![]() ![]() She tries brushing their questions off by announcing she is intent on ending her relationship with Emile for good (“I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair”). Out by the showers, the other nurses ask Nellie what Captain Brackett wanted. Recalling his own familial differences back home, Cable explains that he, too, was misunderstood for taking a path less traveled (“My Girl Back Home”). Cable stumbles upon Nellie reading a disapproving letter from her mother. Alone, the officers estimate Cable’s spy mission can last no longer than a week before he is found out by the enemy. Nellie realizes she doesn’t know that much about him. With Emile in mind, Cable, Harbison and Brackett call Nellie into their office to ask her to find out the Frenchman’s political leanings, and to learn why he killed a man before fleeing his home country. ![]() Before Cable sneaks his way there, he must recruit an ally for help, someone who knows the country well. ![]() Unwavering in the face of his aggression, she calls the French farm owners “stingy,” and the Captain orders the men to throw her souvenir cart off Navy property.Ĭable tells Brackett and Commander Harbison about a mission to spy on the Japanese from their islands. Though Cable initially brushes off Billis’ eager suggestion that they take a boat out, the Lieutenant does show an interest in witnessing a described “Ceremonial of the Boar’s Tooth” on the forbidden island.Ĭaptain George Brackett emphatically accuses Bloody Mary of causing “an economic revolution” on the island because her business practices are more favorable to native workers than those of French settlers. Bloody Mary ominously describes what he might find on a mysterious island just visible through the clouds (“Bali Ha’i”). Lieutenant Joseph Cable arrives, looking for Emile de Becque. The other sailors josh him, saying that his real motivation is to see the young French women there (“There is Nothin’ Like A Dame”). Billis yearns to visit the nearby island of Bali Ha’i – which is off-limits to all but officers – supposedly to witness a Boar’s Tooth Ceremony (at which he can get an unusual native artifact). The one civilian woman on the island, nicknamed “Bloody Mary”, is a sassy middle-aged Tonkinese vendor of grass skirts who engages the sailors in sarcastic, flirtatious banter as she tries to sell them her wares (“Bloody Mary”). Ngana and Jerome return, and Emile joins their playful singing (“Dites-Moi” Reprise).Īcross the island, the restless American Seabees, led by crafty Luther Billis, lament the absence of female company. Just before Nellie leaves to return to work, Emile reveals tthat he left France because he killed a man there, and she trusts him when he tells her that it was justified. After polite small talk about French literature, Emile confesses his love for Nellie, recalling the dinner just two weeks prior when he first noticed her (“Some Enchanted Evening”). As they get lost in each other’s eyes, Emile breaks away to pour them a brandy, leaving them to consider one another, separately (“Twin Soliloquies”). Nellie confides in Emile that she joined the Navy to see the world and to meet new people. Even in times of darkness, she can’t help but express her naturally bright disposition (“A Cockeyed Optimist”). Nellie admires the view of the sun over the ocean. As they’re playfully chased inside by a house attendant, French plantation owner Emile de Becque escorts Nellie Forbush, a nurse from Arkansas, on a tour through his estate. Maura (Bloody Mary’s Assistant) – Meghna ThomasĬdr.On a terrace in the South Pacific during World War II, two Polynesian children, Ngana and Jerome, sing a simple song in French (“Dites-Moi”). Jerome (De Becque child) – Sam Heft/Noah Salmanson Ngana (De Becque child) – Isabel Bowser/Rachel RaffertyĪntoinette (De Becque child) – Skylar Ortiz/Amanda Santos Music Director and Conductor: Raquel Garcia Well known songs from the show include: “Some Enchanted Evening”, “Cock-eyed Optimist”, “Nothing Like a Dame” and “Younger than Springtime”. ![]() Cable with Liat, the daughter of a colorful local entrepreneur (Bloody Mary). Joe Cable as they struggle to overcome long held prejudices and the realities of war as they find themselves in unconventional love affairs: Nellie with an older French plantation owner, Emile de Becque, and Lt. The story follows a young navy nurse, Nellie Forbush and Lt. This romantic Rogers and Hammerstein musical is set in the South Pacific Islands during World War II. ![]()
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