Details

Based on George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion. Lerner and Loewe's multi-award winning musical became one of the greatest successes of the New York and London stages, and paved the way for the hugely popular film version in 1964. Henry Higgins, an opinionated linguistics professor and confirmed bachelor, makes a wager with a colleague that within six months he can transform a cockney flower seller, Eliza Doolittle, into a lady who can take her place in high society. He wins the bet, but doesn't bargain for the profound effect she has on his life. The musical includes such hits as 'I Could Have Danced All Night' and 'On The Street Where You Live'.

Cast/Performers

Amara Okereke (Eliza Doolittle), Harry Haddon-Paton (Henry Higgins), Vanessa Redgrave (Mrs Higgins - until 5 Aug), Maureen Beattie (Mrs Pearce), Sharif Afifi (Freddie Eynesford-Hill)

Creatives/Company

Book by: Alan J Lerner
Lyrics: Alan J Lerner
Music(s): Frederick Loewe, Robert Russell Bennett (original musical arrangements), Phil Lang (original musical arrangements)
Presented by(s): James L Nederlander, Jamie Wilson, Hunter Arnold, Playful Producitons, English National Opera
Company: Lincoln CentreTheater
Director: Bartlett Sher
Musical Director: Ted Sperling
Design(s): Michael Yeargan, Tom Watson (hair / wigs)
Costume: Catherine Zuber
Lighting: Donald Holder
Sound: Marc Salzberg
Other: Trude Rittmann (dance arrangements)
Choreographer: Christopher Gattelli