Local thespians are on stage in Livingston this month with a trip to 1912 London. The Shane Lalani Center for the Arts presents a production of Lerner and Loewe’s My Fair Lady through March 23rd.
Hailed by critics and audiences for its heart and its wit, My Fair Lady is a beautiful musical about transformation, patronage, gender politics and class, based on George Bernard Shaw’s play, Pygmalion.
My Fair Lady is a true classic by which all other musicals are measured. The tale of a low-class flower girl transformed into an elegant society lady features one of musical theatre’s greatest scores, including “Wouldn’t It Be Loverly?,” “The Rain in Spain,” “I Could Have Danced All Night,” “On the Street Where You Live” and many more.
Eliza Doolittle is a young flower seller with a thick Cockney accent which keeps her in the lowest rungs of Edwardian society. When professor (and committed crank) Henry Higgins tries to teach her how to speak like a proper lady, an unlikely friendship begins to blossom.
My Fair Lady runs weekends through March 23rd. Performances take place in the Dulcie Theatre. Show times are Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm, with Sunday matinees to follow at 3pm. An additional 7:30pm performance will be held March 20th. Tickets are on sale now. Make reservations through www.theshanecenter.org or call the box office at (406) 222-1420.
My Fair Lady is generously sponsored by Paradise Flowers, State Farm’s Dan Rust and Sarah Skofield, and Dale Hopkins of the Kitchen Shop. •
