South Pacific
South Pacific
Photo of the cast of SOUTH PACIFIC with the cast of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA from the cast reunion for the Majestic Theatre Broadway production of SOUTH PACIFIC at Symphony Space

April 7, 1999 -- Backstage at THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, in the same theater (the Majestic) where SOUTH PACIFIC had opened exactly 50 years before, from left to right:   Rodgers & Hammerstein President Ted Chapin (holding the Mayoral Proclamation Declaring "SOUTH PACIFIC Day" in New York City), cast veterans Irma Sandre, Steve Rollins, Betta St. John, and New York City Commissioner for Cultural Affairs (and Ted Chapin's father!), Schuyler G. Chapin.