Show South Pacific Sets Attendance Records At S. S L. L Theatre In the Todd Todd-AO version of R Rod Rodgers o d g e r s sand and Hammerstein's South Pacific now in its week as ns a attraction in Salt Lake City's Villa theatre theatre theatre thea thea- tre all attendance records have been broken and dozens of new records set The showing has drawn theatre parties from all allover allover over the Intermountain West Vest with Wyoming Idaho and Neada Nevada Ne- Ne ada vada fans heading hending the list From Boston to Florida Texas to the Dakotas New York to San Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- cisco tourists attending the spectacular musical film play have made it a point to comment comment comment com com- ment on the Salt Lake Todd Todd-AO installation as the most impressIve impressive impressive sive in the nation Attendance has had an international aspect as well with visitors from India London France Japan Norway Canada and Mexico City The appeal of South I Pacific in Todd Todd-AO is divided between the romantic charm and storybook storybook story story- book beauty of the exotic settings settings settings set set- tings the tender sweet bitter-sweet love stories and the beguiling music of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Hammerstein's Hammerstein's Hammer- Hammer steins stein's fresh ever-fresh show From the beginning it has aroused a peculiar kind of affection in its audiences It Is in a very real sense of the word their show Critics agree that this impact is due to the fact that South Pacific is the perfect musical play with heart laughs and those incomparable songs Its people are real the setting has excitement and its influence influence influence ence has been great Nellie Forbush the Navy nurse heroine washed that man out of her hair and women across the nation took to wearing their hair short The romantic hero French planter Emile de proved that being past first youth is no bar to popularity Mitzi Gaynor and Rossano Brazzi Braz- Braz zi play the roles in the Todd- Todd AO AD version Lovely exotic France recently selected by di director director director di- di rector Josh Logan as the young star of The World of Euzie Wong Vong on Broadway is Liat the like flower-like girl with whom Lt Cable played by John Kerr has his moving ro ro- ro mance Along with its double romance many people have considered South Pacific one of the most powerful pleas for brotherhood and racial tolerance ever writ writ- ten Songs as gay as Theres Nothing Like A Dame Cockeyed Cockeyed Cockeyed Cock eyed Optimist and Honey Bun provide a lighter side to the serious dissertation in such as Youve Got To Be Taught faught |