Bartlett Sher directs and Christopher Gattelli choreographs the new production starring Kelli O'Hara (as Nellie Forbush) and Paulo Szot (as Emile de Becque). Matthew Morrison, Danny Burstein, Li Jun Li and Loretta Ables Sayre also appear in the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical by Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan.
"Set on a tropical island during World War II," as show notes expalin, "the musical tells the sweeping romantic story of two couples — US Navy nurse Nellie Forbush & French plantation owner Emile de Becque and Navy Airman Joe Cable & a young local native girl Liat — and how their happiness is threatened by the realities of the war and by their own prejudices."
Here's a peek at the cast and creative team in rehearsals:
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| Kelli O'Hara and Paulo Szot | Matthew Morrison and Li Jun Li |
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| Bartlett Sher |
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| Loretta Ables Sayre and Christian Carter |
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| Choreographer Christopher Gattelli and company |
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| Kelli O'Hara and Paulo Szot | Kelli O'Hara, Paulo Szot and Bartlett Sher |
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| Music director Ted Sperling |
All photos by Joan Marcus.
