MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?#1

Posted: 2/7/13 at 2:43pm

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/music/la-et-ms-clive-davis-broadway-producer-my-fair-lady-20130207,0,5832515.story

Clive Davis is behind a potential new mounting of the show and I'm nervous he'll cast some American Idol cast-off as Eliza...

[Jordan Catalano]

MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?#2

Posted: 2/7/13 at 2:44pm

Why in the world wold Clive Davia want to produce MY FAIR LADY?

[ucjrdude902]

MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?#2

Posted: 2/7/13 at 2:44pm

$20 says they are wanting Anne Hathaway.

[Kelly2]

MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?#3

Posted: 2/7/13 at 2:45pm

In the revival in my head, Jessie Mueller plays Eliza, but obviously the production in my head is not this production. Still, imagine her singing "I Could've Danced All Night"...okay, I'm done now.

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[beautywickedlover]

MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?#4

Posted: 2/7/13 at 2:52pm

Laura Michelle Kelly as Eliza Doolittle please! Her voice is gorgeous and the role fits her like a glove.

[tazber]

MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?#5

Posted: 2/7/13 at 2:52pm

I know it's a classic and all that but I find this show to be such a snooze.

Then again I'm not a Lerner and Loewe fan.

....but the world goes 'round

[OrdinaryJukebox]

MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?#6

Posted: 2/7/13 at 2:53pm

Clive Davis ... why? He's probably gonna want to put some idiot like Alicia Keys in the lead role.

[Jordan Catalano]

MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?#7

Posted: 2/7/13 at 2:53pm

Keep in mind that this is a "classic" that has never had a successful revival. They need a Hugh Jackman-esque name to have any hope of this succeeding.

[ucjrdude902]

MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?#8

Posted: 2/7/13 at 2:56pm

Can Jessica Chastain sing by chance?

[beautywickedlover]

MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?#9

Posted: 2/7/13 at 2:57pm

Maybe Julie Andrews could play Mrs. Pierce. Marni Nixon was able to play the role several years after the film.

[Jordan Catalano]

MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?#10

Posted: 2/7/13 at 2:59pm

Even if she could, she can't even sell out THE HEIRESS. Honestly, MY FAIR LADY is an enormous show with a huge cast. Without A++++++ List stars in both roles, there's no point in them even trying.

[ucjrdude902]

MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?#11

Posted: 2/7/13 at 3:04pm

You don't think her future Oscar win would help? Maybe someone like her and Hugh (who needs to admit Houdini is DOA)?

[Jordan Catalano]

MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?#12

Posted: 2/7/13 at 3:06pm

She would need a Hugh Jackman type next to her, absolutely. Not saying that I want Hugh Jackman because honestly, I think he needs to take a break for a little while, but someone of his name caliber.

[ucjrdude902]

MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?#13

Posted: 2/7/13 at 3:07pm

Agreed. Hugh Laurie?

[ACL2006]

MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?#14

Posted: 2/7/13 at 3:07pm

this has trainwreck all over it. SMASH will get cancelled due to low ratings and we'll have McPhee as Eliza. I see it already.

A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.

Updated On: 2/7/13 at 03:07 PM

[ucjrdude902]

MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?#15

Posted: 2/7/13 at 3:07pm

Will it be worst then your typing and grammar?

[givesmevoice]

MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?#16

Posted: 2/7/13 at 3:08pm

I know Michelle Dockery has played Eliza in Pygmalion and I know she sings, so if they wanted someone well-known but not a megastar, she has my vote.

But I would also be wildly in favor of Jessica Chastain.

When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain. -Kad

[bwayphreak234]

MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?#17

Posted: 2/7/13 at 3:08pm

This is one show I never want to see again. It's boring.

"There’s nothing quite like the power and the passion of Broadway music. "

[Johnnycantdecide]

MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?#18

Posted: 2/7/13 at 3:09pm

Robert Downey Jr as Higgins and either Toni Collette or Laura Benanti as Eliza.

[suestorm]

MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?#19

Posted: 2/7/13 at 3:12pm

Carrie Underwood, would be perfect if you wanted to modernize it. Or dare i DREAM and say Adele? she DOES sound like Eliza before HH got a hold of her!

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Updated On: 2/7/13 at 03:12 PM

[beautywickedlover]

MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?#20

Posted: 2/7/13 at 3:12pm

I was about to suggest Anthony Warlow, Alexander Hanson, Michael Cervais, or Stephen Burntrock as Henry Higgins, but after reading Jordan's post about A+ stars that probably won't happen. Maybe one of them could play Colonel Pickering. Angela Lansbury could also play Mrs. Pierce. As for Henry Higgins, Colin Firth, maybe?

[rorschach37]

MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?#21

Posted: 2/7/13 at 3:17pm

I can totally see Katherine getting Eliza if Smash is cancelled. One more reason as to why the show should be kept on the air. Could anyone see Patrick Stewart as Higgins?

[bobs3]

MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?#22

Posted: 2/7/13 at 3:19pm

The Trevor Nunn staging done in London a decade ago was exquisite but it couldn't tranfer to Broadway without stars.

If Clive Davis could get Trevor Nunn to direct and at least one bona fide star in one of the leads he could have a hit.

But if he hires Rob Ashford or Jerry Mitchell to direct, this has flop written all over it.

[HenryTDobson]

MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?#23

Posted: 2/7/13 at 3:20pm

How about Kristin Chenoweth?..or is she too old?

[Jordan Catalano]

MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?#24

Posted: 2/7/13 at 3:24pm

LOL. Uh...yeah.