My Fair Lady

My Fair Lady

Friday, August 19, 2011 at 7:30 pm
Saturday, August 20, 2011 at 7:30 pm
Sunday, August 21, 2011 at 2:00 pm

Wisconsin Union Theater (800 Langdon Street, Madison, WI)

Directed by Tony Trout with Music Direction by Scott Foss and Choreography by Brian Cowing. Starring Sarah O’Hara as Eliza Doolittle, Doug Swenson as Henry Higgins, Tom Hensen as Alfred P. Doolittle, and Kevin Blakeslee as Freddy Eynsford-Hill.

Based upon George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion and with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe, MY FAIR LADY premiered on Broadway in 1956.

The story of Eliza Doolittle, a Cockney flower girl who takes speech lessons from Professor Henry Higgins, this classic musical includes “Wouldn’t it be loverly?,” “On the Street Where You Live,” “I Could Have Danced All Night,” and more.

Tickets

Tickets for MY FAIR LADY are on sale through the Campus Arts Box Office at (608) 265-ARTS. Purchase tickets online at any time through the Campus Arts Box Office.

Press

“There are songs from my childhood that I had forgotten how much I love, and Four Seasons Theatre’s My Fair Lady is bursting with them. The tunes by Lerner and Loewe feel like the dictionary definition of a Broadway musical. Friday night in Wisconsin Union Theater, they had the crowd cheering.” Read the full Isthmus Review, The wonderful songs keep coming in Four Seasons Theate’s My Fair Lady.

“A full orchestra and fine cast make this production of Lerner and Loewe’s memorable musical worth a trip to the Union Theater.”  Read the full 77 Square review, Courage and Consonants in Four Seasons’ My Fair Lady.”

Sarah O’Hara, who stars as Eliza Doolittle in MY FAIR LADY and was featured as Percy in THE SPITFIRE GRILL in December 2010, was interviewed by Gayle Worland for the Stage Presence section in the Sunday, August 14 issue of the WI State Journal.  Read the full article: “Stage Presence – Love of theater and music started when Sarah O’Hara was a child.”

Tony Trout, the director of MY FAIR LADY, was interviewed for The Decider in The Onion. Read the interview here.

Watch the WKOW TV interview with director Tony Trout, Elishah Oesch, and Mrs. Eynsford-Hill’s fabulous Ascot hat.

Partial support for this production has been provided by the Dane County Cultural Affairs Commisison and the Wisconsin Arts Board.  Additional support provided by Park Printing of Verona, Audio for the Arts, and The Psychology Center.