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I recently saw the West End's sparkling revival version with Christopher Cazenove in the Higgins role. Whether an intentional hommage to Harrison or not, he spoke-sang the part throughout and to great effect. As I understand it, this production carries the original's DNA; so if ever the producers wanted to revert it to a purely organic form, this would have been their chance. The fact that - despite having had their choice of fluid vocalists - they went with a speak-singing approach confirms ...

I had the great good fortune to see this workshopped very recently under Jones's direction, with some of the original cast and a host of new names. Despite only 3 weeks rehearsal and a necessarily bare-bones look, the result was extremely entertaining and offered far more promise on almost every level than many another over-produced contemporary competitor. Having never seen the Broadway version, I'm in no position to comment on how this greatly revamped version compares, although I can't hel...