Bartlett Sher's production of MY FAIR LADY will play London Coliseum beginning May 7, 2022 — Page 2

The new artwork is fine it’s just not very interesting. It’s very similar in design and color pallet to the last Cameron Mackintosh revival artwork.

That artwork is simultaneously beautiful and totally ineffective. The color scheme is stunning but it doesn't feel special or distinctive to My Fair Lady at all. It looks like a show about a wedding, which I guess technically does happen, but not to Eliza, ha!

Wishing they stuck with the fabulous McMullan key art from the 2018 revival:

Updated On: 11/19/21 at 03:44 PM

My initial reaction to this London artwork is that it made me think of those toilet paper/tissue box cover dolls that you see at grandma's house.

Laura Michelle Kelly came to my mind. She’s an established theatre star, a contemporary of Ambrose and Benanti, and worked with Sher when she did the King and I tour. But she apparently already played the role in London back in 2003, so they probably wouldn’t go with her.

Updated On: 2/24/22 at 04:37 PM

Shouldn't they be violets?

Jordan Catalano said: "Casting announced tonight. HHP returning as Higgins withAmara Okereke (Wendela from the recent London “Spring Awakening&rdquo as Eliza and Vanessa Redgrave as Mrs. Higgins.


Redgrave is reason enough that I’m glad I already have tix for this!"

VANESSA REDGRAVE?!?!?!? Excuse me as I go pick my face up off the floor.....

WOW! This is going to be a massive hit in London.

Oh, wow.

So they're finally going to cast an ingenue in an ingenue role.

Kelli O'Hara, at the end of a long interview with someone named Jim Zirin, was asked point-blank if she wanted the role of Eliza in the third part of Sher's LCT trilogy.

"I think that ship has sailed. I'm sad about that. I feel like Mary Martin was playing roles like this into her 40s. I love that role, that score, that show, but if that ship has sailed that's OK. I got to do it once with the New York Philharmonic"

Then Sher hires two over 40 in age.

Hard for me to see her playing a guttersnipe with the lowest of self-esteem.

This production was stunning from beginning to end in NYC. I am so glad it is currently enjoying a successful US tour, and now a West End engagement - I think this is a production that has a fresh take on a beloved classic, and therefore can, and should, be enjoyed by both longtime fans and new audiences alike!

OlBlueEyes said: "I thought the LCT production of My Fair Lady was the equal of its South Pacific. Yet at about 500 performances its run was only half of that of South Pacific."

SOUTH PACIFIC won Best Revival. It got some of the most rapturous reviews of any production in the past 15 years. It was the first Bway revival of SOUTH PACIFIC (which was not true of MFL or TKAI). It pretty much informed how a lot of revivals get produced nowadays –– honoring the original while trying to move it forward into modern relevance. It was the affirmation of Bart Sher, Kelli O'Hara, and Danny Burstein's talents. It was LCT's big return to successful musical theatre. It was the hot ticket of that season, more so than IN THE HEIGHTS and PASSING STRANGE and GYPSY.

It's hard to repeat that kind of success. Even THE KING AND I (which had a response nearly as good as SOUTH PACIFIC without the surprise element) ran about the same length of time as MY FAIR LADY.

RippedMan said: "I saw the tour and saw this on Broadway. On Broadway, I loved the production. Wasn't quite keen on Ambrose. On tour, the production felt less exciting in a giant barn of a theater and I didn't care for the lead either.

I'm sad I miss Laura as I think she's probably the ideal.

Hope they fix the staging for this. The ending felt so flat as she just walks off stage right. There should have been a pause with the house moving back and then she exits. It didn't have the same impact. I also felt the overall show just didn't feel as special on tour. But I guess it's tough to beat the Broadway cast and the intimacy of that theater."

I am confused. I could swear you posted and said you loved the tour and did not mind the Dolby Theater?