[Mary Martin as Ensign Nellie Forbush and Ezio Pinza as Emile de Becque in "South Pacific".]

[Mary Martin as Ensign Nellie Forbush and Ezio Pinza as Emile de Becque in "South Pacific".]

[Ezio Pinza as Emile de Becque and Mary Martin as Ensign Nellie Forbush in "South Pacific".]

[Mary Martin as Ensign Nellie Forbush and Ezio Pinza as Emile de Becque in "South Pacific".]

[Gene Tunney, Mary Martin, Admiral Halsey and Ezio Pinza backstage of "South Pacific".]

[Richard Rodgers.]

[Richard Rodgers.]

[Richard Rodgers.]

[Richard Rodgers.]

[Richard Rodgers congratulating Martha Wright on her 1,000th New York performance as Ensign Nellie Forbush in "South Pacific".]

Theater "South Pacific"

[Richard Rodgers, Agnes De Mille, and others at a rehearsal for "Allegro".]

[Richard Rodgers and Agnes De Mille (on the sofa) at a rehearsal for "Allegro".]

[Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II.]

Ezio Pinza

[Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein.]

[Richard Rodgers and Joe Layton at a rehearsal for "No Strings".]

[Mary Martin as Ensign Nellie Forbush in "South Pacific".]

[Thomas Meehan, Liv Ullmann, Martin Charnin and Richard Rodgers.]

[Mary Martin.]