My Fair Lady
August 13—September 6, 2008
Adapted from “Pygmalion,”
the play by George Bernard Shaw
Book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner
Music by Frederick Loewe
Directed by Shaun Kerrison
Music Direction by Catherine Stornetta
My Fair Lady featured a star-studded cast!
2004 Tony Award winner Jefferson Mays as Higgins, Stars of stage and screen, Timothy Jerome as Doolittle and Conrad John Schuck as Pickering, Nancy Dussault from TVs Too Close for Comfort as Mrs. Higgins and Gail Bennett as Eliza!
The Ogunquit Playhouse receives six IRNE Award Nominations for My Fair Lady!
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"Exceptional...an immensely appealing piece of work....worth a long drive on a hot day." -The Wall Street Journal Read the entire review.
"An absolute feast for the senses...The Ogunquit Playhouse has chosen wisely with this all-star cast...It's a beautiful prodcution tha will leave you wanteing to dance into the night." - The Portland Press Herald
When stringent linquist, Professor Henry Higgins, bet a colleague he could turn flower vendor Eliza Doolittle from a guttersnipe into a duchess, the stage was set for romance and glitter.
Touted by many as the perfect musical, this dazzling production featured irresistible songs including “Wouldn’t It Be Loverly,” “I Could Have Danced All Night” and “On the Street Where You Live.”
Henry Higgins, Professor of Phonetics, encountered Eliza Doolittle, a cockney flower girl, at
Over the course of the next several months Eliza, who moved into the Higgins household, was put through a grueling course of phonetics and elocution lessons by Higgins. When she was presented at the Embassy Ball, she was beautiful, elegant and well-spoken.
Celebrating his victory, Higgins ignored Eliza’s feelings while failing to give her any of the credit for the transformation and hard work; and so she left him.
The ups and downs and plot twists enthralled our audiences as Higgins got more than he bargained for along the way and watched as Doolittle taught the Professor a thing or two. “I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face” betrayed Higgins’ character change at the hands of his pupil.
The Playhouse was thrilled to be among the first theatres in the country to present this gorgeous show; often called “the perfect musical.”
Score Highlights:
With a Little Bit of Luck
The Rain in Spain
I Could Have Danced All Night
Get Me to the Church On Time
I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face
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An American Masterpiece funded in part by a grant from the Maine Arts Commission, an independent state agency supported by the National Endowment for the Arts
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Our 2008 Show Sponsors | |
 The Sparhawk |  The Weekly Sentinel |
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