Lerner & Loewe’s
My Fair Lady
The most beloved musical of all time, Lerner & Loewe’s MY FAIR LADY returns to Broadway in a lavish new production from Lincoln Center Theater, the theater that brought you the Tony-winning revivals of South Pacific and The King and I.
Directed by Tony winner Bartlett Sher, the stellar cast – led by Lauren Ambrose, Harry Hadden-Paton, Norbert Leo Butz, Diana Rigg, Allan Corduner, Jordan Donica, Linda Mugleston and Manu Narayan – tells the story of Eliza Doolittle, a young Cockney flower seller, and Henry Higgins, a linguistics professor who is determined to transform her into his idea of a “proper lady.” But who is really being transformed?
The classic score features “I Could Have Danced All Night,” “The Rain in Spain,” “Wouldn’t It Be Loverly” and “On the Street Where You Live.” The original 1956 production won six Tony Awards including Best Musical, and was hailed by The New York Times as “one of the best musicals of the century.”
My Fair Lady is a musical based on George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion, with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. The story concerns Eliza Doolittle, a Cockney flower girl who takes speech lessons from professor Henry Higgins, a phoneticist, so that she may pass as a lady. The original Broadway and London shows starred Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews.
The musical’s 1956 Broadway production was a notable critical and popular success. It set a record for the longest run of any show on Broadway up to that time. It was followed by a hit London production, a popular film version, chart topping original cast and soundtrack albums and numerous revivals. My Fair Lady has frequently been called “the perfect musical”
My Fair Lady – Vivian Beaumont Theatre
First Preview 15, Mar 2018
Opening Night 19, Apr 2018
Closed 07, Jul 2019
After 39 Previews and 509 Performances
Cast
Lauren Ambrose – Eliza Doolittle
Harry Hadden-Paton – Broadway Debut – Henry Higgins
Norbert Leo Butz – Alfred P. Doolittle
Diana Rigg – Mrs. Higgins
Allan Corduner – Colonel Pickering
Jordan Donica – Freddy Eynsford-Hill
Linda Mugleston – Mrs. Pearce
Manu Narayan – Zoltan Karpathy
Directed by Bartlett Sher – Choreographed by Christopher Gattelli
Vivian Beaumont Theatre
The Vivian Beaumont Theater is a theater located in the Lincoln Center complex at 150 West 65th Street on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. It is New York City’s only Broadway-class theater (thus making its productions eligible for Tony Awards) that is not located in the Theater District near Times Square.
The theater is named after Vivian Beaumont Allen, a former actress and heiress to the May Department Stores fortune, who donated $3 million for a building to house a permanent dramatic repertory company at Lincoln Center in 1958. Mrs. Allen died in 1962, and after several delays and estimated construction costs of $9.6 million, the Vivian Beaumont opened on October 21, 1965 with a revival of the 1835 play Danton’s Death by Georg Büchner. The cast included James Earl Jones and Stacy Keach.
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| Address |
| 150 W 65th St Upper West Side New York, NY 10036 |
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| Transport |
| Subway: 1 to 66th St–Lincoln Centre |
| Phone |
| (212) 239-6200 |
| Box Office |
| Noon to 6pm daily |
| Access Information |
| Wheelchair access to the Beaumont and Newhouse Theaters is available from the street-level entrance via a manned elevator located to the right of the large mural. |
| Orchestra level is accessible via the elevator described above. Entrance is behind Row O which is the only row accessible to people using wheelchairs. There are approximately 1-2 steps down per row to all other rows, except Row P, which is 1 step up. |
| Wheelchair accessible restrooms are located on the lobby levels of the Vivian Beaumont |
Full Cast
Lauren Ambrose – Eliza Doolittle
Harry Hadden-Paton – Broadway Debut – Henry Higgins
Norbert Leo Butz – Alfred P. Doolittle
Diana Rigg – Mrs. Higgins
Allan Corduner – Colonel Pickering
Jordan Donica – Freddy Eynsford-Hill
Linda Mugleston – Mrs. Pearce
Manu Narayan – Zoltan Karpathy
Cameron Adams – Ensemble
Shereen Ahmed – Broadway Debut – Ensemble
Kerstin Anderson – Broadway Debut – Ensemble
Heather Botts – Ensemble
John Treacy Egan – Ensemble
Rebecca Eichenberger – Ensemble
SuEllen Estey – Ensemble
Christopher Faison – Broadway Debut – Ensemble
Steven Trumon Gray – Ensemble
Adam Grupper – Ensemble
Michael Halling – Ensemble
Joe Hart – Ensemble
Sasha Hutchings – Ensemble
Kate Marilley – Broadway debut Ensemble
Liz McCartney – Ensemble
Justin Lee Miller – Ensemble
Linda Mugleston – Mrs. Pearce
Manu Narayan – Zoltan Karpathy
Rommel Pierre O’Choa – Ensemble
Keven Quillon – Ensemble
JoAnna Rhinehart – Broadway debut Ensemble
Tony Roach – Ensemble
Lance Roberts – Ensemble
Blair Ross – Ensemble
Christine Cornish Smith – Ensemble
Paul Slade Smith – Ensemble
Samantha Sturm – Ensemble
Matt Wall – Ensemble
Michael Williams – Ensemble
Minami Yusui – Ensemble
Lee Zarrett – Ensemble
Creative
Produced by Lincoln Center Theater (André Bishop: Producing Artistic Director; Adam Siegel: Managing Director; Hattie K. Jutagir, Executive Director of Development and Planning); Produced in association with Nederlander Presentations, Inc.
Book by Alan Jay Lerner
Music by Frederick Loewe
Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner
Adapted from “Pygmalion” by: George Bernard Shaw
Original musical arrangements by Robert Russell Bennett and Phil Lang
Dance arrangements by Trude Rittmann
Musical Director: Ted Sperling
Directed by Bartlett Sher
Choreographed by Christopher Gattelli
Scenic Design by Michael Yeargan
Costume Design by Catherine Zuber
Lighting Design by Donald Holder
Sound Design by Marc Salzberg
Hair and Wig Design by Tom Watson
