"My Fair Lady" 1976 Revival Question

The 1976 revival of "MFL"opened the same year as "A Chorus Line", "Chicago", "Pacific Overtures" and ran for 377 performances. Ian Richardson as "Henry Higgins" and George Rose as "Alfred P. Doolittle" were both nominated for Best Lead Actor in a Musical Tony Awards; the winner was George Rose! Does anyone know if that particular production was significantly different from the original production? Jerry Orbach was also nominated for "Chicago". Does anyone have any relevant details? Could Leo Norbert Butz be considered for Lead next year?

I think George Rose competing in Lead Actor as Alfred really had to have been a question of billing.

markypoo said: "The one thing I recall being different is that the 1st act ended as Eliza was in the midst of dancing with Karparthy. Higgins and Pickering stood with their backs to the audience and fingers crossed.
Didn't the original curtain take place with their departure for the ball?"



You're confusing this revival with the Richard Chamberlain version quite a few years later

One of my favorite Broadway experiences ever, mainly because of Ian Richardson, whose beautiful speaking voice and pleasant singing voice and comic timing made this one of the best things I have seen. His delivery of "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" will never be equalled because it was a song of growing self awareness and heartbreak for a man who had so little of either before that moment.