Sure, this new rendition certainly retains a familiar, traditional feel, but the whole show is sparkling and fresh, an utterly outstanding theatrical experience from its very first moments to its splendid finale and subsequent standing ovation. But in order to do so, he must teach his new student to ‘speak proper’ within just six months - and to reach a standard whereby she might be mistaken not just for a lady but a duchess.Īny concerns I may have had that a production of My Fair Lady might feel a little worn and uninspired in 2023 were quickly dispelled last night.
The professor’s motivation for ‘helping’ Eliza is to win a tasteless wager with fellow linguist Colonel Pickering (John Middleton). For those not in the know, the plot focuses on the character of a working-class flower girl named Eliza Doolittle (Rebekah Lowings, stepping in for Charlotte Kennedy), who is taken in hand by a linguistics professor - Henry Higgins (award-winning West End & Broadway star Michael D Xavier) - and taught to speak like a lady. The iconic film version, which followed in 1964 and starred Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison, was also hugely successful and bagged the Academy Award for best picture.ĭirected by Bartlett Sher, this new production of the show - the first major revival in 15 years - is currently touring from the West End.
Based on George Bernard Shaw’s 1913 play, Pygmalion, the original 1956 Broadway production - with words & lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe - won the Tony Award for best musical. My Fair Lady is a classic, wistful musical set in Edwardian London.
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