RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN’S SOUTH PACIFIC

BIG LEAGUE PRODUCTIONS, INC ANNOUNCES 2022 NATIONAL TOUR OF RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN’S SOUTH PACIFIC

Big League Productions, Inc. announces the 2022 national tour of its innovative new productionof one of the most beloved classic musicals of all time, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s SOUTH PACIFIC. This Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winning masterpiece sets sail to 43 citiesnationwide in 2022, after opening on February 7 in Lakeland, FL.

Love transcends the harsh realities of war and prejudice in this sweeping tale centered around two unlikely love affairs. Set on a tropical island during World War II, this timeless Rodgers and Hammerstein classic features some of the most beautiful music ever composed for the theater, woven into an inspiring story cherished the world over. Winner of 10 Tony Awards, the beloved score’s songs include “Some Enchanted Evening,” “I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair,” and “There is Nothin’ Like a Dame.” The gripping story and the complex characters in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s SOUTH PACIFIC transcend generations and speak to the dreamers among us who are searching for their own Bali Ha’i.

Big League Productions’ 2022 national tour of Rodger’s and Hammerstein’s SOUTH PACIFIC stars Jared Bybee as Emile de Becque and Maris McCulley as Nellie Forbush. Catrina Teruel Clark is featured as Bloody Mary, with Woody Minshew as Lt. Joseph Cable, Guy Noland as Luther Billis, and Yuka Notsuka as Liat. The ensemble cast includes Joshua Beaver, Cory Betts, Branson Bice, Victoria Bost, Kyle Brace, Tristan Capilouto, Chris Carsten, SamuelColina, Lilliana DeBoer, Maureen Duke, Blair Ely, Ed Gotthelf, Kate Gulotta, Nicole Rae Jones, John Katz, TJ Lamando, Darren McArthur, Ellen Mihalick, Alexa Poller, Libby Riddick, Camila Rodrigues, Peter Romberg, Paige Sabo, Michael Tomlinson, and Eduardo Uribe.

The story is based on James Michener’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book Tales of the South Pacific, and features music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and a book by Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan. The Big League tour will feature dynamic multimedia video design by Jonathan Infante, direction by Jeffrey B. Moss, with choreography by Bob Richard.Scenic design is by Randel Wright, with costume design consultation by John Beltre, lighting design by Charlie Morrison, sound design by Don Hanna, orchestrations by Matthew Lowy and casting by Alison Franck.

Rodgers and Hammerstein’s SOUTH PACIFIC 2022 Tour Dates:
Lakeland, FL | February 7 | RP Funding Center
Melbourne, FL | February 8 & 9 | King Center
Bowling Green, KY | February 11 | SKyPAC
Joliet, IL | February 13 | Rialto Square Theater
Sioux City, IA | February 15 | Sioux City Orpheum
Mason City, IA | February 16 | NIACC
Ames, IA | February 17 | Stephens Auditorium
Manhattan, KS | February 18 | McCain Auditorium
Overland Park, KS | February 19 | Yardley Hall
Pittsburg, KS | February 20 | Bicknell Family Center
Indianapolis, IN | February 22 | Clowes Memorial Hall
Ogdensburg, NY | March 1 | George Hall Auditorium
Elmira, NY | March 2 & 3 | Clemens Center
Scranton, PA | March 4 & 5 | Scranton Cultural Center
Jackson, MS | March 9 | Thalia Mara Hall
Oxford, AL | March 10 | Oxford PAC
Eugene, OR | March 18 – 20 | Hult Center
Riverside, CA | March 22 & 23 | Fox PAC
Thousand Oaks, CA | March 24 – 27 | Fred Kavli Theatre
Colorado Springs, CO | March 29 & 30 | Pikes Peak Center
Phoenix, AZ | April 1 – 3 | Orpheum Theater
Amarillo, TX | April 5 & 6 | Amarillo Civic Center
Abilene, TX | April 7 | Abilene Convention Center
San Angelo, TX | April 8 | Murphey Performance Hall
San Antonio, TX | April 9 | Tobin Center
Orange, TX | April 10 | Lutcher Theatre
Daytona Beach, FL | April 12 | Peabody Auditorium
West Palm Beach, FL | April 13 | Kravis Center
Sarasota, FL | April 14 & 15 | Van Wezel PAC
Clearwater, FL | April 16 | Ruth Eckerd Hall
Shreveport, LA | April 21 | The Strand Theatre
Conway, AR | April 22 | Reynolds Performance Hall
Stillwater, OK | April 23 & 24 | McKnight Center
Augusta, GA | April 28 | Bell Auditorium
Pembroke, NC | April 29 | Givens PAC
Wilmington, NC | April 30 | Wilson Center
Utica, NY | May 2 & 3 | The Stanley Theater
Flint, MI | May 6 & 7 | Whiting Theater
Columbia, SC | May 10 & 11 | Koger Center for the Arts
Newport News, VA | May 12 | Ferguson Center for the Arts
Morristown, NJ | May 13 & 14 | Mayo Center
Concord, NH | May 15 | Capitol Center for the Arts
New Bedford, MA | May 22 | Zeiterion Performing Arts Center

For more information, visit www.SouthPacificNationalTour.com.

Rodgers and Hammerstein’s SOUTH PACIFIC is produced by Big League Productions, Inc.Led by President and Executive Producer Daniel Sher, Big League is celebrating its 30th season of producing and general managing Broadway shows and attractions throughout the world. Highlights were collaborations with Disney on Elton John and Tim Rice’s Aida (North America, Taiwan, and China) and with Cameron Mackintosh on a new production of Miss Saigon. Also, US tours of the Tony®-Award winning Broadway revival of 42nd Street and Susan Stroman’s Broadway production of Meredith Willson’s The Music Man. Others: Footloose (Las Vegas, USA), Titanic, 1776, Peter Pan, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum starring Rip Taylor, Blast!, The Who’s Tommy (North America, South America, Europe, and Japan), Ain’t Misbehavin’ with Ruben Studdard, and the First National Tour of Chitty Chitty BangBang - flying car and all. More recent: The Producers (Susan Stroman’s original work), Hello, Dolly! with Sally Struthers, Guys and Dolls, My Fair Lady (US Tour and China premiere), original hip-hop dance show Groovaloo (Off-Broadway), Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical (10 USA tours, Grand Ole Opry, and Madison Square Garden), Dreamgirls (US, China premiere, Japan), Hair (US and Japan), Bring it On (US and Japan), and Legally Blonde (US, China premiere, Singapore). In 2018-19, A Chorus Line toured the USA and Japan before performing for the first time ever in China in 2019. In the post-pandemic 2021-22 season, Big League will remount its acclaimed tour of An American in Paris, premiere its new production of South Pacific, and tour its flagship production of A Christmas Story, The Musical for a seventh holiday season. Future tours include Legally Blonde, Memphis and The Cher Show. For more information, visit www.BigLeague.org.