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The Making of My Fair Lady
Pygmalion and My Fair Lady (both scripts) |
My Fair Lady was a raving success from the moment it opened on March 15, 1956. Greats such as Noel Coward, Cole Porter, Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz, and Rodgers and Hammerstein (among others) all had turned down the opportunity to transform George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion to musical form on the grounds that Shaw's play was too perfect to tamper with. When Lerner and Loewe finally accepted the challenge, they began in 1952 and worked on it for six months before giving it up as impossible. But in 1954 they took another go at it, and this time stuck with it until completion. And oh, what a show it was.
Be careful when choosing one of Eliza's songs for an audition. Her songs in the earlier part of the show are done with a cockney accent, which won't work if you are auditioning for a show that does not require a cockney accent. "Show Me" and "I Could Have Danced All Night" are from the latter part of the show and will not have this problem.
Audition Preparation Suggestions for
My Fair Lady
Almost all the characters must dance at least a little - most of the characters must waltz. The ballroom scene will require waltzing. Speaking in accurate British dialects is extremely important for performing in My Fair Lady.
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- Henry Higgins (Baritone, 40 - 60, upper-class British)
- Professor of linguistics. Conceited, stereotypical man not in touch with his feelings. Richard Chamberlain type.
- Eliza Doolittle (legit soprano, 17 - 30, cockney/upper-class)
- Cockney flower girl. High spirited, proud. Julie Andrews type.
- Colonel Pickering (Baritone, 40+, upper-class British)
- The amiable linguist friend of Professor Higgins. A true gentleman.
- Alfred P. Doolittle (Baritone, 40 - 70)
- Slightly alcoholic father of Eliza. Fun loving.
- Freddy Eynsford-Hill (Tenor, 20 - 32, upper-class British)
- A stereotypical tenor character - spineless upperclass man in love with Eliza
- Mrs. Pearce (Non-Singing, 40 - 70)
- Professor Higgin's housekeeper. No-nonsense, motherly.
- Mrs. Higgins (Non-Singing, 60 - 80, upper-class British)
- Professor Higgin's mother. Self-assured, wealthy, classy, and elegant. Loves her son, but also recognizes that he needs someone to cut him down a bit.
- Zoltan Karpathy (Non-Singing, 30 - 50, ballroom)
- A Hungarian who fancies himself a linguist. Seeks the "imposter" at the ball.
- Mrs. Eynsford-Hill (Non-Singing, 40 - 60)
- Freddy's mother.
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