The Oldie

WILLIAM COOK

SOUTH PACIFIC

Touring nationwide

Is there anything more rejuvenating than a Rodgers & Hammerstein musical?

From Oklahoma! to The Sound of Music, Richard Rodgers’s soaring melodies and Oscar Hammerstein’s witty lyrics are guaranteed to lift your spirits.

Yet their finest musical, , isn’t mere escapism. Written in America during the bad old days of racial segregation, it was that rare and splendid thing – a feelgood show with something new to say. In

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