South Pacific (musical) who liked Dinah Shore and did not read anything were raised by Nellie Forbush only to be brushed aside. As for the interracial complexities of raising two Polynesian children, all such issues were subsumed in the general euphoria of true love." Lovensheimer too wonders how Nellie will fare as the second Madame de Becque, "little Nellie Forbush from Arkansas ends up in a tropical paradise, far from her previous world, with a husband, a servant, and two children who speak a language she does not understand". A mammoth hit, "South Pacific" sparked huge media and public attention. "South Pacific" was
Little Nellie Kelly (musical) "The Belle of New York"", the "Star" "a real novelty full of swift surprises, haunting melodies, dancing phenomena, and playful burlesque". "The Daily Telegraph" made a prediction: "For months all New York has been drawn to see, to listen to, and to applaud "Little Nellie Kelly", and London is going to follow its example for an even longer period." Sources – Broadway: and West End: Little Nellie Kelly (musical) Little Nellie Kelly was a two-act musical comedy of the Roaring Twenties, written, produced and directed by George M. Cohan. After opening in Boston in July 1922, it had long runs