Reba McEntire including "The New York Times", which commented, "Without qualification the best performance by an actress in a musical comedy this season." McEntire personally called the musical, "some of the hardest work I've ever done in my life". In 2005, McEntire starred as Nellie Forbush in the Carnegie Hall concert production of the Broadway musical "South Pacific" with Alec Baldwin as Luther Billis and Brian Stokes Mitchell as Emile de Becque, directed by Walter Bobbie and with an adapted script by David Ives. The concert was broadcast as part of the "Great Performances" series in 2006. In October 2001, McEntire premiered
Nellie the Elephant (TV series) 9 Fantastic Adventures (0518363) and re-released again in 2002 by Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd as Nellie and the Whale and other stories (9068453) Episodes contained: Nellie and the Flying Saucer, Nellie and the Ghost, Nellie and the Whale, Nellie Goes to Peanut Junction, Nellie on a Snowy Day, Nellie Goes Apple Picking, Nellie Goes Ballooning, Nellie and the Haunted House, Nellie Takes a Jumbo Jet, Nellie Goes to Sea, Nellie at the Olympics, Nellie Goes Time Travelling Episodes contained: Nellie Goes to the Moon, Nellie at the Library, Nellie Goes to Peanut Junction, Nellie Visits a Farm, Nellie at the