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===Box office and awards=== {{Main|List of awards and nominations for the musical South Pacific}} ''South Pacific'' opened on Broadway with $400,000 in advance sales. People were so eager to obtain tickets that the press wrote about the lengths people had gone to in getting them. Because "house seats" were being sold by [[ticket resale|scalpers]] for $200 or more, the attorney general's office threatened to close the show. The parties who provided the scalpers with the tickets were never identified, and the show ran without interference. The production had a $50,600 weekly gross, and ran for 1,925 performances. The national tour began in 1950 and grossed $3,000,000 in the first year, making $1,500,000 in profit. The [[Cast recording|original cast album]], priced at $4.85, sold more than a million copies.<ref>Nolan, p. 195</ref> The original production of ''South Pacific'' won ten Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Best Male Performer (Pinza), Best Female Performer (Martin), Best Supporting Male Performer (McCormick), Best Supporting Female Performer (Hall), Best Director (Logan), Best Book and Best Score.<ref name=Tonys1950>[https://www.tonyawards.com/winners/year/1950/category/any/show/any/ Winners 1950], Tony Awards official website, accessed May 23, 2019</ref> As of 2016, it is the only show to win Tonys in all four acting categories.<ref>Haun, Harry. [http://www.playbill.com/article/quiz-oscar-has-tony-ties-challenge-your-awards-knowledge-com-342229 "Quiz: Oscar Has Tony Ties, Challenge Your Awards Knowledge!"], ''Playbill'', June 15, 2016</ref> In 1950, the musical won the [[Pulitzer Prize for Drama]], the second musical to do so after ''[[Of Thee I Sing]]'', which won in 1932.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=May 9, 1962| page=1| title=Pulitzered ''Succeed'' Is 2d Musical in 3 Seasons to Clean-Sweep Awards}}</ref> Rodgers became the first composer of musical comedy to win the Pulitzer, as composer [[George Gershwin]] had not been recognized for ''Of Thee I Sing''.<ref name = "M153">Maslon, p. 153</ref> The Pulitzer Prize was initially given only to Rodgers and Hammerstein; Logan was later recognized in an amended announcement, much to his annoyance.<ref name=Nolan190/> The 2001 London revival garnered a [[Laurence Olivier Award]] for [[Philip Quast]] (Emile).<ref> [http://www.olivierawards.com/about/previous-winners/view/item98540/olivier-winners-2002/ "Olivier Winners 2002"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016131843/http://www.olivierawards.com/about/previous-winners/view/item98540/Olivier-Winners-2002 |date=2013-10-16 }} , Olivier Awards official website, accessed April 7, 2012 </ref> The 2008 revival won seven Tony Awards, including Best Revival (Sher and Szot also won, and the show won in all four design categories), and five [[Drama Desk Award]]s, including Outstanding Musical Revival. The late [[Robert Russell Bennett]] was also honored that season for "his historic contribution to American musical theatre in the field of orchestrations, as represented on Broadway this season by Rodgers and Hammerstein's ''South Pacific''."<ref>{{cite web |title=Tony Awards Winners 2008 |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/winners/year/2008/category/any/show/any/ |website=Tony Awards official website |access-date=13 April 2021}}</ref><ref>[http://livedesignonline.com/theatre/20072008-drama-desk-awards-winners-honored 2007β2008 Drama Desk Awards Winners Honored], Livedesign.com, accessed June 11, 2013.</ref> As of 2016, this was the musical revival with the most Tony Awards.<ref>[http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/history/facts/index.html "Quick Facts"], Tony Awards official website, accessed August 5, 2016</ref> The 2011 London production received three [[Olivier Award]] nominations, including Best Musical Revival, but won none.<ref>Singh, Anita. [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-news/9146000/Olivier-Awards-full-list-of-nominations.html Olivier Awards: Full list of nominations], ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'', March 15, 2012, accessed June 11, 2013</ref><ref>Singh, Anita. [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturenews/9205615/Young-stars-steal-the-show-as-Matilda-sets-Olivier-records.html Young stars steal the show as ''Matilda'' sets Olivier records], ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'', April 15, 2012, accessed June 11, 2013</ref>
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