My Fair Lady originally opened on 15th March 1956 at the Mark Hellinger Theatre in New York.听Precisely 50 years later, the show finds itself at the Empire Theatre in Liverpool. In celebration, at the end of the show on the 15th, a 50th Birthday cake will be cut by the current cast - Amy Nuttall (Eliza), Christopher Cazenove (Professor Higgins) and Gareth Hale (Alfred P Doolittle). They will be joined on stage by Liz Robertson who played Eliza in the first new production of My Fair Lady that Cameron Macintosh produced in London in 1979. About The Actors: CHRISTOPHER CAZENOVE made his London theatre debut in 鈥淭he Lionel Touch鈥 with Rex Harrison. Other West End productions include 鈥淭he Winslow Boy鈥, 鈥淎n Ideal Husband鈥 and 鈥淏rief Encounter鈥. His TV credits include 鈥淒ynasty鈥 and his film credits include 鈥淶ulu Dawn鈥, 鈥淭hree Men and a Little Lady鈥 and 鈥淎 Knight鈥檚 Tale鈥.
| Eliza by Michael Le Poer Trench. |
AMY NUTTALL is probably best known for her role as 鈥楥hloe Atkinson鈥 in 鈥淓mmerdale鈥. She first worked for Cameron when she understudied and played 鈥楥hristine鈥 in the national tour of 鈥楾he Phantom of the Opera鈥. GARETH HALE will play 鈥楢lfred P Doolittle鈥. Gareth is best known as one half of the award winning comedy duo 鈥楬ale and Pace鈥. His theatre credits include 鈥淏ouncers鈥 and 鈥淧erfect Pitch鈥. 鈥淢Y FAIR LADY鈥 has book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe and is adapted from Bernard Shaw鈥檚 play 鈥淧ygmalion鈥 and Gabriel Pascal鈥檚 motion picture. My Fair Lady celebrates 50 years Liverpool Empire Theatre 14th March 鈥1st April 2006 |