THE smash-hit New York revival of My Fair Lady will come to Southampton in 2023.
Lincoln Center Theater’s critically acclaimed and multi-award-winning production of Lerner & Loewe’s much-loved musical will embark on a UK and Ireland tour following a limited run at the London Coliseum this summer.
It will be staged at Mayflower Theatre from January 12 to 29 next year.
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My Fair Lady tells the story of Eliza Doolittle, a young Cockney flower seller, and Henry Higgins, a linguistics professor who is determined to transform her into his idea of a “proper lady”. But who is really being transformed?
The production was the winner of the Tony Award for Best Costume Design, 5 Outer Critics’ Circle Awards including Best Musical Revival, the Drama League Award for Outstanding Musical Revival, and the Drama Desk Awards for Best Musical Revival and Costume Design.
Director Bartlett Sher said: “Getting a chance to revisit Shaw's extraordinary story of class and privilege in a new age is a rare and special event and I am thrilled to be able to take this epic musical on tour for audiences up and down the country to enjoy.”
With a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe, My Fair Lady boasts a score including the classic songs “I Could Have Danced All Night”, “Get Me to the Church on Time”, “Wouldn’t It Be Loverly”, “On the Street Where You Live”, “The Rain in Spain”, and “I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face”.
Adapted from George Bernard Shaw’s play and Gabriel Pascal’s motion picture Pygmalion, Lerner & Loewe’s My Fair Lady premiered on Broadway in March 1956, winning 6 Tony Awards including Best Musical, and becoming the longest-running musical in Broadway history at the time.
Following this success, the production transferred to London in 1958, where it played in the West End for five and a half years.
My Fair Lady has seen many notable revivals and adaptations, including the acclaimed 1964 film starring Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison, which won eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
Most recently on the London stage, Cameron Mackintosh’s 2001 revival at Theatre Royal Drury Lane won three Olivier Awards, and later toured across the UK and Ireland in 2005, visiting Southampton and starring ex Emmerdale actress and classical singer Amy Nuttall.
Casting will be announced soon.
Tickets for My Fair Lady are on sale now from mayflower.org.uk or 02380 711811.
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