I remarked that "South Pacific" was a good choice for the school because of the racial breakdown in our neighborhood. The area is >50% Asian, so you can have a fair number of Asian kids be the Polynesians and they can also be the Americans. There was no need for white kids to pretend to be Asian.

I was also struck by the Bloody Mary being standard-teen sized. Typically that type of role in high school goes to the fat girl who can sing better than the female lead but who will never be cast as the female lead because of her size. This one had a lot of personality and was good. (There were a couple of larger teens in the chorus as nurses.)