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) Park Disco In 2006 and 2007 two DVDs of "Nellie the Elephant" were released by Abbey Home Media (in its 'Tempo TV Classics' range) with ten episodes each on the DVDs. Episodes contained: Nellie and the Ghost, Nellie Visits A Farm, Nellie Goes to Sea, Nellie on a Snowy Day, Nellie Goes to the Seaside, Nellie's Raincoat, Nellie and the Whale, Nellie and the Burning Barn, Nellie Takes A Jumbo Jet, Nellie the Theatre Star Episodes contained: Nellie and the Haunted House, Nellie at the Park Disco, Nellie at the Funfair, Nellie Rescues Mrs Maple's Moggy, Nellie Goes Ballooning, Nellie