Extended Through June 23
My Fair Lady
Book & Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner
Music by Frederick Loewe
Adapted from George Bernard Shaw's play and Gabriel Pascal's motion picture Pygmalion
Directed by Gary Griffin
Music Direction by Tom Murray
Produced at The Chicago Center for the Performing Arts
Apr 18, 2002 — Jun 23, 2002
“Court Theatre’s brilliant, stripped-down reinterpretation gives the material new life, dispensing with large chorus numbers and lavish design to focus on the show’s Shavian soul… Thanks to director Gary Griffin’s superb cast and ingenious interpretive choices, the Shaw-Lerner script was never funnier, smarter, or more touching, and the Lerner-Loewe score (rearranged for two pianos by music director Tom Murray) reveals emotional depths ignored in more traditional productions. ” -Reader
Court produces one of America’s most beloved musicals, based on George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion. In keeping with Court Theatre’s commitment to stage intimate versions of the classics, we feature a two-piano rendition of My Fair Lady. Court Theatre Resident Artist Kate Fry stars as Eliza Doolittle.
Artistic Team
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DirectorGary Griffin
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Music DirectorTom Murray
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Scenic DesignerJohn Culbert
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Costume DesignerNan Cibula-Jenkins
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Lighting DesignerChristine Binder
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Sound DesignerBruce Holland
Cast
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Professor Henry HigginsKevin Gudahl
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Costermonger/CharlesJason Sharp
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Eliza DoolittleKate Fry
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Freddy Eynsford-HillNed Noyes
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Mrs. Eynsford-Hill/Angry WomanKymberly Mellen
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Colonel Hugh PickeringJohn Reeger
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Alfred P. DoolittleBradley Mott
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Mrs. PearceOra Jones
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Butler/Zoltan KarpathyNeil Friedman
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Mrs. HigginsMarilynn Bogetich
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Conductor/Piano 1Ritch Keitel
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Piano 2Jamie Schmidt