Logan, Joshua (1908-1988), was an American director and dramatist. He became best known as the coauthor and director of the musical South Pacific (1949). He shared a 1950 Pulitzer Prize for drama with Oscar Hammerstein II and Richard Rodgers for South Pacific. Logan was also coauthor and director of the popular play Mister Roberts (1948). In addition, he directed the musicals Knickerbocker Holiday (1938), Annie Get Your Gun (1946), and Fanny (1954), and the play Picnic (1953). He also directed several motion pictures. Logan wrote two volumes of autobiography—Josh: My Up and Down, In and Out Life (1976) and Movie Stars, Real People and Me (1978).
Logan was born in Texarkana, Texas, on Oct. 5, 1908. He died on July 12, 1988.
