Following the sell-out success of The Sound Of Music, Pieter Toerien in association with Cape Town Opera presents Lerner & Loewe’s musical masterpiece, My Fair Lady at Artscape Theatre from December 2024 to 12 January 2025.
Thereafter, the production transfers to the Teatro at Montecasino in Johannesburg and The Playhouse in Durban. The show will be directed by Steven Stead (The Sound of Music, Metamorphoses, Cabaret, Sweeney Todd,) with set design by Greg King, musical direction by Kevin Kraak, choreography by Duane Alexander and lighting by Denis Hutchinson.
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The coveted lead role of Eliza Doolittle is shared by Leah Mari (The Sound Of Music, Company) and Cape Town Opera’s Brittany Smith (The Sound of Music, Master Class, Lucia di Lammermoor). Smith won a Fleur du Cap Theatre Award earlier this year for her role as Maria in The Sound of Music, another hit Pieter Toerien Production also produced in association with Cape Town Opera.
Joining the two stars is an outstanding cast that includes Craig Urbani (The Sound Of Music, We Will Rock You, Chicago) as Henry Higgins, Graham Hopkins (Witness for the Prosecution, Hansard, Equus) as Colonel Pickering, Mark Richardson as Doolittle, Sandi Dlangalala as Freddy Eynsford-Hill, Adrienne Pearce as Mrs Higgins, Namhla Tshuka as Mrs Eynsford-Hill, Megan Spencer as Mrs Pearce, Ryan Flynn as Harry, Gareth Meijsen as Jamie and Dean de Klerk as Zolton Karpathy.
“One of the greatest musicals of all time”
According to the award-winning lyricist Tim Rice, My Fair Lady is one of the greatest musicals of all time. Adapted from George Bernard Shaw’s play and Gabriel Pascal’s motion picture Pygmalion, My Fair Lady, with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe, premiered on Broadway in 1956.
The original production won 6 Tony Awards including Best Musical and ran for 2,717 performances making it the longest-running musical in Broadway history at the time. Boasting a score laden with timeless songs such as ‘I Could Have Danced All Night’, ‘The Rain in Spain’, ‘Get Me to the Church on Time’, ‘Wouldn’t It Be Loverly’, ‘I’m Just An Ordinary Man’, ‘On the Street Where You Live’ and ‘I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face’, this grand production is set to enthral audiences of all ages. South Africa is going to fall in love with Eliza Doolittle!
In welcome news, there will be a late afternoon performance on New Year’s Eve at 4pm, giving theatregoers the perfect opportunity to enjoy the last day of the year without the worry of being out and about too late in the evening.
What: My Fair Lady at Artscape
Where and when: Artscape from December 2024 to 12 January 2025
My Fair Lady tickets: Webtickets/Artscape
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