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. Acclaimed Professor and confirmed bachelor Henry Higgins makes a wager with his linguistic colleague Colonel Pickering that in six months he can pass off “gutter snipe” Eliza Doolittle as a duchess at an embassy ball. Through arduous training, day and night, Eliza learns how to speak English “properly,” and transforms into a lady respected and adored by all classes. Along the way she bewitches young Freddy Einsford-Hill into falling in love with her, and convinces a supposed linguistics expert that she is royalty. Through her transformation process, Eliza forges a deep connection with Colonel Pickering and most especially with Professor Higgins. However, she finds herself in a difficult position, now too refined to go back to her old life and not with any means or desire to live life as a lady of leisure – especially by herself. When Higgins completely fails to acknowledge Eliza’s role in her own transformation, she leaves his home. It is only then that Higgins realizes that he cares deeply for Eliza. The musical ends with Eliza’s return to Higgins’ home, and the ending is left ambiguous, yet it is beloved for being both one of the cleverest and one of the most romantic shows of all time.
When: Saturday, March 23 at 7:30 pm PT
Where: Shoreline Community College Theater; 16101 Greenwood Ave N, Building 1600, Shoreline, WA 98133
RUN TIME: 2.5 HOURS, including a 15-minute intermission.
BRING CASH for the bar and homemade goods at concessions, and flowers at intermission for loved ones in cast, orchestra, crews. We have Venmo and PayPal options too, but cash is easiest and fastest!
CAPTIONED PERFORMANCES: MARCH 23 & 24
We are proud to present to you two captioned performances on March 23 and March 24. Please select the seats in the accessibility section shown on the map to ensure you are placed in the correct section of the theater at those performances.
ID: A stage with red curtain being pulled back, revealing a white woman in white high necked dress and big white and black hat, with matchinga big black and white bow on her collar. Bottom of the poster, on the stage floor, pale tan letters “Lerner and Loewe’s: My Fair Lady. March 22, 23, 24, 29, 30.”