South Pacific Carnegie Hall Concert Telecast in 2006

By: Jun. 08, 2005
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The June 9th Carnegie Hall concert of South Pacific with Reba McEntire and Brian Stokes Mitchell will be aired on "Great Performances" sometime in Spring of 2006.

McEntire is the naive Nellie Forbush in the concert, while Stokes Mitchell will be the dashing Emile de Becque. Alec Baldwin will appear as Luther Billis, Lillias White as Bloody Mary, Jason Danieley as Lt. Cable, Renita Croney as Liat, Dylan Baker as Commander William Harbison, Conrad John Schuck as Captain Brackett, Alexander Gemignani as Stewpot, Tom Deckman as the Professor, Alexio Barboza as Jerome and Alex de Castro as Ngana.

David Ives' revised book is adapted from Hammerstein's and Joshua Logan's original. Walter Bobbie will direct the concert, while Paul Gemignani will conduct the Orchestra of St. Luke's. The concert's design team comprises John Lee Beatty (scenic consultant), Catherine Zuber (costume consultant), Alan Adelman (lighting designer) and Acme Sound Partners (sound design).

South Pacific, which is based on James Michener's Tales of the South Pacific, starred Mary Martin as Nellie and Ezio Pinza as Emile when it opened at the Majestic Theatre on April 7th, 1949. Rodgers and Hammerstein's second-longest running show at 1,925 performances, it won all of its 11 Tony nominations in 1950, including Best Musical.

A limited number of tickets for the 8 PM concert, which are priced at $34, $52 and $78, can be purchased by calling CarnegieCharge at (212) 247-7800. Benefit tickets, priced at $850, $1,000, $1,500 and $2,500, are also available by calling (212) 903-9679.

"Great Performances" airs on New York's Thirteen/WNET. Check listings for local PBS stations.

Visit the Carnegie Hall website at www.carnegiehall.org for more information.


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