This musical, for which Howard Da Silva was nominated for a 1960 Tony Award as Best Featured Actor in a Musical, is one of only nine musicals to win what prize?
Howard Da Silva Howard Da Silva (May 4, 1909 – February 16, 1986) was an American actor, director and musical performer on stage, film, television and radio. He was cast in dozens of productions on the New York stage, appeared in more than two dozen television programs, and acted in more than fifty feature films. Adept at both drama and musicals on the stage, he originated the role of Jud Fry in the original 1943 run of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "Oklahoma!", and also portrayed the prosecuting attorney in the 1957 stage production of "Compulsion". Da Silva was nominated for a 1960 Tony Award as Best Featured Actor in a Musical for his work in "Fiorello!", a musical about New York City mayor LaGuardia. In 1961, Da Silva directed "Purlie Victorious", by Ossie Davis.
South Pacific (musical) South Pacific is a musical composed by Richard Rodgers, with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and book by Hammerstein and Joshua Logan. The work premiered in 1949 on Broadway and was an immediate hit, running for 1,925 performances. The plot of the musical is based on James A. Michener's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1947 book "Tales of the South Pacific" and combines elements of several of those stories. Rodgers and Hammerstein believed they could write a musical based on Michener's work that would be financially successful and, at the same time, would send a strong progressive message on racism.