MY FAIR LADY (2018) Reviews — Page 4

The Telegraph is a 5-star Rave.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/theatre/what-to-see/fair-lady-lincoln-center-theater-broadway-review-eliza-metoo/

EW is positive.

http://ew.com/theater/2018/04/19/my-fair-lady-broadway-review/

Tim Teeman is gushing. Lengthy, but a rave.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/my-fair-lady-finally-gets-its-metoo-ending-somewhere-george-bernard-shaw-is-applauding

New York Daily News is positive.
 

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/theater-arts/fair-lady-review-lerner-loewe-gem-back-broadway-article-1.3941107

Updated On: 4/19/18 at 10:10 PM

TheaterMania is a rave.

"Lincoln Center Theater's My Fair Lady, starring Lauren Ambrose and Harry Hadden-Paton at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre, is their crowning achievement."

https://www.theatermania.com/broadway/reviews/my-fair-lady_84848.html

TheaterMania's quote gives me a big bucket of joy:

"This My Fair Lady is a revival for the ages, the perfect synthesis of director's vision and performers and designers working completely in sync. I could have watched it all night and still have begged for more."

I am seriously in love with the slew of reviews since the NY Times one was posted. They are all mostly saying the same thing and MOST of them are finally singling out HHP's performance and giving it the credit it richly deserves. 

I was hoping but am absolutely astonished with the reviews Ambrose as received generally. They have really been waxing poetic about her. It seems like Sher made the right call there. If we just go by reviews, I do not doubt that Ambrose can be considered a strong contender to spoil Lenk's frontrunner status for the Tony.

Some of my favorite selections from Green's piece:

"She sculpts herself, with Higgins as her tool."

"At every turn the designers ask us to consider the economic contrasts that govern Eliza’s world. Higgins’s home is a sybarite’s mansion, crowded with servants and modern art. The scene in which Eliza practices her shaky new identity at the opening day of the Ascot races — one of the greatest comic sequences in all musicals — is a gorgeous study of silver and lavender in elegant, forbidding silhouettes."

Calling the ending a "marvelous, redemptive resolution."

And his most astute observation:

"The big revelation of this production is that Ms. Ambrose has a stirring voice: lustrous and rich if without the bright ping of most Elizas. That turns out to be an advantage. She delivers her first number — “Wouldn’t It Be Loverly?” — very quietly and with an intense longing that digs beneath its surface charm to find its stillness and steel. This sets “My Fair Lady” off in a new direction. The question quickly becomes not whether Eliza will succeed — of course she will — but whether Higgins can accept her success. Will he join her in it, or get out of the way?"

PERFECT. Also thrilled that he gave Donica a rave.

QueenAlice said: "Ambrose won’t spoil Lenk. I don’t see it happening. BANDS VISIT is on track to win at least 5 Tony’s including musical. Ambrose may win the Drama Desk where Lenk isn’t eligible but I’d be shocked if she could upset when Bands Visit is going to dominate the evening."

Maybe, maybe not. None of us have control over it, so it'll just be fun to try to guess what may happen. Most people are off-base in awards predictions until precursors come a spoil the suspense. Luckily for us, the Tonys don't have any precursors that have the amount of overlap that the Oscars do so it'll still be fun to see what happens.

I mean MFL and OotI is not eligible for Best Score or Best Book, and Band's Visit is sweeping at least 3 awards because its going to win by default considering it's competition. So I do think it'll be an exciting night. I mean if it was that unstoppable, it would have won more last year like Hamilton did when it was off-Broadway. 

Updated On: 4/19/18 at 10:39 PM

I got a Loge ticket in right center on the aisle a few nights ago - but the available seats were minimal and all on extreme sides of loge. I think a lot of people were waiting for reviews and now the feeding frenzy will begin. Since this is a subscription house, I think there was already built in sales, and limited availability to begin with in the start of the run.

I do have a question, I got a Wednesday matinee ticket (Wednesday before the Tony Awards). Does anyone know if Lauren Ambrose (who I really thought would be good) is playing all performances. I have not seen any schedule of time off, except for a weekend for Harry Hadden-Paton later in June. I would be gutted if Ambrose is not playing matinees.

NYT's decision to hire Jesse Green is the best one establishment MSM ever made.