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'South Pacific' cast album released nationwide today, May, 27th.

Sony BMG Masterworks proudly announces the upcoming release of the New Broadway Cast Recording of Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific. The CD will be available nationwide on May 27, 2008.

With all due respect to Kelli O'Hara, Paulo Szot, director Bartlett Sher and even Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan, the real star of the Lincoln Center revival of South Pacific is orchestrator Robert Russell Bennett, whose sublime work from the original 1949 production is now enchanting contemporary audiences.

The cast and crew of South Pacific celebrated their opening night in style. The Rodgers and Hammerstein classic opened its first ever revival on April 3.

Laura Griffith received the ceremonial Gypsy Robe as the cast member of South Pacific with the most ensemble credits under her belt. Griffith was previously in The Sweet Smell of Success, Oklahoma! and The Light in the Piazza.

Sony BMG Masterworks proudly announces the upcoming release of the New Broadway Cast Recording of Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific. The CD will be available nationwide on May 27, 2008.

Loretta Ables Sayre will be the subject of profile feature on NBC's 'Today Show' by national news correspondent Jamie Gangel, during the 8:30 to 9AM half hour this Thursday, April 3 - the morning of her Broadway debut as 'Bloody Mary' in Lincoln Center Theater's new production of Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein's prize-winning musical classic SOUTH PACIFIC, which opens that evening at 6:30PM at the Vivian Beaumont Theater.

Lincoln Center Theater's new production of Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein's prize-winning musical classic South Pacific, directed by Bartlett Sher, begins performances Saturday, March 1 at 8PM at the Vivian Beaumont Theater. Opening night is Thursday, April 3 at 6:30PM.

Tony Award-nominated actor Matthew Morrison, now starring in Atlantic Theater Company's world premiere musical 10 Million Miles, will be featured on Bloomberg Radio's 'Bloomberg Muse' this weekend

10 Million Miles, directed by Michael Mayer, with a score by Grammy Award-nominated singer/songwriter Patty Griffin and a book by Keith Bunin, opened on Thursday, June 14th at the Atlantic Theater Company at The Linda Gross Theater

Grammy Award-nominated singer/songwriter Patty Griffin, composer of Atlantic Theater Company's world premiere musical 10 Million Miles, will appear on 'Late Night with Conan O'Brien' tomorrow, Wednesday, June 13th to perform 'No Bad News' from her new album 'Children Running Through.'

Atlantic Theater Company, in association with Tom Hulce and Ira Pittelman, has announced a two week extension of the world premiere musical 10 Million Miles

Grammy Award-nominated singer/songwriter Patty Griffin, composer of Atlantic Theater Company's world premiere musical 10 Million Miles, will appear on 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show' tomorrow, Thursday, April 12th to perform 'No Bad News' and 'Heavenly Day' from her new album 'Children Running Through' from her new album

Grammy Award-nominated singer/songwriter Patty Griffin, composer of Atlantic Theater Company's world premiere musical 10 Million Miles, will make her 'Tonight Show with Jay Leno' debut tonight, Tuesday, April 10th at 11:35pm

Atlantic Theater Company, in association with Tom Hulce and Ira Pittelman, have announced complete casting and dates for 10 Million Miles, the second world premiere musical in Atlantic's history and the final main stage production of its 2006-2007 season.

A special sneak peek VIP reception of Animal Haven Soho, 'the city's newset and trendiest animal shelter,' took place on Tuesday, December 12th