Arts & Entertainment: South Pacific a big hit, additional performance planned

KELLY COLEMAN

Feb. 27 - South Pacific, Nellie Forbush.BIf you have never attended a performance at Riverside Theatre or have not been to a play lately, you might want to check into tickets for the current production of South Pacific.  By all accounts this play has been heralded as one of the all time best musicals on stage with numerous Tony Awards for the original Broadway production and the revival, a bestselling record in the 1940’s, a Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1950 and continued box office success earning millions of ticket sales over the past 60 plus years.  Riverside’s production directed and scenically designed by Allen D. Cornell is no exception. MORE…

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