Academy of Music Welcomes SOUTH PACIFIC, 11/23-28

Lincoln Center Theater, in association with Bob Boyett and NETworks Presentations, presents a new production of Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein's Pulitzer Prize-winning musical SOUTH PACIFIC, directed by Bartlett  Sher.

Rodgers & Hammerstein's SOUTH PACIFIC makes its Philadelphia debut  at the Academy of  Music, playing Nov. 23 - 28  as part of the Broadway Season, presented by the  Kimmel  Center and The Shubert Organization. Tickets starting at $20 are on sale now and can be purchased by calling 215-731-3333, online at kimmelcenter.org/broadway, at the Kimmel Center box office, Braod & Spruce Sts. (open daily 10 am to 6 pm) or at the Academy of Music box office (open during performances only). Groups of 15 or more will receive discounts for select performances by calling 215-790-5883 or 866-276-2947.  Performances  include:  Tuesday &  Wednesday evening at 7:30 pm; Friday  & Saturday evening at 8:00 pm;  Sunday evening at 6:30 pm; matinees Friday & Saturday at 2:00 pm, and  Sunday at 1:00 pm.

Rodgers & Hammerstein's SOUTH PACIFIC swept the 2008 Tony Awards®, winning seven honors including Best Musical  Revival and Best Director for Bartlett Sher. This breathtaking new production  has created a sold-out sensation on Broadway, lauded by the critics as "Simply Wonderful! Beguiling Theatrical Magic!" (New  York  Post), "Ravishing and  Overwhelming" (Variety) and " Rapturous and Revelatory!" (The New York Times). _www.SouthPacificOnTour.com_
(http://www.southpacificontour.com/) .

Based on James Michener's  Pulitzer Prize winning book Tales of the  South Pacific, Rodgers &  Hammerstein's SOUTH PACIFIC has music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and a book by  Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan.

Set on a tropical  island during World War II, the musical tells the sweeping romantic story of two  couples -- US Navy nurse Nellie Forbush and French plantation owner Emile de  Becque and Navy Airman Joe Cable and a young local native girl Liat -- and how  their happiness is threatened by the
realities of war and by their own  prejudices. Considered by many the finest musical ever written, the score's  songs include such classics as "Some Enchanted Evening," "I'm Gonna Wash That  Man Right Outa My Hair," "Younger Than Springtime," "Bali Ha'i," "There is  Nothin' Like A Dame," "This Nearly Was Mine" and "A Wonderful  Guy."

For more information on Rodger's & Hammerstein's SOUTH  PACIFIC, please visit _www.SouthPacificOnTour.com_ (http://www.southpacificontour.com/). Become a fan on Facebook (South  Pacific on Tour

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