The magnificently voiced Ovenden is the ideal performer for the capacious Chichester Festival Theatre, even if he is slightly hamstrung by having to sing everything in an unconvincing French accent. It’s as if it cannot let rip with the song and dance, knowing that there will be some more thorny plot to get through soon. Rodgers and Hammerstein were counseled repeatedly in tryouts to remove the song, which was considered by many to be too controversial, too preachy, or simply inappropriate in a musical. “Some Enchanted Evening”, “Bali Ha’i”, “I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair”: the hits keep on coming.īeck has determined fun with “I’m in Love with a Wonderful Guy”, but for all the loveliness of the musical numbers, the production fails to spark fully into life. In the second act of South Pacific, Lieutenant Joe Cable sings 'You've Got to Be Carefully Taught,' a song about racial prejudice. Let’s take a break from the issues and focus on the songs, some of the most glorious in all musical theatre. Joe Cable denies himself the fulfillment of a future with an innocent. Songs like ‘Some Enchanted Evening’ and ‘I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair’ lift the thorny plot about American soldiers meeting local islanders (Photo: Johan Persson) She is singularly unfazed by his admission that he left France on a murder charge – but the discovery of his two mixed-race children horrifies her. Joe Cable wants Nellie for himself, or, more exactly, hes taken aback that she wants an older man, Emile (Rossano Brazzi, Leo Kovalensky in. Joe Cable denies himself the fulfillment of a. There is also French plantation owner Emile de Becque (Julian Ovenden), who has fallen for perky US ensign Nellie Forbush (Gina Beck). South Pacific is the winner of the 1950 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and 10 Tony.
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