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DVD : South Pacific in Concert from Carnegie Hall
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South Pacific in Concert from Carnegie Hall starring: Reba McEntire List Price: $19.98 CD-Charts Price: $16.99 You Save: $2.99 (15%)Prices subject to change. |
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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD EAN: 0603497163120 Format: Cast Recording, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC Label: Rhino / Wea Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea Number Of Discs: 1 Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Rhino / Wea Region Code: 1 Release Date: June 06, 2006 Running Time: 172 minutes Studio: Rhino / Wea Theatrical Release Date: April 26, 2006 Sales Rank: 11548 MPN: 971631 Related Items:
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Editorial Review: Description: Broadway, like everyone, loves Reba McEntire. The redheaded Oklahoma firebrand took on the one-night-only concert role of Nellie Forbush on June 9, 2005—the role Mary Martin immortalized in the 1949 Rodgers & Hammerstein classic South Pacific—and the rialto’s toughest critics, led by The New York Times’ Ben Brantley, instantly surrendered. "Open-voiced and open-faced, she was born to play Nellie," Brantley wrote of the Carnegie Hall benefit performance, adding that the entire production was performed "in a state of nearly unconditional rapture. It was one of those nights when cynicism didn’t stand a chance." Happily that enchanted evening can be shared with fans everywhere when "SOUTH PACIFIC" IN CONCERT FROM CARNEGIE HALL comes to DVD. Completing the luxury casting are Broadway and Hollywood icons Brian Stokes Mitchell and Alec Baldwin, as, respectively, French planter Emile de Becque and wise guy sailor Luther Billis. The performance also aired on Thirteen/WNE! T New York’s GREAT PERFORMANCES on PBS in April/May. Amazon.com: Rodgers and Hammerstein's glorious score for South Pacific gets a surge of welcome new energy in this 2005 Carnegie Hall concert. Brian Stokes Mitchell (Kiss Me Kate, Ragtime) is in spectacular voice singing "Some Enchanted Evening" and "This Nearly Was Mine," but the real discovery is country star Reba McEntire as Nellie Forbush. McEntire won raves when she replaced Bernadette Peters in Annie Get Your Gun, but her performance was never recorded and released to the general public. Now we can understand the raves for ourselves, because McEntire is a joy in the role that features such standards as "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair" and "A Wonderful Guy." Those used to Mary Martin (which is nearly everybody) will need to get used to McEntire's scoops and twang, but it's not inappropriate for a character hailing from Little Rock, Arkansas. Jason Danieley (The Full Monty) and Lillias White are both effective as Lieutenant Cable and Bloody Mary, respectively, and Alec Baldwin doesn't embarrass himself any more than he's supposed to as Billis. Because it's a concert performance, the singers carry books and don't wear costumes other than in "Honey Bun" (so the nurses jog in the surf and wash their hair wearing black gowns). But much of the story is conveyed through dialogue excerpts, so the 113-minute DVD is substantially longer than the 78-minute CD. --David Horiuchi Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - Blown away!I simply luvvved this production!! The only other version of South Pacific that I'd ever seen was the screen version starring Mitzi Gaynor & Rossano Brazzi, but I was completely blown away & enraptured by the performances of Reba McEntire & Brian Stokes Mitchell in the starring roles. There was such great chemistry between the two & the singing was fantastic. I am a huge fan of both now! The rest of the cast was great as well. Alec Baldwin was funny & cute as hell as Luther Billis, & what a beautiful, powerful, mesmerizing voice Lillias White has in her role as Bloody Mary. Her rendition of Bali Hi was spectacular. I am so grateful that PBS made the decision to record this performance because I so, so enjoyed it! ... Read More: Rating: - Totally Superb!Watched this for the second time on PBS last night and will shortly purchase my own copy right here. I never thought watching a Broadway musical without all the trappings could be a sublime experience, but this was! Reba is totally great and believable as Nelly, all the casting is right on, and Brian as Emile is awesome! The music is too good to be true and, by the end, I was practically in tears. Cannot wait to get my own DVD copy and watch and sing along (in private only) to my heart's content. As a young person I took voice lessons and tried singing some of these songs. They're as difficult to sing, due to the complexity of the music, as some opera...more difficult than some, actually. Yet, the notes, intervals, chords, and combinations, ... Read More: Rating: - Truly A Hundred and One Pounds of FunSouth Pacific in Concert at Carnegie Hall has a very special energy to it, you feel the connection of the audience with the artists, you feel the fun everyone is having. It seems that all artists are knowing of the special moment they are part of, and you watching this are going to wish to have been there. I always was a fan of Reba McEntire, but even more so now, the gal can belt out a tune. So Reba, seeing how much fun you had with this, I hope you will do more musicals, your voice is absolutely suitable for it, I see why you were brilliant in Annie Get Your Gun. Sometimes I get upset with living here in Switzerland, only for the reason that I miss out on most of the great shows on Broadway and these very special shows being ... Read More: Rating: - Wonderful Fun! Brian Stokes Mitchell is DA Bomb!First off..... Unlike some reviewers here, in my opinion, Reba sure looks about the right age to be Nellie (check your history, folks) and she sure is from the "right" part of the world. A girl from Little Rock in WW2 would sound just like Reba does. She is too much fun to watch! I can see where she would have been super in Annie Get Your Gun! Her Nellie has just the right touch of small town girl and wise woman! She does a great job with a basically mediocre libretto. Mr. Danieley is lyrically wonderful as Lt. Cable and Lillas White does a bang up job as Bloody Mary. Alec Baldwin is a really good (surprisingly so) Luther Billis. The real star here is Brian Stokes Mitchell. This is probably the closest I'll ever ... Read More: Rating: - 15 years before its timeThis concert was a fabulous rendition of South Pacific. I liked Mitzi Gaynor and Glenn Close in prior roles playing Nellie Forbush but Reba Mcintire was simply phenominal. Her country twang better placed her character as a hick from Little Rock and her voice was simply incredible. I am a product from the sixties and the song "You've Got To Be Carefully Taught" was created 15 years before the civil rights movement began. This fact merely confirms the brilliance and mastery of Rogers & Hammerstein. I wish there were more performances of musicals in this format. Jewel, Nathan Lane, and others did the "Wizard of Oz" in a similarly extraordinary manner. Kerry Smith Tallahassee, FL |
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