Performers
Reba McEntire: Ensign Nellie Forbush
Brian Stokes Mitchell: Emile de Becque
Jason Danieley: Lt. Joseph Cable
Lillias White: Bloody Mary
Conrad John Schuck: Capt. George Brackett
Dylan Baker: Cmdr. William Harbison
Alec Baldwin: Luther Billis
Alexio Barboza: Jerome, Emile’s son
Alex de Castro: Ngana, Emile’s daughter
Renita Croney: Liat, Bloody Mary’s daughter
Alexander Gemignani: Stewpot
Tom Deckman: Professor
South Pacific Ensemble: Nurses, Islanders, Officers, Sailors, Marines, and Soldiers
Orchestra of St. Luke’s
Paul Gemignani: Conductor
Web Credits
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Thomas S. Hischak is the author of 15 books on theater, film, and popular music, including THE OXFORD COMPANION TO AMERICAN THEATRE (3rd edition) and AMERICAN THEATRE: A CHRONICLE (Oxford University Press); THEATRE AS HUMAN ACTION, THROUGH THE SCREEN DOOR, BOY LOSES GIRL: BROADWAY’S LIBRETTISTS, and ENTER THE PLAYERS (Scarecrow Press); AMERICAN PLAYS AND MUSICALS ON SCREEN (McFarland); THE TIN PAN ALLEY SONG ENCYCLOPEDIA, THE THEATREGOER’S ALMANAC, and WORD CRAZY: BROADWAY LYRICISTS FROM COHAN TO SONDHEIM (Greenwood Press). He is professor of theater at the State University of New York College at Cortland and the author of 20 published plays.
Television Credits
“SOUTH PACIFIC” IN CONCERT FROM CARNEGIE HALL
Music by
Richard Rodgers
Lyrics by
Oscar Hammerstein II
Book by
Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan
Adapted from the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel
TALES OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC by James A. Michener
Orchestrations by
Robert Russell Bennett
Dance and Incidental Music Arranged by
Trude Rittmann
Starring
Reba McEntire
Ensign Nellie Forbush
Brian Stokes Mitchell
Emile de Becque
Jason Danieley
Lt. Joseph Cable
Lillias White
Bloody Mary
Conrad John Schuck
Capt. George Brackett
Dylan Baker
Cmdr. William Harbison
and
Alec Baldwin
Luther Billis
With
Alexio Barboza
Jerome
Alex de Castro
Ngana
Renita Croney
Liat
Alexander Gemignani
Stewpot
Tom Deckman
Professor
Musical Staging by
Casey Nicholaw
Concert Adaptation by
David Ives
Sound Design by
Nevin Steinberg
Lighting Designer
Alan Adelman
Scenic Consultant
John Lee Beatty
Casting Consultants
Jay Binder, CSA/Jack Bowdan, CSA
Costume Consultant
Catherine Zuber
Associate Director
Marc Bruni
Orchestra of St. Luke’s
South Pacific Ensemble
Musical Director and Conductor
Paul Gemignani
Directed for the Concert Stage by
Walter Bobbie
Director
David Horn
Producer
John Walker
Audio Producer
Jay David Saks
Editors
Gary Bradley
Laura Young
Line Producer
Julie Schapiro Thorman
Associate Producer
Cara Cosentino
Associate Director
Karen McLaughlin
Stage Manager
Hank Neimark
Engineer in Charge
Mark Schubin
Technical Director
Manse Sharpe
Audio Designer
Bill King
Audio Engineer
David Hewitt
Post Production Audio
Ken Hahn
Audio
Daryl Bornstein
Pete Erskine
Phil Gitomer
Rick Jacobsohn
Sean McClintock
Blake Norton
Chris Peterson
Video Operators
Frank Grisanti
Susan Noll
Video Tape
Alan Buchner
Cameras
Miguel Armstrong
Juan Barrera
Win Bernfeld
Robert Del Russo
Manny Gutierrez
Ernie Jew
John Kosmaczewski
Pat Minietta
John Pry
Larry Solomon
Mark Whitman
Utility
Anthony DeFonzo
Tom Carroll
Vincent DeMaio
Bob Benedetti
Mike Cunningham
Video Maintenance
Scott Jazmin
Gaffer
Mike Callahan
Varilite
John Ellar
Richie Tydall
Graphic Design
David Chomowicz
Hair & Makeup
Angelina Avellone
Marisa Fazzina
George Vargas
Production Assistant for Television
Adam Fels
Production Secretary
Jessica Lacombe
Music Coordinator
Kristen Sonntag
Production Aides
Brian Graham
David Lanphier
Assistant Stage Manager
Leigh Boone
Rehearsal Pianist
Paul Ford
Music Preparation Coordinator
Katherine Edmonds
Assistant Costume Consultants
T. Michael Hall
David Newell
Michael Zecker
Production Assistants
Anika Chapin
Jessica Mazo
Food Services Compliments of
Restaurant Associates, Inc
For Carnegie Hall
Chairman
Sanford I. Weill
Executive and Artistic Director
Clive Gillinson
Senior Directors
Ara Guzelimain, Artistic Advisor
Richard A. Maltlaga
Program Planning and Operations
Anna Weber
Kathy Schuman
Lea Slusher
Leo Gambacorta
Kimo Gerald
James Badrak
Stage Crew
Ken Beltrone
John Cardinale
James Scollany
John Goodson
Dennis O’Connell
Carnegie Hall would like to thank Deloitte, as well as Leni and Peter May and family, The Alice Tully Foundation, The Rodgers Family Foundation, and Alice Hammerstein Mathias, whose generous support made the performance of “South Pacific” possible.
For The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization
Thedore S. Chapin
Victoria Traube
Bert Fink
Bruce Pomahac
For GREAT PERFORMANCES
Series Producer
David Horn
Director, Program Development
Bill O’Donnell
Executive Producer
Barry Schulman
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