Bartlett Sher's production of MY FAIR LADY will play London Coliseum beginning May 7, 2022- Page 2
Bartlett Sher's production of MY FAIR LADY will play London Coliseum beginning May 7, 2022
ErmengardeStopSniveling
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/18
#25Bartlett Sher's production of MY FAIR LADY will play London Coliseum beginning May 7, 2022
Posted: 11/19/21 at 1:13pm
I kinda love the new logo...feels more joyful than the Broadway version.
Trafalgar's founders were the commercial producing partner for KING AND I on Broadway (via Ambassador Theatre Group, which they previously ran before started Trafalgar). Nederlander was the commercial producing partner for MY FAIR LADY and is also producing the tour.
#26Bartlett Sher's production of MY FAIR LADY will play London Coliseum beginning May 7, 2022
Posted: 11/19/21 at 1:26pm
The new artwork is fine it’s just not very interesting. It’s very similar in design and color pallet to the last Cameron Mackintosh revival artwork.
#27Bartlett Sher's production of MY FAIR LADY will play London Coliseum beginning May 7, 2022
Posted: 11/19/21 at 3:35pm
ElephantLoveMedley
Broadway Star Joined: 10/14/21
#28Bartlett Sher's production of MY FAIR LADY will play London Coliseum beginning May 7, 2022
Posted: 11/19/21 at 3:44pm
That artwork is simultaneously beautiful and totally ineffective. The color scheme is stunning but it doesn't feel special or distinctive to My Fair Lady at all. It looks like a show about a wedding, which I guess technically does happen, but not to Eliza, ha!
Wishing they stuck with the fabulous McMullan key art from the 2018 revival:
Sutton Ross
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
#29Bartlett Sher's production of MY FAIR LADY will play London Coliseum beginning May 7, 2022
Posted: 11/19/21 at 3:48pm
TaffyDavenport said: "
That is BEYOND gorgeous and so much better than the artwork for Broadway. Wow.
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#30Bartlett Sher's production of MY FAIR LADY will play London Coliseum beginning May 7, 2022
Posted: 11/19/21 at 4:10pm
My initial reaction to this London artwork is that it made me think of those toilet paper/tissue box cover dolls that you see at grandma's house.
ErmengardeStopSniveling
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/18
#31Bartlett Sher's production of MY FAIR LADY will play London Coliseum beginning May 7, 2022
Posted: 11/19/21 at 4:31pm
I wish LCT and its advertising/marketing team could strike a better balance in its advertising materials.
The McMullan art is often beautiful to look at, but I don't view it as an effective 21st century sales tool. It's a nice mural of a crowd scene, but it tells us little about MY FAIR LADY as a show. It's becoming increasingly difficult to market that in digital media (where the majority of an ad spend occurs). When LCT inevitably swaps out the painted art for something that uses photos from the show, the handwritten logo looks out of place.
At the same time, I know we are nearing the end of the McMullan era at LCT, as he is 87. (And –– a little further off –– we'll be nearing the end of LCT's Andre Bishop era, since he's 73)
#32Bartlett Sher's production of MY FAIR LADY will play London Coliseum beginning May 7, 2022
Posted: 11/19/21 at 4:37pm
Laura Michelle Kelly came to my mind. She’s an established theatre star, a contemporary of Ambrose and Benanti, and worked with Sher when she did the King and I tour. But she apparently already played the role in London back in 2003, so they probably wouldn’t go with her.
Updated On: 2/24/22 at 04:37 PM
#33Bartlett Sher's production of MY FAIR LADY will play London Coliseum beginning May 7, 2022
Posted: 11/19/21 at 5:10pm
I love that artwork. She’s literally a flower girl.
#34Bartlett Sher's production of MY FAIR LADY will play London Coliseum beginning May 7, 2022
Posted: 11/20/21 at 12:13am
Shouldn't they be violets?
#35Bartlett Sher's production of MY FAIR LADY will play London Coliseum beginning May 7, 2022
Posted: 2/24/22 at 8:12pm
Casting announced tonight. HHP returning as Higgins with Amara Okereke (Wendela from the recent London “Spring Awakening&rdquo
as Eliza and Vanessa Redgrave as Mrs. Higgins.
Redgrave is reason enough that I’m glad I already have tix for this!
#36Bartlett Sher's production of MY FAIR LADY will play London Coliseum beginning May 7, 2022
Posted: 2/24/22 at 9:13pm
Jordan Catalano said: "Casting announced tonight. HHP returning as Higgins withAmara Okereke (Wendela from the recent London “Spring Awakening&rdquo as Eliza and Vanessa Redgrave as Mrs. Higgins.
Redgrave is reason enough that I’m glad I already have tix for this!"
VANESSA REDGRAVE?!?!?!? Excuse me as I go pick my face up off the floor.....
#37Bartlett Sher's production of MY FAIR LADY will play London Coliseum beginning May 7, 2022
Posted: 2/24/22 at 9:18pmThis will mark Redgrave’s return to the musical world of Lerner & Loewe after having previously played Guenevere in the 1967 film adaptation of Camelot.
#38Bartlett Sher's production of MY FAIR LADY will play London Coliseum beginning May 7, 2022
Posted: 2/24/22 at 9:20pm
WOW! This is going to be a massive hit in London.
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
#39Bartlett Sher's production of MY FAIR LADY will play London Coliseum beginning May 7, 2022
Posted: 2/24/22 at 9:28pm
REDGRAVE!!!! HOLY CRAP! That's a huge deal!
#40Bartlett Sher's production of MY FAIR LADY will play London Coliseum beginning May 7, 2022
Posted: 2/24/22 at 9:33pm
Oh, wow.
#41Bartlett Sher's production of MY FAIR LADY will play London Coliseum beginning May 7, 2022
Posted: 2/24/22 at 10:30pm
The addition of Vanessa Redgrave is very heartwarming.
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#42Bartlett Sher's production of MY FAIR LADY will play London Coliseum beginning May 7, 2022
Posted: 3/3/22 at 12:04pm
So they're finally going to cast an ingenue in an ingenue role.
Kelli O'Hara, at the end of a long interview with someone named Jim Zirin, was asked point-blank if she wanted the role of Eliza in the third part of Sher's LCT trilogy.
"I think that ship has sailed. I'm sad about that. I feel like Mary Martin was playing roles like this into her 40s. I love that role, that score, that show, but if that ship has sailed that's OK. I got to do it once with the New York Philharmonic"
Then Sher hires two over 40 in age.
Hard for me to see her playing a guttersnipe with the lowest of self-esteem.
ErmengardeStopSniveling
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/18
#43Bartlett Sher's production of MY FAIR LADY will play London Coliseum beginning May 7, 2022
Posted: 3/3/22 at 12:26pm
FWIW, the tour also has a 20-something Eliza and the Broadway understudies were also young.
I just have a hard time seeing O'Hara be a great Eliza, in terms of both vocals and acting. Maybe she would have been wonderful. But I don't know. I know she played it at the Philharmonic with Kelsey Grammer, but that was 15+ years ago.
#44Bartlett Sher's production of MY FAIR LADY will play London Coliseum beginning May 7, 2022
Posted: 3/3/22 at 12:27pm
This production was stunning from beginning to end in NYC. I am so glad it is currently enjoying a successful US tour, and now a West End engagement - I think this is a production that has a fresh take on a beloved classic, and therefore can, and should, be enjoyed by both longtime fans and new audiences alike!
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#45Bartlett Sher's production of MY FAIR LADY will play London Coliseum beginning May 7, 2022
Posted: 3/3/22 at 1:15pm
I thought the LCT production of My Fair Lady was the equal of its South Pacific. Yet at about 500 performances its run was only half of that of South Pacific.
ErmengardeStopSniveling
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/18
#46Bartlett Sher's production of MY FAIR LADY will play London Coliseum beginning May 7, 2022
Posted: 3/3/22 at 1:31pm
OlBlueEyes said: "I thought the LCT production of My Fair Lady was the equal of its South Pacific. Yet at about 500 performances its run was only half of that of South Pacific."
SOUTH PACIFIC won Best Revival. It got some of the most rapturous reviews of any production in the past 15 years. It was the first Bway revival of SOUTH PACIFIC (which was not true of MFL or TKAI). It pretty much informed how a lot of revivals get produced nowadays –– honoring the original while trying to move it forward into modern relevance. It was the affirmation of Bart Sher, Kelli O'Hara, and Danny Burstein's talents. It was LCT's big return to successful musical theatre. It was the hot ticket of that season, more so than IN THE HEIGHTS and PASSING STRANGE and GYPSY.
It's hard to repeat that kind of success. Even THE KING AND I (which had a response nearly as good as SOUTH PACIFIC without the surprise element) ran about the same length of time as MY FAIR LADY.
RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#47Bartlett Sher's production of MY FAIR LADY will play London Coliseum beginning May 7, 2022
Posted: 3/3/22 at 2:50pm
I saw the tour and saw this on Broadway. On Broadway, I loved the production. Wasn't quite keen on Ambrose. On tour, the production felt less exciting in a giant barn of a theater and I didn't care for the lead either.
I'm sad I miss Laura as I think she's probably the ideal.
Hope they fix the staging for this. The ending felt so flat as she just walks off stage right. There should have been a pause with the house moving back and then she exits. It didn't have the same impact. I also felt the overall show just didn't feel as special on tour. But I guess it's tough to beat the Broadway cast and the intimacy of that theater.
Papi2013
Featured Actor Joined: 5/4/13
#48Bartlett Sher's production of MY FAIR LADY will play London Coliseum beginning May 7, 2022
Posted: 3/3/22 at 8:00pm
RippedMan said: "I saw the tour and saw this on Broadway. On Broadway, I loved the production. Wasn't quite keen on Ambrose. On tour, the production felt less exciting in a giant barn of a theater and I didn't care for the lead either.
I'm sad I miss Laura as I think she's probably the ideal.
Hope they fix the staging for this. The ending felt so flat as she just walks off stage right. There should have been a pause with the house moving back and then she exits. It didn't have the same impact. I also felt the overall show just didn't feel as special on tour. But I guess it's tough to beat the Broadway cast and the intimacy of that theater."
I am confused. I could swear you posted and said you loved the tour and did not mind the Dolby Theater?
Papi2013
Featured Actor Joined: 5/4/13
#49Bartlett Sher's production of MY FAIR LADY will play London Coliseum beginning May 7, 2022
Posted: 3/3/22 at 8:06pm
I just re read what you wrote. You did not find the tour as lush and you found the Higgins whinny. But you did not find the theater to be as bad a barn as others did at the time.
