{"id":18793,"date":"2022-05-31T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-31T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/?p=18793"},"modified":"2026-02-17T16:20:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T16:20:03","slug":"meet-my-fair-lady-in-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/index.php\/meet-my-fair-lady-in-london\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet My Fair Lady in London"},"content":{"rendered":"

James L. Nederlander, Jamie Wilson, Hunter Arnold, Playful Productions and the English National Opera present
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

LERNER & LOEWE\u2019S
\nMY FAIR LADY
\nBook and Lyrics by ALAN JAY LERNER
\nMusic by FREDERICK LOEWE
\nDirected by BARTLETT SHER<\/span><\/p>\n

\"MyNew York\u2019s Lincoln Center Theater\u2019s critically acclaimed\u00a0<\/em>and multi award-winning production of Lerner & Loewe\u2019s much loved\u00a0MY FAIR LADY\u00a0<\/em>will transfer to the London Coliseum for a limited summer engagement in what will be the first major West End revival of the show for 21 years. The season comes as part of the ongoing celebrated tradition of summer musicals at the London Coliseum. The perfect way to celebrate London\u2019s theatre scene as it blossoms once more after the pandemic. Performances begin on 7 May 2022 with an opening night on 18 May 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tickets will go on sale to the general public on 23 November 2021 at 10am. For the latest news and to be amongst the first to access tickets please sign up to the mailing list at\u00a0www.myfairladymusical.co.uk\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Directed by Bartlett Sher, this sublime production, which premiered in the spring of 2018 at Lincoln Center\u2019s Vivian Beaumont Theater, was the winner of the Tony Award for Best Costume Design,\u00a0 5 Outer Critics\u2019 Circle Awards including Best Musical Revival, the Drama League Award for Outstanding Musical Revival, and the Drama Desk Awards for Best Musical Revival and Costume Design. The London production will feature the English National Opera\u2019s award-winning Orchestra playing Frederick Loewe\u2019s ravishing score.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bartlett Sher said: \u201cGetting a chance to revisit Shaw’s extraordinary story of class and privilege in a new age, and especially for London audiences, is a rare and special event.\u00a0 And I am also thrilled to be back at the ENO and the Coliseum, a perfect space for this epic musical<\/em>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cLerner and Loewe\u2019s My Fair Lady has returned to Broadway in a smashing new production from Bartlett Sher (The Sound of Music, The King and I)<\/em>.\u201d
\nThe Guardian<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cLavish revival of Lerner and Loewe\u2019s 1956 masterwork\u2026<\/em>\u201d
\nThe Washington Post<\/span><\/p>\n

My Fair Lady<\/em> tells the story of Eliza Doolittle, a young Cockney flower seller, and Henry Higgins, a linguistics professor who is determined to transform her into his idea of a \u201cproper lady\u201d. But who is really being transformed?<\/span><\/p>\n

With a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe, MY FAIR LADY<\/em>\u00a0<\/em>boasts a score including the classic songs \u201cI Could Have Danced All Night,\u201d \u201cGet Me to the Church on Time,\u201d \u201cWouldn\u2019t It Be Loverly,\u201d \u201cOn the Street Where You Live,\u201d \u201cThe Rain in Spain,\u201d and \u201cI\u2019ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThrilling! Glorious and better than it ever was! A marvellous and transformative revival.\u201d<\/em>
\nNew York Times<\/span><\/p>\n

Adapted from George Bernard Shaw\u2019s play and Gabriel Pascal\u2019s motion picture Pygmalion<\/em>, Lerner & Loewe\u2019s MY FAIR LADY\u00a0<\/em>premiered on Broadway in March 1956, winning 6 Tony Awards including Best Musical, and becoming the longest-running musical in Broadway history at the time. Following this success, the production transferred to London in 1958, where it played in the West End for five and a half years.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

MY FAIR LADY\u00a0<\/em>has seen many notable revivals and adaptations, including the acclaimed 1964 film starring Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison, which won eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Most recently on the London stage, Cameron Mackintosh\u2019s 2001 revival at Theatre Royal Drury Lane won three Olivier Awards, and later toured across the UK and Ireland in 2005.<\/span><\/p>\n

James L. Nederlander, Jamie Wilson, Hunter Arnold, Playful Productions and the English National Opera\u00a0present the\u00a0Lincoln Center Theater\u00a0production of\u00a0<\/em>Lerner & Loewe\u2019s\u00a0<\/em>MY FAIR LADY<\/em> at the London Coliseum, with sets by Michael Yeargan, costumes by Catherine Zuber, lighting by Donald Holder, sound by Marc Salzberg, original musical arrangements by Robert Russell Bennett and Phil Lang, and dance arrangements by Trude Rittmann.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Full casting for the London production will be announced in due course.<\/span><\/p>\n

My Fair Lady
\nLondon Coliseum, St Martin\u2019s Lane, London WC2N 4ES<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

7 May – 27 August 2022
\nPress performance 18 May 2022
\nMonday – Saturday 7pm
\nThursday and Saturday 2pm
\nCaptioned Performance 26 May, 7pm
\nSigned Performance 14 July, 7pm
\nAudio-described Performance 11 June, 2pm<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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