LCT's RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN'S SOUTH PACIFIC Comes To PPAC 12/7-12

J.L. "Lynn" Singleton, President of the Providence Performing Arts Center, is pleased to announce that Smithfield-based Navigant Credit Union is the new sponsor of The Lincoln Center Production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's SOUTH PACIFIC, which makes its Providence debut at PPAC, playing December 7 - 12, 2010, as part of the Broadway Series. Tickets for Rodgers & Hammerstein's SOUTH PACIFIC go on sale on Monday, July 26, 2010 at 10A.

Singleton said, "On behalf of PPAC, I'd like to thank Navigant Credit Union for sponsoring SOUTH PACIFIC. I admire Navigant's nearly century-long commitment to serving the people of Rhode Island and I am looking forward to strengthening our relationship with them during this season and future seasons, too."

Gary Furtado, President and CEO of Navigant Credit Union, said, "We are very excited about our growing relationship with PPAC. Rodgers & Hammerstein's SOUTH PACIFIC is the first show that we have sponsored at PPAC; we selected SOUTH PACIFIC for its timeless appeal for all generations. In these times when things are bleak for some, PPAC is a beacon that people can look to and lose themselves for a couple of hours watching a great show."

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).

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 - U.S. 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 to be 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.

The lavish new production features a cast of 34, musical staging by Christopher Gattelli, sets by Michael Yeargan (winner of the 2008 Tony Award®), costumes by Catherine Zuber (winner of the 2008 Tony Award®), lighting by Donald Holder (winner of the 2008 Tony Award®), sound by Scott Lehrer (winner of the 2008 Tony Award®), and music direction by Ted Sperling. A full orchestra of 26 members - the largest orchestra of any touring Broadway production - will perform the original orchestrations by Robert Russell Bennett (winner of a Special 2008 Tony Award®), and dance and incidental music arranged by Trude Rittmann.

Tickets for Rodgers & Hammerstein's SOUTH PACIFIC are $68 - $41; all ticket prices include a $3 per ticket restoration charge. Tickets for Rodgers & Hammerstein's SOUTH PACIFIC go on sale on Monday, July 26 at 10A at the PPAC Box Office, located at 220 Weybosset Street in downtown Providence, online at www.ppacri.org or by phone at (401) 421-ARTS (2787). Summer Box Office Hours are currently in effect; they are Monday through Thursday, 10A to 3P, and through curtain time(s) on show days. During the regular season, Box Office Hours are Monday through Friday, 10A to 5P; Saturday, 10A to 2P and through curtain time(s) on show days.

Scheduled performance times for Rodgers & Hammerstein's SOUTH PACIFIC are Tuesday, December 7 at 7P; Wednesday, December 8 and Thursday, December 9 at 7:30P; Friday, December 10 at 8P; Saturday, December 11 at 2P & 8P; and Sunday, December 12 at 1P & 6:30P.

Discounted admission is available for groups of 20 or more; for more information, contact Group Sales Representative Paul Hiatt via email: phiatt@ppacri.org or call (401) 574-3162. Military discounts and student/senior citizen discounts are available; contact the PPAC Box Office at (401) 421-ARTS (2787) for complete information and to order.