An Enchanted Evening

We go to the theater quite a bit, but sometimes, sometimes it's just magic.

We went and saw the current production of South Pacific at the Lincoln Center this week.

Oh my...

It's so lushly tropical and beautifully romantic and just a perfect night at the theater. All three of us cried at the end, including DH.

I mean, who doesn't want a man to sing to you - Some Enchanted Evening. It's such a romantic concept. There isn't a dud song in the entire score. Every time a new song starts you think to yourself, I know that song! and they are funny, witty, clever, beautiful songs, with the most amazing score. The music is so lush, and carries the story so beautifully.

We just had one of those magic nights, where everything is perfect (even the lighting was amazing, the sky - it looked like a real tropical sky. They managed to convey the sense of size and grandeur in a tropical night, with paint and light...)

Kelli O'Hara was just luminous as the sweet girl from Little Rock who has to grow up in more ways than she expected. Paulo Szot was the 44 year old plantation owner who falls in love with her. His voice was like chocolate. Really, so seductive and beautiful. The Lincoln Center has a really good site, with sound recordings, so you can have a listen to some of the magic. It won 7 Tonys and I would have given it more.

Fight to get a ticket, it's definitely worth it!