There are many candidates for the title "Greatest Musical of All Time," and Rodgers and Hammerstein's "South Pacific" certainly qualifies as one of them.

How tough is the competition for a role in a national touring musical? One measurement is the number of people lining up to audition.

Is there anything better in theater than a stellar production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s 1949 musical hit “South Pacific”?

This breathtaking new production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "South Pacific" is based on the 2008 Tony® Award Lincoln Center Theater production directed by Bartlett Sher.

Cast member Shane Donovan who plays Lt. Joseph Cable in South Pacific on Tour stops by the ABC15 studios to perform "Younger Than Springtime."

There's a war on in "South Pacific," but mostly you wouldn't know it. The Japanese navy has the upper hand, and the Americans are stuck in the doldrums. There's more than enough time for hijinks on the beach, frolicking with the natives, and falling in, out of and back into love.

With its 60-year history, “South Pacific” remains a rare gem in the canon of musical theater.

The national tour of the 2008 Tony Award-winning revival, which stops in January at Arizona State University’s Gammage Auditorium, still carries the same message.

A keystone of the Golden Age of Musicals, the Rodgers and Hammerstein masterpiece “South Pacific” was lavishly revived on Broadway in 2008 — winning a record-setting seven Tony Awards and called “rapturous” by the New York Times.

Cathy Foy plays Bloody Mary in the national touring production of "South Pacific." Foy says the themes of prejudice and war in the 62-year-old story are still all-too-familiar.