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Can TV capture the excitement of 'South Pacific'?

August 12, 2010 7:26 PM By LINDA WINER linda.winer@newsday.com

Quick Read"South Pacific" has been my answer to skepticism about the necessity of live theater. So what's it doing on TV?

quot;Live From Lincoln Centerquot; shows quot;South Pacificquot; at

Photo credit: Joan Marcus | "Live From Lincoln Center" shows "South Pacific" at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, August 18, 2010.

Linda Winer

Newsday theater critic and arts columnist Linda Winer. Linda Winer

Winer is chief theater critic and arts columnist for Newsday,

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From the moment it opened in April, 2008, "South Pacific" has been my answer to skepticism about the necessity of live theater.

So what's it doing on TV?

We'll know at 8 p.m. Aug. 17, when the Lincoln Center Theater's vibrantly, insistently in-the-moment revival will be beamed - live and in real time - to home screens, compliments of "Live From Lincoln Center" on PBS.

It is hard...

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