For the first time since its original run, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s beloved South Pacific made its official return to Broadway at Lincoln Center Theater’s Vivian Beaumont Theatre on April 3, 2008. This pristine revival, directed by Bartlett Sher with musical staging by Christopher Gattelli, starred Kelli O’Hara as Nellie Forbush and baritone Paulo Szot as Emile de Becque. Featuring an “exuberant and infectious” Danny Burstein as Luther Billis and Matthew Morrison as Lt. Cable, the revival marked the Broadway debut of Hawaiian actress Loretta Ables Sayre as Bloody Mary. The production ran 996 performances, closing on August 22, 2010, and was broadcast as part of the PBS series Live from Lincoln Center.