who directed the above play?
Joshua Logan
South Pacific (musical)
According to director Joshua Logan, a friend of both theatre men, he and Leland Hayward mentioned Michener's best-selling book to Rodgers as a possible basis for the duo's next play, but the composer took no action. 
where did the movie south pacific take place At Broadway theatre where is this theatre located? In the Theater District and Lincoln Center along Broadway, in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.
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South Pacific (musical) [SEP] Inception
After this, the two were determined to achieve another hit. According to director Joshua Logan, a friend of both theatre men, he and Leland Hayward mentioned Michener's best-selling book to Rodgers as a possible basis for the duo's next play, but the composer took no action. Logan recalled that he then pointed it out to Hammerstein, who read Michener's book and spoke to Rodgers; the two agreed to do the project so long as they had majority control, to which Hayward grudgingly agreed. Michener, in his 1992 memoirs, however, wrote that the stories were first pitched as a movie concept to MGM by Kenneth MacKenna, head of the studio's literary department.