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Logan, Joshua

Joshua Logan (1908 - 1988) was born in Texarkana, Texas and was one of the foremost men of stage and screen - a director, writer, and producer whose list of hits is awe-inspiring. His stage directorial credits included ON BORROWED TIME, I MARRIED AN ANGEL, KNICKERBOCKER HOLIDAY, MORNING'S AT SEVEN, HIGHER AND HIGHER, CHARLEY'S AUNT, BY JUPITER, THIS IS THE ARMY, ANNIE GET YOUR GUN, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MISTER ROBERTS, WISH YOU WERE HERE (also co-author and co-producer), MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT and MR. PRESIDENT. In 1949 he collaborated as director, producer and co-author with the team of Rodgers & Hammerstein on the musical SOUTH PACIFIC. His film directorial credits include Picnic, Bus Stop, South Pacific, Sayonara, Tall Story and Fanny. 

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London Welcomes SOUTH PACIFIC

Lincoln Center Theater’s acclaimed production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's SOUTH PACIFIC comes to Britain this summer. 

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When SOUTH PACIFIC premiered in 1949, World War II was very much engraved in the public memory, and even some of the members of the original Broadway cast playing servicemen had fought in the war. When Oscar Hammerstein had trouble writing for military voices, he turned to his oldest son William, who served as a boatswain in the South Pacific, and director Josh Logan, who spent 4 years in the Army.
October 05, 1908
Joshua Logan, director of musical theater, is born. He directs and collaborates with Rodgers & Hammerstein on the script for SOUTH PACIFIC, and directs the premiers of I MARRIED AN ANGEL, BY JUPITER, THIS IS THE ARMY, and ANNIE GET YOUR GUN.
October 05, 1908
Joshua Logan is born in Texarkana, Texas. Coproduces, coauthors, and directs SOUTH PACIFIC (1949).
July 06, 1949
Oscar Hammerstein II wrote to book collaborator Josh Logan on their work SOUTH PACIFIC, "Last night, the audience behaved like a large group of people who had all met somewhere else and said, 'Let's all go over to the Majestic Theatre and get drunk.' In some way, we have combined all man's emotions into that play so that the reactions are somewhat like the combination of a big football game and a bull fight and grand opera and tragedy and comedy...Now I'm drunk!"