well, most of the characters in South Pacific kinda suck on some fundamental level. doesn't make the music any less pretty. also, what is with the fact that this musical (more than any other R&H musical) has a book that drags on for 300 years...I know it was based on Michener - but couldn't they have condensed a bit more?

and yeah, he was a phenomenal Sweeney at the Kennedy Center a few years back. just unbelievable. but he could sing the phone book and I'd think it was brilliant.