performed by Julie Andrews
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