by Joan Swirsky, ©2021 Screenshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPf6ITsjsgk (Jul. 18, 2021) — In 1949, the trailblazing anti-racist musical “South Pacific”––created by composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II––debuted on Broadway to wild critical acclaim, running for over five years in nearly 2,000 performances. A particularly powerful and influential song from the musical, “You’ve Got to Be […]
