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South Pacific (musical)
South Pacific
is a
musical
composed by
Richard Rodgers
, with lyrics by
Oscar Hammerstein II
and
book
by Hammerstein and
Joshua Logan
. The work premiered in 1949 on
Broadway
and was an immediate hit, running for 1,925 performances. The story is based on
James A. Michener
's
Pulitzer Prize-winning
1947 book
Tales of the South Pacific
, combining elements of several of the stories.
Rodgers and Hammerstein
believed that they could write a musical based on Michener's work that would be financially successful and, at the same time, would send a strong progressive message on
racism
.
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