South Pacific at the Outdoor Muny

## PLEASE READ TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR ALL OF US TO GET TOGETHER PRIOR TO THE EVENT: If you use a GPS, put in the "Jewel Box" the greenhouse near the UPPER PARKING LOT FOR THE MUNY. If you use Muny, you will end up at the lower level parking lot. If you exit Hwy 40/64, use the Hampton exit and bear to the right at the first roundabout. As you enter the next round about, take the THIRD exit which is McKinley. Stay on McKinley (heading north toward the Muny) and you will see the parking lot. I will be parked on the road LEFT of the parking lot. I will set up an area, in the grass, to the left of the parking lot (if you face the Muny entrance). DO NOT GO INTO THE GATED AREA YET.This is a free Meetup Event, and a continuation of an Experiment from last summer. We will sit in the last 9 rows which are free. Although you are advised not to bring cans or glass, or alcohol, we can picnic.

Performance time 8:15 p.m. nightly
The idea is we meet for a picnic, listen to music, drink some wine as a group outside the Muny Theatre. I suggest we meet at the UPPER Level, and as you walk in from the parking lot, look to the LEFT of the theatre and we can set up blankets, chairs and visit prior to the show. I don’t know how many would be interested, but I sat in the free seats for Frozen, Jersey Boys and Evita. Great shows.

## The story behind the music.

My first starring role in high school was this musical. The plot centers on an American nurse stationed on a South Pacific island during World War II, who falls in love with a middle-aged expatriate French plantation owner but struggles to accept his mixed-race children. A secondary romance, between a U.S. Marine lieutenant and a young Tonkinese woman, explores his fears of the social consequences should he marry his Asian sweetheart. The issue of racial prejudice is candidly explored throughout the musical.