| re: My Fair Lady |
| Posted by: pagates 09:50 am EDT 06/27/19 |
| In reply to: My Fair Lady - jjhbb340 09:56 pm EDT 06/26/19 |
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Thanks for bringing this up. I saw Benanti for the second time (and the show for the third) two weeks back and couldn't agree more. I was thrilled all over again. I envy your ability to see it again.
I'll add that I saw new things in it on the third viewing. I saw far more clearly how the story includes a budding sense of romance between Eliza and Higgins -- and that Benanti and Hadden-Powell portrayed it beautifully and completely in keeping with the text. But that it's a romance that doesn't stand a chance just because of the artificial class phenomena that Shaw, Lerner and Lowe (through both Higgins and Doolittle) draws to our attention. It's a romance doomed by culture/class ... and ego. I walked out thinking exactly like you that Haden-Powell was robbed in a major way. I love Benanit and thoroughly enjoyed Ambrose, but I realized how fundamental Hadden-Powell is to the success of this production. He's brilliant in the most aptly understated British manner. |
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