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Rehearsals are well underway for what promises to be one of the most successful productions of the season. South Pacific is set to make a grand entrance at the Drayton Festival Theatre, with a limited three-week engagement from May 14th to May 31st. The production will also entertain theatregoers at the Huron Country Playhouse in Grand Bend from June 5th to June 21st.
Chilina Kennedy, one of the great stars of Canadian theatre, stars as Nellie Forbush. Alongside Kennedy is Opera and Broadway star Branch Fields as the mysterious planter Emile
de Becque.
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s
South Pacific
May 14 - May 31 | Drayton Festival Theatre
This production is also on stage at one other venue:
June 5 - June 21 | Huron Country Playhouse
ABOUT
In a South Pacific island paradise, a love story between a spunky Navy nurse and mysterious French planter is put to the test when faced with the stark realities of prejudice and a world at war.
The legendary score features such classics as “Some Enchanted Evening,” “I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair,” “Bali Ha’i” and “This Nearly Was Mine.”
A riveting theatrical experience that covers the spectrum of human emotion, South Pacific became only the second musical to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Don’t miss this show of rare enchantment!
THEATRE ADDRESS
Drayton Festival Theatre
33 Wellington St. S.,
Drayton, ON N0G 1P0
AUDIENCE
All ages.
CREDITS
Music by Richard Rodgers
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Book by Oscar Hammerstein II & Joshua Logan
Adapted from the Pulitzer Prize winning novel “Tales of the South Pacific” by James A. Michener
Directed & Choreographed by Michael Lichtefeld
Music Direction by Steve Thomas
Photo: Chilina Kennedy. ©2013.
2014-05-06
Drayton: "South Pacific" starring Chilina Kennedy runs May 14-31 at the Drayton Festival Theatre