Wed, May 22, 2024 | 2pm & 7pm
Seating is General Admission
2:00 p.m. – Matinee Showing
ENJOY AN EARLY BIRD DINNER AT YOUR FAVORITE DOWNTOWN NEW LONDON RESTAURANT AND POP BACK OVER TO THE GARDE FOR CHAT WITH THE GOODSPEED.
7:00 p.m. – Chat with the Goodspeed
7:30 p.m. – Evening Showing
Garde Arts Center and Goodspeed Musicals,
two Outstanding Historic American Theaters,
invite you to a free celebration at the Garde!
The 1958 classic movie South Pacific
returns to the giant screen of the Garde movie palace!
This special event will feature a lively discussion with Goodspeed Musicals’ producer and creative team behind this summer’s musical South Pacific.
Plus hear a live sneak peek performance from one of the Goodspeed cast members!
Reserve your FREE SEATS today!
A gift to you from our generous community sponsors.
South Pacific (1958)
Nurse Nellie Forbush (Mitzi Gaynor) of the U.S. Navy falls for middle-aged French plantation owner Emile De Becque (Rossano Brazzi), but recoils upon discovering that he’s fathered two mixed-race children. When Nellie leaves him, the heartbroken Emile agrees to take on a dangerous espionage mission. In his absence, Nellie struggles to reconcile her prejudices with her love for him — and after she spends time with his children and comes to care for them, fears that Emile may not return alive.
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Coming to the Goodspeed…
South Pacific
JUNE 14 – AUG 11, 2024
The Goodspeed
Music by Richard Rodgers
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Book by Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan
Adapted from the Pulitzer Prize winning novel “Tales of the South Pacific” by James A. Michener
Music Direction by Adam Souza
Choreographed by Parker Esse (Fiddler on the Roof, Carousel, Rags)
Directed by Chay Yew
On a lush tropical island during World War II, battles of the heart are center stage in the Goodspeed premiere of the soaring Rodgers and Hammerstein classic. A lovestruck nurse and a young lieutenant are pulled into the tide of separate romances in an exotic world of risk and passion. But prejudice clouds their potential paradise. Get swept away by twin love stories and a rapturous score that includes “Some Enchanted Evening,” “I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair,” “Bali Ha’i” and more.
Tickets available online at Goodspeed.org
South Pacific is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization.