Last few days to see My Fair Lady at The Playhouse Theatre in Durban

My Fair Lady

The Playhouse Company’s star-studded 2009 sta­ging of the clas­sic musical My Fair Lady, presen­ted in part­ner­ship with East Coast Radio is one of the hot­test theatre tick­ets in Durban this Festive Season.

One of the world’s all-time box office hit shows, the much-loved musical returns to The Playhouse Opera in a sump­tu­ous sta­ging dir­ec­ted by and star­ring multi-award-winning Ralph Lawson, one of South Africa’s lead­ing theatre luminar­ies. This clas­sic rags-to-riches tale stars Gina Shmukler (Chess, Unforgettable, Show Boat) and Lisa Bobbert (Abbamaniacs, My Fair Lady, Little Shop of Horrors), altern­at­ing in the lead role as Eliza Doolittle, the Cockney flower-seller who is trans­formed into a high soci­ety lady ...

My Fair Lady

With spec­tac­u­lar new set designs by Andrew Botha and Stan Knight, cho­reo­graphy by Mark Hawkins, cos­tumes by Neil Stuart-Harris and a stel­lar cast per­form­ing to the live accom­pani­ment of the KZN Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Naum Rousine, this big-stage fam­ily enter­tain­ment is not to be missed. Themi Venturas reprises his award-winning 2006 por­trayal of the delight­ful rep­rob­ate, Alfred Doolittle, and Frank Graham and Cobus Venter return to their roles as Colonel Pickering and Freddie Eynsford-Hill respectively.

Adapted from George Bernard Shaw’s play and Gabriel Pascal’s movie Pygmalion, My Fair Lady boasts a superb book and lyr­ics by Alan Jay Lerner. Its score by Frederick Loewe com­prises a string of hit num­bers that are amongst the most endur­ing in the his­tory of show busi­ness. The musical premiered on Broadway in 1956 with Julie Andrews and Rex Harrison in the lead roles. It opened at Drury Lane in London in 1958, and has since enjoyed count­less stage reviv­als the world over, while its 1964 movie ver­sion star­ring Rex Harrison and Audrey Hepburn has been seen by millions.

My Fair Lady

Hit num­bers from the show include Why Can't the English?, Wouldn't It Be Luverly?, With a Little Bit o' Luck, I'm an Ordinary Man, Just You Wait, The Rain in Spain, I Could Have Danced All Night, Ascot Gavotte, On the Street Where You Live, You Did It, Show Me, Get Me to the Church On Time, A Hymn to Him, Without You and I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face.

My Fair Lady at  The Playhouse Opera until 30 December.
Booking is via the Playhouse Box Office on 031–3699596 or 031–3699540, or at Computicket on 0839158000.
Prebooked tick­ets range from just R80.00 to R120.00. Book now!
Special low priced per­form­ances for groups are avail­able: con­tact Andre-B van Wyk on 031–369 9407.

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