MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?
MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#1MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?
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...
#2MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?
Posted: 2/7/13 at 2:44pmWhy in the world wold Clive Davia want to produce MY FAIR LADY?
#2MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?
Posted: 2/7/13 at 2:44pm$20 says they are wanting Anne Hathaway.
#3MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?
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.
beautywickedlover
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/07
#4MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?
Posted: 2/7/13 at 2:52pmLaura Michelle Kelly as Eliza Doolittle please! Her voice is gorgeous and the role fits her like a glove.
#5MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?
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.
OrdinaryJukebox
Featured Actor Joined: 6/7/06
#6MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?
Posted: 2/7/13 at 2:53pmClive Davis ... why? He's probably gonna want to put some idiot like Alicia Keys in the lead role.
#7MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?
Posted: 2/7/13 at 2:53pmKeep 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.
#8MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?
Posted: 2/7/13 at 2:56pmCan Jessica Chastain sing by chance?
beautywickedlover
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/07
#9MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?
Posted: 2/7/13 at 2:57pmMaybe Julie Andrews could play Mrs. Pierce. Marni Nixon was able to play the role several years after the film.
#10MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?
Posted: 2/7/13 at 2:59pmEven 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.
#11MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?
Posted: 2/7/13 at 3:04pmYou don't think her future Oscar win would help? Maybe someone like her and Hugh (who needs to admit Houdini is DOA)?
#12MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?
Posted: 2/7/13 at 3:06pmShe 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.
#14MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?
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.
#15MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?
Posted: 2/7/13 at 3:07pmWill it be worst then your typing and grammar?
#16MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?
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.
#17MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?
Posted: 2/7/13 at 3:08pmThis is one show I never want to see again. It's boring.
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#18MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?
Posted: 2/7/13 at 3:09pmRobert Downey Jr as Higgins and either Toni Collette or Laura Benanti as Eliza.
suestorm
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/15/13
#19MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?
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!
beautywickedlover
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/07
#20MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?
Posted: 2/7/13 at 3:12pmI 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
Broadway Star Joined: 4/3/10
#21MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?
Posted: 2/7/13 at 3:17pmI 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
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/8/12
#22MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?
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.
#23MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?
Posted: 2/7/13 at 3:20pmHow about Kristin Chenoweth?..or is she too old?
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