South Pacific (1967 Lincoln Center Cast)
Having already headlined Noel Coward'sThe Girl Who Came to Supper, and developed a relationship with Rodgers and Hammerstein (a national tour ofOklahoma!) and Joshua Logan (the 1954Fanny), Florence Henderson makes an attractive and very enjoyable Nellie Forbush in Lincoln Center's 1967 production ofSouth Pacific.  She's joined by Giorgio Tozzi (who dubbed the vocals for Rosanno Brazzi in the 1958South Pacificmovie) as Emil de Becque, Irene Byatt as Bloody Mary, and Justin McDonough as Lt. Joe Cable, while as Liat, Eleanor Calbes has an interesting reprise of "Bali H'ai."  This 48-minute recording won't replace the original Broadway cast, of course, but it's a solid all-around effort especially because of Henderson, who went on to future fame as the matriarch ofThe Brady Bunch.--David Horiuchi