South Pacific

Virginia Repertory Theatre announces the opening of Rodgers and
Hammerstein’s South Pacific. Adapted from the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Tales of the South Pacific by James A. Michener and considered one of the greatest American musicals, South Pacific tells the story of an American nurse, Nellie, stationed on a South Pacific island during World War II who falls in love with an expatriate French plantation owner,Emile. As Nellie struggles to accept Emile’s mixed-raced children, this romantic classic candidly explores the issue of racial prejudice and the power of relationships. A universal story of forbidden love, racial tension, and optimism as young men and women face hard decisions in a time of war.