Monday, September 17, 2012

'South Pacific' - a stage review

South Pacific dress rehearsal at the Princess Theatre, Lisa McCune and Teddy Tahu Rhodes.

TROPICAL delights await audiences of this chocolate-box South Pacific. The Rodgers and Hammerstein classic sits at the high water-mark of the post-war American musical, glancing gravely back to the Pacific theatre of World War II, staring at a seemingly limitless horizon of American cultural pre-eminence.

Its lush romantic score surges with hummable tunes. The show has always repaid vocal variety, calling for Broadway sass in comic numbers, and operatic power and control for its immortal love songs. This production nails them all, thanks to astutely cast leads and in particular a surprisingly strong and passionate performance from Lisa McCune.

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