My Fair Lady
The Charleston Light Opera Guild presents this masterpiece at the Charleston Civic Center Little Theatre on April 28, May 4, 5, 11, and 12, 2018 at 7:30 PM with matinees on April 29 and May 6, 2018 at 2:00 PM. The Guild has not produced this timeless classic for 25 years.
Lerner and Loewe's award-winning story of a cockney flower girl transformed into an elegant lady is widely considered one of the greatest musicals of all times. When My Fair Lady opened on Broadway with Julie Andrews and Rex Harrison, it collected six Tony Awards, including Best Musical, while the film version with Audrey Hepburn and Harrison took home eight Oscars, including Best Picture.
Based on George Bernard Shaw's play, Pygmalion, My Fair Lady is that rare musical by which all others are measured. Eliza Doolittle is a young flower seller with an unmistakable Cockney accent which keeps her in the lower rungs of Edwardian society. When Professor Henry Higgins tries to teach her how to speak like a proper lady, an unlikely friendship begins to flourish. With a book by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe the musical features one of Broadway's greatest scores, including Wouldn't It Be Loverly?, 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, and On the Street Where You Live.
CAST
Eliza Doolittle
Lauren Meyer
Henry Higgins
Chris Terpening
Colonel Pickering
Rick Fleenor
Alfred P. Doolittle
Tim Whitener
Freddy Eynsford-Hill
Andrew Edwards
Mrs. Pearce
Julie Miller
Mrs. Higgins
Nina Surbaugh
Jamie, Zoltan Karpathy, Busker
Bob McCarty
Harry, Dancer, Ensemble
Horace Emery
Quartet, Bystander, Ensemble
Kennie Bass
Quartet, Dancer, Ensemble
Ted Brightwell
Quartet, Servant Sextet, Footman, Ensemble
Mark Felton
Quartet, Bystander, Ensemble
John Valleau
Servant Sextet, Butler, Some Dance, Ensemble
Jerry Marsili
Servant Sextet, Ensemble
Meredith Aliff
Servant Sextet, Dancer, Ensemble
Megan Sydnor-Collins
Servant Sextet, Queen, Ensemble
Sarah Erps
Sextet, Mrs. Eynsford-Hill, Ensemble
Emily Wasserman
Busker, Dancer
Adrienne Clark
Dancer, Flower Girl, Ensemble
Lindsey Duvall
Busker, Dancer, Ensemble
Toni M. Pilato
Dancer, Mrs. Higgins Maid, Ensemble
Rhiannon Turley
Policeman, Selsey Man, Angry Man, Ensemble
Ric Bertolotti
Lord Boxington, Ensemble
Marc D. Golden
Mrs. Hopkins, Ensemble
Terry Terpening
Bartender, Hoxton Man, Ensemble
Clint Thomas
Charles, Ensemble, Some Dance
Gabriel Gorby
Ensemble, Some Dance
Cedric Haynes
Ensemble
Abigail Ayes
Angry Woman, Ensemble
Reba Burgess
Ensemble
Claire Butler
Ensemble
Phoebe McClanahan
Ensemble
Vanessa White
DIRECTION
Director/Choreographer
Nina Denton Pasinetti
Musical Director/Accompanist
John Marshall
Technical Director
Tom Pasinetti