CONFIRMED: "Live from Lincoln..." to broadcast SOUTH PACIFIC 8/18 w/ O'Hara

[phantom39]

Posted: 9/28/09 at 3:00pm

LATEST UPDATE:

Matthew Morrison, who originated the role of Lieutenant Joseph Cable in the current Broadway production of SOUTH PACIFIC, may be returning to the production in order to appear in the 'Live from Lincoln Center' performance on August 18, the Los Angeles Times reports. According to a Lincoln Center spokesman, Morrison's return will depend on his filming schedule for GLEE, the hit television show of which he is a star.

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/RIALTO_CHATTER_Matthew_Morrison_Headed_Back_to_SOUTH_PACIFIC_20100603

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https://www.playbill.com/news/article/139971-OHara-Will-Return-to-South-Pacific-in-Time-for-Live-from-Lincoln-Center-PBS-Broadcast

PBS will capture the sprawling the Lincoln Center Theater revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific Aug. 18 for broadcast on "Live from Lincoln Center." Three-time Tony Award-nominated actress Kelli O'Hara will return to the production earlier that month.

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Leslie Wilcox, the President and CEO of PBS Hawaii says the following:

"Word is, PBS' LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER will bring to national television audiences the Broadway revival of Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific, which has won seven Tony Awards and which features Hawaii's Tony-nominated actress/singer Loretta Ables Sayre.

Ables Sayre has portrayed Bloody Mary, since the first acclaimed preview in March 2008.

A longtime successful Hawaii vocalist and sometime theater actress, Loretta got her big Broadway break at age 50. In a two-part LONG STORY SHORT, Loretta told me that her introduction to major stage productions was watching the shows on Hawaii public television. She remembers what it was like seeing the lights dim and the curtains open--and imagining what it would be like to be on that national stage. Now she knows.

And pretty soon, she'll likely know what it's like to be in one of those national PBS shows. LIVE AT LINCOLN CENTER reportedly is making plans to shoot the "South Pacific" production this summer."

https://leslienotes.typepad.com/the_long_and_short_of_it_/2010/05/loretta-ables-sayre.html

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William Michals' (Emile u/s) facebook:
"We will be going live on Live From Lincoln Center on August 18, but it's not scheduled to be me as Emile, of course."

https://www.facebook.com/pages/William-Michals/104903407370
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Considering the type of shows filmed for LC's Live from Lincoln Center series, wouldn't South Pacific be a great candidate for future filming?

Any chance this may happen?

Updated On: 6/3/10 at 03:00 PM

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 9/28/09 at 3:13pm

I'm going to throw my hat in and say 'no' if only because unlike PIAZZA, this one currently is on tour.

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 9/28/09 at 3:19pm

Piazza was shown on PBS before the tour even started.

[phantom39]

Posted: 9/28/09 at 3:24pm

Is showing it on LFLC really going to hurt the tour though? Wouldn't it just help promote it? (Can't say the Legally Blonde and Rent tours suffered from their filmings..)

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 9/28/09 at 3:30pm

Possibly, but early word is that sales for the tour are disappointing in San Francisco. This may be the first Broadway revival of South Pacific, but the rest of the country sure has seen it a lot. Showing it on TV probably wouldn't help...

But I bet SOUTH PACIFIC probably has another year left in its NYC run. Its unlikely that the show would be shown for LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER until the very end - so that actually bodes well. It should be aired absolutely. And with O'Hara and Szot.

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 9/28/09 at 3:32pm

I saw South Pacific on Saturday afternoon, and it looked pretty packed, save for the extreme right and left side of the orchestra.

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 9/28/09 at 3:36pm

That's good to hear Lizzie, but I would expect the matinees for SOUTH PACIFIC to be the big sellers :)

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 9/29/09 at 1:47am

I would guess so. I mean they filmed Contact and Light in the Piazza. And this one actually won "Best Revival."

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 9/29/09 at 1:59am

I hope so. That'd be great.

[bjh2114]

Posted: 9/29/09 at 2:20am

I would guess so. I mean they filmed Contact and Light in the Piazza. And this one actually won "Best Revival."

And Contact actually won Best Musical. What's your point?

[philcrosby]

Posted: 9/29/09 at 8:32am

As brilliant as the revival of SOUTH PACIFIC is, it may suffer on the road, just as the 902 revival of GUYS AND DOLLS did.

Rights are more restrictive for first-class productions and while Broadway hasn't seen a revival of SP in 40 years, we certainly have had multiple tours across the nation in that time -- good, bad and indifferent.

There is also something very special about the intimate space in NYC, the orchestra reveal, etc, that won't be replicated on the road.

[beingalive123]

Posted: 10/5/09 at 2:10am

just to prove what michael bennet was saying about the tour's lack of ticket sales, i went to the sunday matinee of the tour a week ago and the balcony/mezannine was about 60% full. im not sure about the orchestra though. so its fairly clear that the idea of south pacific not being revived until now isn't hitting the out of town crowd as hard as it did the ny crowd

[musicalsFan]

Posted: 10/5/09 at 12:30pm

I am annoyed with the tour schedule. They aren't hitting any city within easy distance of NJ until April 2010! And that is if you consider Hartford, CT "close".

I don't understand why it isn't coming to Washington, DC or Philadelphia sooner.

Argh!

[Eris0303]

Posted: 10/5/09 at 1:16pm

Thursday evening was pretty packed.


Musicalsfan, I'm in NJ too and want to see the tour as well. I'd like to see Saldivar's take on Billis.

[Marianne2]

Posted: 10/5/09 at 1:24pm

Well, I don't know what the rules are for professional productions playing near one another, but I know there is a 100 mile radius rule for high school productions to Broadway. Which means that my high school would not be able to perform South Pacific right now because it's on Broadway. We were able to do it before it opened though. That's also how we lost the right to do Oklahoma one year. I would imagine professional theater has more strict rules.

[ravnquest1]

Posted: 10/5/09 at 2:21pm

Updated On: 6/17/17 at 02:21 PM

[musicalsFan]

Posted: 10/5/09 at 3:53pm

Yeah, I don't want to see it with a different cast.
I want to see it with the current cast.

Will the current cast be in Hartford?

[ravnquest1]

Posted: 10/5/09 at 5:27pm

Updated On: 6/17/17 at 05:27 PM

[Eris0303]

Posted: 10/5/09 at 5:49pm

I thought David was great in NYC.

Should all the NJ people get together for a road trip?

[musicalsFan]

Posted: 10/5/09 at 11:08pm

But that's the problem. There's nothing road-trip-able on the schedule. I think the closest city might be Raleigh, and that is not a drive I can make in 1 day.

Oh, well.

[Eris0303]

Posted: 10/5/09 at 11:11pm

Schenectady and Hartford are road-trip-able. Heck, they're train-able

[musicalsFan]

Posted: 10/6/09 at 9:55am

I see Hartford and Schenectady on the schedule, but they aren't until spring 2010.

As ravnquest1 pointed out, a lot can happen between now and then.
Who knows who will be in the cast then?

[bdboston]

Posted: 10/6/09 at 2:17pm

The SP tour will be in Boston in Nov/Dec 2009 at the Wang Theatre. Either three weeks or two.

[The Boy From Ohio]

Posted: 10/6/09 at 4:24pm

I hope it does tape for LFLC. The tour is not playing any city in Ohio, maybe next year.

[DAME]

Posted: 10/6/09 at 4:51pm

Is this a Troika tour?