A community theater production that I saw had an ending of MFL that worked very well. Higgins delivers the "slippers" line smiling; Eliza throws a slipper at him in a playful manner; Higgins throws the slipper back at her, and the slipper gets thrown back-and-forth several times as in a children's game, and the two of them collapse on the sofa, laughing. This shows that Higgins and Eliza are fond of each other, and Eliza is certainly capable of holding her own. The extent to which this relationship is a romantic one is subject to interpretIon, and is dependent of the chemistry of the performers.
BTW, this is the second musical I can think of in which footwear plays an important role, the other being SHE LOVES ME (“Where's my other shoe.”) And, as it happened, Laura Benanti was featured in both shoes...er...shows.
Bob |
