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Eliza? - My Fair Lady Revival 2018

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Eliza? - My Fair Lady Revival 2018#400
Posted: 8/7/17 at 5:32am

GeorgeandDot, re: Higgins: are you allowed to mention any of those names? Or at least whether Colin Firth is still in the mix? If it ends up being him and Anne Hathaway, I'm booking flights asap...

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Updated On: 8/7/17 at 05:32 AM

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Eliza? - My Fair Lady Revival 2018#401
Posted: 8/7/17 at 8:08am

Wasn't the Hathaway thing a longstanding rumor? I remember reading about her and Firth a long time ago

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Eliza? - My Fair Lady Revival 2018#402
Posted: 8/7/17 at 9:39am

After seeing prince of broadway I'm throwing Kaley Ann Vorhees into the ring.

She would be PERFECT.

(A loud NO to Lauren Ambrose!)

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Updated On: 8/7/17 at 09:39 AM

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Eliza? - My Fair Lady Revival 2018#403
Posted: 8/7/17 at 9:46am

I honestly just can't see Anne as Eliza. I'm sure she'd be wonderful, but I'd take Lauren over her any day.

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Eliza? - My Fair Lady Revival 2018#404
Posted: 8/7/17 at 9:48am

Wasn't Hathaway mentioned along with Firth for a possible revival a few years ago?

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Eliza? - My Fair Lady Revival 2018#405
Posted: 8/7/17 at 9:53am

dianamorales said: "After seeing prince of broadway I'm throwing Kaley Ann Vorhees into the ring. Also, now that I think about it, I'm worried that an actor of color playing Eliza would turn into a white savior storyline."

Interesting, but couldn't it also offer a pointed critique of the white savior narrative? After all Higgins savior complex is completely turned on its head by Pygmalion and My Fair Lady, through the admonitions and intervention of Mrs. Higgins (with help from Mrs. Pearce) and through Eliza's defiance.

As is, Shaw has already provided a wildly entertaining denunciation of the upper class male savior.
If an actor of color plays Eliza, and if we see Higgins as, in addition to all else, a white savior, his saviordom will still get trounced.

So rather than identifying a worry, you may have stumbled upon a greatly resonant textual reason (not that one would nec. be required!) to cast Eliza as a woman of color.

Updated On: 8/7/17 at 09:53 AM

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Eliza? - My Fair Lady Revival 2018#406
Posted: 8/7/17 at 9:58am

Hathaway proved to be a disappointing Lili in the Encores CARNIVAL some years ago, with a very colorless soprano. A good actress, though, and certainly a big ticket draw. Still hoping for Kelli, who was so amazing in the concert version some years ago, and just finished her Williamstown concert with "I Could Have Danced All Night" that blew everyone away.

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Eliza? - My Fair Lady Revival 2018#407
Posted: 8/7/17 at 10:07am

henrikegerman said: "dianamorales said: "After seeing prince of broadway I'm throwing Kaley Ann Vorhees into the ring. Also, now that I think about it, I'm worried that an actor of color playing Eliza would turn into a white savior storyline."

Interesting, but couldn't it also offer a pointed critique of the white savior narrative? After all Higgins savior complex is completely turned on its head by Pygmalion and My Fair Lady, through the admonitions and intervention of Mrs. Higgins (with help from Mrs. Pierce) and through Eliza's defiance.

As is, Shaw has already provided a wildly entertaining denunciation of the upper class male savior.
If an actor of color plays Eliza, and if we see Higgins as, in addition to all else, a white savior, his saviordom will still get trounced.

It's not like it's never been done . . .

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Eliza? - My Fair Lady Revival 2018#408
Posted: 8/7/17 at 3:02pm

Kelli O'Hara isn't in the running for Eliza since she will be performing in an opera at the MET in March. As for Anne's soprano, it really isn't my favorite, but I'm sure they would put her through a soprano boot camp, but at least she has the range. The apparent casting of Ambrose is so strange since she'll be forty years old and a belter. Not really what I was expecting from Sher.

I've heard a couple of names for Higgins. Firth was one, but I cannot confirm how factual that is. I also heard about Kenneth Branagh and Kevin Spacey, as well as Kevin Kline. Again, no one that I've spoken to seems to really know about Higgins.

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Eliza? - My Fair Lady Revival 2018#409
Posted: 8/7/17 at 4:08pm

I hear Oak is going to play Eliza!

But in all seriousness, if we're to believe Riedel, Kline turned it down and they would prefer a British actor (though that could have changed in desperation). Spacey has also gone on record saying that he's had a lot of Broadway offers (no surprise), but the schedules will never work as long as House of Cards is airing.

Ambrose as Eliza seems beyond ridiculous to me... I think we're all driving ourselves mad trying to speculate about this casting, when it truly seems like NOBODY knows who's playing these roles.

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Eliza? - My Fair Lady Revival 2018#410
Posted: 8/7/17 at 4:47pm

While I'm not a fan of the Lauren Ambrose rumor I wouldn't be surprised. I did research and apparently she went to school for opera/voice so perhaps her soprano is very good. The suspense on who Eliza actually is seems to be driving nearly everyone insane. Including me. LOL

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Eliza? - My Fair Lady Revival 2018#411
Posted: 8/7/17 at 6:02pm

The rumors on this thread have gotten out of control. And we've all taken the bait at one point or another. I'm out until an actual press release comes out. But I will say, I have a really hard time picturing Anne Hathaway going through the audition process at this stage of her career, especially when she has been offered virtually every Broadway musical or play in the past 10 years. Remember when Sher asked Oscar winner Catherine Zeta-Jones to audition for WOMEN ON THE VERGE, she picked one of the other two offers she had to be on Broadway that did not ask for an audition, and that's how we got her beautiful turn as Desiree in A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC.

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Eliza? - My Fair Lady Revival 2018#412
Posted: 8/7/17 at 6:24pm

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Eliza? - My Fair Lady Revival 2018#413
Posted: 8/7/17 at 6:27pm

^^ Don't you mean Beanie Feldstein?

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Eliza? - My Fair Lady Revival 2018#414
Posted: 8/7/17 at 6:34pm

Well I've heard from several reliable sources that it's Lauren Ambrose. Apparently that's the name coming out of LCT right now.

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Eliza? - My Fair Lady Revival 2018#415
Posted: 8/8/17 at 4:34pm

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Eliza? - My Fair Lady Revival 2018#416
Posted: 8/8/17 at 6:32pm

Anyone else think that with all these names being thrown around by "reliable sources", misinformation is being put into the rumor mill for a shock name announcement?

It just seems ridiculous that "the word on the street" has changed as much as it has.

Personally, I'm getting ready for an out-of-left-field A-lister with chops.

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Eliza? - My Fair Lady Revival 2018#417
Posted: 8/9/17 at 12:37pm

I have it on good authority that I don't know anyone who knows who Eliza is. I am also over this until the announcement is actually made. Very disappointed that it might not be Benanti.

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Eliza? - My Fair Lady Revival 2018#418
Posted: 8/10/17 at 10:33pm

Mr. Sher ventured into the opera field and recruited one of his leads for South Pacific, perhaps a young talented opera singer could fill the bill nicely.

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Eliza? - My Fair Lady Revival 2018#419
Posted: 8/10/17 at 10:41pm

As is, Shaw has already provided a wildly entertaining denunciation of the upper class male savior.
If an actor of color plays Eliza, and if we see Higgins as, in addition to all else, a white savior, his saviordom will still get trounced.

So rather than identifying a worry, you may have stumbled upon a greatly resonant textual reason (not that one would nec. be required!) to cast Eliza as a woman of color.

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