Tom Chamberlain and Sandy Lundberg direct this Tony Award-winning masterpiece written by Alan Jay Lerner, who also did the lyrics, with music by Fredrick Loewe.
‘My Fair Lady’ opened on Broadway March 15, 1956, and ran for 2,717 performances over nine years, garnering Tony "bests" for musical, actor Rex Harrison, scenic design, costumes, conductor and musical director, and director Moss Hart. Its revivals in 1976 and 1981 also won Tonys.
 Eliza Doolittle, played by Bethany Ward, is photographed in charatcer at Magic Circle Players theatre Tuesday evening. (William Woody / Daily Press) Advertisement |
Newcomer to Magic Circle Players, Bethany Ward, plays Eliza, with M.A. Smith handling the role of Prof. Higgins. Colonel Pickering, Eliza's friend and Higgins' foil, is Gary Hokit. Rob Hunter (Freddy Eynsford-Hill), Jim Hougnon (Alfred P. Doolittle), Kathy Murdoch (Mrs. Pearce), Elissa Rathfelder (Mrs. Higgins), and George Crosby (Zoltan Karpathy) round out the leads.
Thirty-seven roles are cast in the chorus, with several actors portraying more than one part. Also, ‘My Fair Lady’ introduces two buskers, street performers, who are new to the theatre, Conor Keenan and Lauren McCay.
Music director Lois Decker is assisted by another first-timer Lenore Hample. Together they direct seventeen different musical numbers, with a couple of reprises.
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