RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN’S SOUTH PACIFIC SOUTH PACIFIC - Pittsinger Casting Announcement

The Seven-time 2008 TONY AWARD®-WINNING
LINCOLN CENTER THEATER Production of

RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN’S
SOUTH PACIFIC
directed by BARTLETT SHER

Announces Casting for the Belk Theater in Charlotte

Bob Boyett and NETworks Presentations announce casting for the National Tour of The Lincoln Center Theater Production of Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein’s prize-winning musical SOUTH PACIFIC, directed by Bartlett Sher playing the Belk Theater in Charlotte Nov. 10-15 as part of the Duke Energy Broadway Lights series. The Charlotte engagement of SOUTH PACIFIC is sponsored by WSOC-TV. For more information on the production, please visit www.SouthPacificOnTour.com.

Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased online at BlumenthalCenter.org, by phone at 704-372-1000, or from the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center Box Office located in the Tryon Street lobby of the Belk Theater. Group orders for 20 or more may be placed by calling 704-379-1380.

The Charlotte engagement of the National Touring Company of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s SOUTH PACIFIC will be led by internationally renowned bass-baritone David Pittsinger, who most recently portrayed Angelotti in “Tosca” at the Metropolitan Opera, as Emile de Becque and Carmen Cusack (Nellie Forbush), with Anderson Davis (Lt. Cable), Matthew Saldivar (Luther Billis), Keala Settle (Bloody Mary), Gerry Becker (Capt. Brackett), Peter Rini (Cmdr. Harbison), Sumie Maeda (Liat), Rusty Ross (Professor), original 2008 Broadway cast member Genson Blimline (Stewpot), Christina Carrera (Ngana) and CJ Palma (Jerome).

The ensemble will include Christopher Carl, Eric L. Christian (from the Broadway production), Jacqueline Colmer, Mike Evairste (from the Broadway production), Kate Fahrner, Nicholas Galbraith, Alexis G.B. Holt, Chad Jennings, Christopher Johnstone, Kristie Kerwin, Jodi Kimura, Joe Langworth, Maxine Linehan, Diane Phelan, John Pinto Jr, Travis Robertson, Josh Rouah, Tally Sessions, Kristen J. Smith, Matt Stokes, Gregory Williams and Victor Wisehart.

Critics lauded high praise for the National Tour’s debut in San Francisco, CA:
• “This is the South Pacific we’ve been waiting for” (San Francisco Chronicle)
• “Shimmering romance in the ravishing score” (San Jose Mercury News)
• “Fans of musical theatre shouldn’t miss this show” (San Francisco Examiner)

For more information, please download the pdf below.