Lynbrook Students to Set Sail for 'South Pacific' on Nov. 22 - 24

By Rosemary Leonetti

Sixty-five years after its acclaimed Broadway debut and five years after its Tony-winning revival, the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical drama “South Pacific” makes its way to the Lynbrook High School stage on Nov. 22 to 24.

Members of the high school’s Drama Club will lend their own personal touch to their production of this beloved Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, singing such classics as “Some Enchanted Evening,” “There Is Nothing Like a Dame,” and “Younger than Springtime.” 

Shows are Nov. 22 and 23 at 8 p.m., with a matinee performance on Nov. 24 at 3 p.m. All performances will take place in the high school’s Branciforte Auditorium. Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for students. All seating is reserved, so call 516-887-0223 to reserve your tickets now.

The story, which is loosely based on James Michener’s “Tales of the South Pacific,” revolves around an American nurse during World War II who falls in love with a French plantation owner, but cannot accept his mixed-race children. A second romance involves a U.S. lieutenant who falls in love with a Polynesian girl. 

The musical, which has many light moments in the first act, shows its serious side in Act 2, where the issue of racial prejudice is poignantly explored through the evolution of these two love stories.