Nellie, a nurse on a Pacific Island during WWII, falls in love with de Becque, a local planter. However, when she learns he is a widower with two half-caste children, she cannot accept the situation. Meanwhile, Cable falls in love with a Polynesian girl named Liat. Cable and de Bacque go off together on a spy mission and the two women wait in hope of their return.
Musical Numbers
Act One
Dites-Moi…………………….Pourquoi Ngana, Jerome A Cockeyed Optimist……….Ensign Nellie Forbush Twin Soliloquies………………Ensign Nellie Forbush, Emile de Becque Some Enchanted Evening………..Emile de Becque Dites-Moi (Reprise)……..Pourquoi Ngana, Jerome, Emile de Becque Bloody Mary……………….Sailors, Seabees, Marines There’s Nothing Like a Dame………….Luther Billis, Sailors, Seabees, Marines Bali Ha’i………………………………………….Bloody Mary My Girl Back Home………………….Lt. Joseph Cable, Ensign Nellie Forbush, U.S.M.C. I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair…………………….Ensign Nellie Forbush, Nurses Some Enchanted Evening (Reprise)…………………………………Emile de Becque, Ensign Nellie Forbush Wonderful Guy…….Ensign Nellie Forbush, Nurses Bali Ha’i (Reprise)………………………..Island Woman Younger Than Springtime…………Lt. Joseph Cable, U.S.M.C. Act I Finale……………………..Ensign Nellie Forbush, Emile de Becque
Act Two
Happy Talk…………………………….Bloody Mary, Liat, Lt. Joseph Cable, U.S.M.C. Honey Bun…..Ensign Nellie Forbush, Luther Billis You’ve Got To Be Taught………….Lt. Joseph Cable, U.S.M.C. This Nearly Was Mine……………..Emile de Becque Some Enchanted Evening (Reprise)………………………….Ensign Nellie Forbush Act II Finale…………………….Ensign Nellie Forbush, Pourquoi Ngana, Jerome, Emile de Becque