Erin Mackey Nellie Forbush in the 2014 Paper Mill Playhouse production of "South Pacific". She starred as Mary Catlett in the world premiere of the musical, "Amazing Grace" from October to November 2014 playing a role she would later reprise on Broadway. From November 2016 through April 2017, Mackey starred on Broadway in the a cappella musical "In Transit". She is playing Dot in the Guthrie Theater's 2017 production of "Sunday in the Park with George". After her freshman year of college, Mackey auditioned for the musical "Wicked" and was offered a role as a swing on the national touring production. After
South Pacific (musical) allowed him to quit his job as an editor at Macmillan and to become a full-time writer. Over the next five decades, his lengthy, detailed novels centering on different places would dominate the bestseller lists. The role of Nellie Forbush was the first time with Hammerstein that Rodgers made the leading female role a belter, rather than a lyric soprano like Laurey in "Oklahoma!" and Julie in "Carousel". According to Mordden, "Nellie was something new in R&H, carrying a goodly share of the score on a 'Broadway' voice". Nellie does not sing together with Emile, because Rodgers promised Martin that