MY FAIR LADY 60th Anniversary Production?

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 3/8/15 at 8:30pm

Since the other thread on this was deleted for some reason, there's this now. Updated On: 3/8/15 at 08:30 PM

[Showface]

Posted: 3/8/15 at 8:33pm

What happened? I am so confused...

[Patti LuPone FANatic]

Posted: 3/8/15 at 9:12pm

Jordan, you're not making sense.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 3/8/15 at 9:13pm

I started a thread discussing a possible 60th anniversary production that was deleted.

[Showface]

Posted: 3/8/15 at 9:52pm

Then it makes no sense for it to be deleted? Is it possible for you to start another thread? I'm interested in what it's all about! :)

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 3/8/15 at 10:03pm

There ya go. Changed it.

[broadwaysfguy]

Posted: 3/8/15 at 11:06pm

a 60th my fair lady sooooo needs to happen

Would love to see Laura Michelle Kelly again as Eliza-she was a-mazing in the london production. shes 33 now...

can eliza be in her 30's? i dont know why not....

Other strong contenders I would fly 3000 miles to see in the role
Sierra Boggess
hard to think of other american actresses because if they cant do a great british accent (see michelle williams in cabaret...ughh) it could totally suck


henry higgins...how 'bout
Douglas Hodge
Nathan Lane

alfred p dooittle:
Jefferson Mayes
Bertie Carval

colonel pickering??

Freddie-???


there is a production of my fair lady this summer in sacramento by the music circus im going to, and also a production by broadway by the bay Ill be going to.

it just doesnt get much better than my fair lady

would love to see this production at lincoln center and get a great proshot of the stage version for PBS captured for posterity....

NBC or Fox should also do this musical as a live production for TV

[broadwaysfguy]

Posted: 3/8/15 at 11:06pm

Updated On: 3/8/15 at 11:06 PM

[broadwaysfguy]

Posted: 3/8/15 at 11:06pm

anybody on this old enough and lucky enough to have seen julie and rex in the original bway production? any memories? Updated On: 3/8/15 at 11:06 PM

[broadwaysfguy]

Posted: 3/8/15 at 11:09pm

Laura Osnes would be great as well!


do you think laura michelle kelly is too old at 33?

Updated On: 3/8/15 at 11:09 PM

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 3/8/15 at 11:15pm

I'd love to see someone a little younger for Higgins like Matt Smith.

[MaddieBB12]

Posted: 3/8/15 at 11:17pm

Or Benedict Cumberbatch!

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 3/8/15 at 11:19pm

Excellent suggestion!

[The Josh]

Posted: 3/8/15 at 11:22pm

Patrick Stewart as Henry Higgins

[GiantsInTheSky2]

Posted: 3/8/15 at 11:23pm

Slightly off-topic: were there Broadway plans for the 2001 London revival or did they only want a national tour?

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Posted: 3/8/15 at 11:28pm

I would love to see Jessie Mueller as Eliza Doolittle (she did say it's one of her dream roles)! If not, maybe Samantha Barks could make her Broadway debut...

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 3/8/15 at 11:50pm

Slightly off-topic: were there Broadway plans for the 2001 London revival or did they only want a national tour?

I saw that tour. That production was absolutely breathtaking and beautiful on every level. Sumptuous and beautiful.

[ggersten]

Posted: 3/8/15 at 11:50pm

Rosalie Craig for Eliza.

[Fantod]

Posted: 3/8/15 at 11:51pm

Like I said on the other thread, would love to see Hugh Laurie as Higgins.

[Jay Lerner-Z]

Posted: 3/8/15 at 11:59pm

Seeing as we're all playing casting director, I'll plump for Olivier-winning Tom Hiddleston for Higgins, and I'll approve Laura Osnes as Eliza.

[The Josh]

Posted: 3/9/15 at 12:40am

John Goodman as Alfred?

[AHLiebross]

Posted: 3/9/15 at 12:48am

Nathan Lane should be Alfie -- not Higgins. Sir Patrick is too old but would be a great Pickering. Any of the younger British or Irish men would be good for Higgins. He needs to be attractive. I'd vote for Benedict Cumberbatch, Colin Farrell, Colin Firth, Gerard Butler, Gerard Butler, Gerard Butler.

OK, I'll admit it -- I have a thing for Gerard Butler. Just ignore my acting like a lovesick puppy.

Audrey

[broadwaysfguy]

Posted: 3/9/15 at 3:01am

I did see an absolutely fantastic SF playhouse production with a fantastic higgins (Johnny Moreno, who looks a LOT like Robert Downey jr) in his early 40s and it was played with much more sexual tension, and was completely awesome-
so the thinking of a younger higgins to spice this up is intriguing

[AwesomeDanny]

Posted: 3/9/15 at 3:24am

That Anne Hathaway/Colin Firth production would have been marvelous. Has it officially fallen through, or are we just assuming that because we haven't heard anything in years?

Many years ago, Gary Griffin did a beautiful production starring Kate Fry (a gifted actress who New York audiences might remember from A Minister's Wife a few seasons back) at the Court Theatre. It was scaled down to a chamber piece with 10 actors and 2 pianos, and it was the best production of the piece I have seen. The rescaling of the piece shone it in a totally new light unlike all those other shrinking you see all the time. I would love to see another small production like that (the 2-piano orchestration, which is beautiful, is licensable through Tams-Witmark).

[Fantod]

Posted: 3/9/15 at 4:31am

I also saw that production at the SF playhouse and I didn't like it as much as you did. However, I agree that a younger Higgins is viable. I also think a Higgins who sings the songs instead of talking through them would be nice, though really nobody beats Rex Harrison in the role. I do, however, think it is absolutely necessary for Eliza to be young. Part of her appeal is the sort of freshness in the character. That isn't as necessary in Pygmalion, but it is in My Fair Lady. I remember one poster who shall remain unnamed suggested Audra McDonald for the role. I still laugh when I think of how terrible that would be.