we need a revival of My Fair Lady!

[gypsy4]

we need a revival of My Fair Lady!#1

Posted: 5/7/09 at 8:44pm

staring John o'hurley as henry higgins and Sutton foster as eliza.


Updated On: 5/8/09 at 08:44 PM

[gypsy4]

re: we need a revival of My Fair Lady!#2

Posted: 5/8/09 at 9:29am

bump!

[abstract19]

re: we need a revival of My Fair Lady!#2

Posted: 5/8/09 at 10:00am

I think Kelli O'Hara would be a better choice for Eliza.

[AndAllThatJazz22]

re: we need a revival of My Fair Lady!#3

Posted: 5/8/09 at 10:01am

^ Hasn't she expressed interest in that role? I'm all for it.

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[winston89]

re: we need a revival of My Fair Lady!#4

Posted: 5/8/09 at 10:06am

I feel that the role of Eliza is more suited to someone who is a soprano rather then a belter. And, after doing the concert version of it at Lincoln Center a couple of years ago she has said that if there ever were to be a revival of the show, that she would love to play the role again.

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[SingingCats]

re: we need a revival of My Fair Lady!#5

Posted: 5/8/09 at 10:14am

Hugh Laurie is the only choice for Higgins!

[Mister Matt]

re: we need a revival of My Fair Lady!#6

Posted: 5/8/09 at 11:45am

The US tour of the Mackintosh revival seemed a natural fit for Broadway. I don't know why it hasn't landed yet (hopefully utilizing the more extensive West End sets). It's a gorgeous production.

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[Josh Freilich]

re: we need a revival of My Fair Lady!#7

Posted: 5/8/09 at 11:48am

OF COURSE. It needs to be on Broadway big time. Me and my parents saw it in London, and we loved it so much. The choreography was outstanding (Matthew Bourne), the direction was ingenious (Trevor Nunn), and the design was gorgeous (Anthony Ward).

I would like it to be at the Hilton.

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[Mister Matt]

re: we need a revival of My Fair Lady!#8

Posted: 5/8/09 at 11:58am

Josh - Did you see Martine McCutcheon? Her performance pretty much spoiled seeing anyone else play the role for me. I thought she was perfection, though I was immensely disappointed in Jonathan Pryce.

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[Reginald Tresilian]

re: we need a revival of My Fair Lady!#9

Posted: 5/8/09 at 1:15pm

Mister Matt, I saw it twice after McCutcheon left. I was sorry to have missed her, but Joanna Riding was quite good, as was Alex Jennings.

But my little "Brideshead" loving heart was really set racing by catching it again with Anthony Andrews.

I thought it was a wonderful production, managing to put a bit of reality into, without getting ham-fisted. You realized that Eliza's living right on the brink.

Josh, I loved the choreography, too. And I often find myself just waiting for the dancing to be over.

[Eris0303]

re: we need a revival of My Fair Lady!#10

Posted: 5/8/09 at 1:19pm

Do you think that the planned remake of the film could help or hinder any chance to revive the show on Broadway?

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[Mister Matt]

re: we need a revival of My Fair Lady!#11

Posted: 5/8/09 at 1:36pm

Reg - I would have liked to have seen Joanna Riding as she and Martine both won the Olivier award for playing exactly the same role in the same production (the Oliviers honor replacements the same as original cast members). But Martine, regardless her infamous attendance, radiated this extraordinary charm and fragility I've never seen or even imagined in Eliza. I couldn't take my eyes off her.

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[Schmerg_The_Impaler]

re: we need a revival of My Fair Lady!#12

Posted: 5/8/09 at 2:44pm

I don't think Sutton Foster would be ideal for the role. You really need to have a strong soprano-- and Sutton has said in interviews that she thinks Elphaba's part in Wicked is too high, so...

But my little "Brideshead" loving heart was really set racing by catching it again with Anthony Andrews.
Awww, I love him! He was adorable as Sir Percy Blakeney in the film version of Scarlet Pimpernel.

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[Eris0303]

re: we need a revival of My Fair Lady!#13

Posted: 5/8/09 at 2:51pm

Besides, other than two benefit concerts (Chess and Funny Girl) Sutton hasn't done a revival since before Millie. I doubt we'll ever see her in another one.

"All our dreams can come true -- if we have the courage to pursue them." -- Walt Disney We must have different Gods. My God said "do to others what you would have them do to you". Your God seems to have said "My Way or the Highway".

Updated On: 5/8/09 at 02:51 PM

[somethingwicked]

re: we need a revival of My Fair Lady!#14

Posted: 5/8/09 at 2:52pm

Laura Benanti would be a divine Eliza.

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[Tom's Cat]

re: we need a revival of My Fair Lady!#15

Posted: 5/8/09 at 2:57pm

I remember in an interview reading that Kelli O'Hara had been asked to consider delaying the start of her family in order to do the revival. I assumed that since Kelli became pregnant and nothing has been announced about a revival, they must be waiting for her.

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[Roscoe]

re: we need a revival of My Fair Lady!#16

Posted: 5/8/09 at 2:59pm

Let's not hold our breaths for that film remake to happen.

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[Schmerg_The_Impaler]

re: we need a revival of My Fair Lady!#17

Posted: 5/8/09 at 3:01pm

Laura Benanti would be a divine Eliza.

I thought that, but I haven't seen much of Laura Benanti, and I wasn't sure if it was just a knee-jerk reaction of mine because she's always looked a bit like Audrey Hepburn to me.

In my pants, she has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun! --Marius Pantsmercy

[somethingwicked]

re: we need a revival of My Fair Lady!#18

Posted: 5/8/09 at 3:46pm

Tom's Cat, the article you're referring to was in Parade Magazine.

O'Hara said in that piece that she would have been willing to delay the start of her family in order to do the role if a Broadway production came around.

It wasn't as if they asked her to do it and canned the production when she got pregnant.

Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.

[sally1112]

re: we need a revival of My Fair Lady!#19

Posted: 5/8/09 at 5:47pm

I agree with he need for a Broadway revival of this show. I saw a regional production about three years ago that was great, and my first thought was...we need this back on Broadway done on a grand scale.

[AndAllThatJazz22]

re: we need a revival of My Fair Lady!#20

Posted: 5/8/09 at 5:52pm

Schmerg, in that interview where she said Elphie is high (the Ask A Star Interview), she meant LITERALLY high... as in above the ground.

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[gypsy4]

re: we need a revival of My Fair Lady!#21

Posted: 5/8/09 at 6:15pm

what about patti lupone as Mrs. Higgins.

[D2]

re: we need a revival of My Fair Lady!#22

Posted: 5/8/09 at 6:19pm

Patti LuPone should never again be allowed to attempt any sort of British accent in public.

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[wonderfulwizard11]

re: we need a revival of My Fair Lady!#23

Posted: 5/8/09 at 6:20pm

Whether or not LuPone would do well in the role notwithstanding- she would never take that role. She just won her second Tony, she's not going to take such a small role.


EDIT: But yes, a revival with Kelli O'Hara would be lovely (loverly?)!

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Updated On: 5/8/09 at 06:20 PM

[gypsy4]

re: we need a revival of My Fair Lady!#24

Posted: 5/8/09 at 6:21pm

well in the next 10 years.