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Feb 08, 2010 at 01:35 PM |
 Can a girl from Little Rock find happiness with a mature French planter she got to know one enchanted evening away from the military hospital where she is a nurse? Or should she just wash that man out of her hair? Bloody Mary is the philosopher of the island and it's hard to believe she could be the mother of Liat who has captured the heart of Lt. Joseph Cable USMC. While waiting for action in the war in the South Pacific, sailors and nurses put on a musical comedy show. The war gets closer and the saga of Nellie Forbush and Emile de Becque becomes serious drama.
Valentine’s Day weekend will take on a tropical romance feel on Saturday, February 13, when downtown Peoria’s nonprofit Apollo Theater presents 20th Century Fox’s 1958 musical South Pacific – and a party.
Recently revived on Broadway, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s classic musical follows a nurse serving in the Navy and a Frenchman helping the Allies during World War II.
Based on James Michener’s book “Tales of the South Pacific,” the film version of the ‘50s Broadway hit stars Mitzi Gaynor and Rosanno Brazzi, with terrific supporting roles handled by John Kerr, Ray Walston and Juanita Hall.
The Oscar-winning movie’s familiar songs include “Some Enchanted Evening,” “Happy Talk,” “Bali Ha’i,” “I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Out of My Hair” and “There Is Nothing Like A Dame.”
Before the 7 p.m. screening, Peoria impresario Edith Barnard will host a party. People are invited to drink "South Pacific Smoothies" and listen to music by the Academy of Fretted Instrument's guitarists Dave McDonald, Andy Hatfield, Wes Sedrel, Pat Connolly and Andrew Turney. Also, Perce Photography will take people’s photos with a "Beach Sunset Backdrop" available on the spot, and a prize for Best Tropically Dressed will be awarded by celebrity judges Stacy Peterson-Steiner, Steve Spain, Kate O’Hara, Ethan Johnson, Roger Dornaus, Nikki Vulgaris and Joseph Milton.
Barnard’s zany novel about life and love in the tropics, “Suddenly Single Island Style," will be available, too.
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