A musical that deals with the complications of racisim and how bigotry is learned and not inborn sounds like the product of the progressive theatre movement of the 1960s. The year is 1949 and the musical is South Pacific, opening in a time where barriers between interracial love are barely dicussed let alone so blatantly addressed. South Pacific won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and never has a musical been more deserving of the honor. This is not just light, breezy musical theatre or tongue-in-cheek musical comedy. This was musical theatre probing deeper than it ever had, delving into complex issues that were more than taboo, they could incite violence in many areas of our country.