In 1949, a new musical production debuts on Broadway, holding up a mirror to the racial prejudices of American society. In ...

FORT GREGG-ADAMS — Homefront Players in association with Beaty Theater will hold auditions for its production of "South Pacific" next month. The musical will run May 2 -18 on base at Fort Gregg-Adams.

The screen version of “South Pacific” received three Academy Award ... Working with her husband and manager Jack Bean, she starred in her own musical revue that was a big draw in theaters ...

Michener’s “Tales of the South Pacific.” Upon its Broadway premiere in 1949, the musical was an instant hit. “South Pacific” is set during World War II, though the musical primarily ...

and Anything Goes (1956), she made her big breakthrough in the Rodgers and Hammerstein blockbuster musical South Pacific (1958) as Nellie Forbush, the young US Navy nurse who was determined to ...

She danced in her 20s when filming 1958’s “South Pacific,” in which she played Ensign Nellie Forbush in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musical. She also won the hearts of audiences in the 1950s ...

FORT GREGG-ADAMS — Homefront Players in association with Beaty Theater will hold auditions for its production of "South Pacific" next month. The musical will run May 2 -18 on base at Fort Gregg ...