A Military Musical With a Twist
Ben BrantleyMarch 24, 2010: Lust has been known to make many a hearty serviceman burst into song, or so the American musical tells us. But there are lots of ways for a soldier, sailor or Marine to express the sentiment that there is nothing like a dame — to borrow a lyric from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “South Pacific” — and not all of them are pretty. Why, just listen to what the boys are singing in a little show 20-some blocks south of where “South Pacific” is enjoying a long-running revival at Lincoln Center.
READ THE REVIEW