My Fair Lady (Touring) Tickets

Wonderful show. Loved it! Great talent, sets, music. Ending was flat and can’t understand Eliza for first 20 minutes of dhow !

I had not seen this musical in many, many years, and it was as delightful as ever. The music was wonderful, and the acting was spot on. Wonderful way to spend a Sunday afternoon. The venue is of course beyond beautiful!

It was almost too loud and the Fidelity quite low. I realize it's a huge space and not easy to make it so everybody could hear but in today's world it should be possible

My Fair Lady was wonderful from the opening curtain till the final bows! We loved it!

Absolutely stunning performance. Wonderful costumes, fantastic vocals, lots of energy. Actors that really really embraced the roles.

For the record, I am a lifelong fan of the movie. I am extremely familiar with the dialogue and I know the songs by heart. So my complaint is NOT about the cockney accent. My SO and I went to see this show in Boston at the Opera House, and we both came out disappointed. The quality of the sound system was definitely subpar. The pitch was set too high making even non-cockney speakers hard to understand. There were moments when even I could not make out what the parties were saying. I felt bad for my SO because he had never seen the movie. He told me later he couldn't understand almost 90% of the show. Additionally, I want to say that the decorations were a mixed bag. The house set was well designed, but everything outside just felt as if the show designers ran out of funds. Overall, I would not go see this show again: I'll stick with the movie.

I'd forgotten just how many songs are in this musical that are so amazing and that I know every word of. The cast was fantastic, very talented and fun to watch. What I particularly loved was that the show was great with representation and added some more current-feeling numbers, all while staying true to the story. My one and only complaint is that Eliza's cockney accent was a little TOO heavy in the beginning. It was difficult to understand her. I'm sure it's hard to strike that balance of sounding cockney but still being understood, but Audrey H managed it back in the day. Other than that it was a complete win. Loved it.

Great music. Have loved the songs since my mom taught them to me. Even with the great quick set changes, 3 hours was too long (for me). Well acted, but the 'S's' from the lead were garbled...I was in Row J mezz. Although my ear is pretty good re accents, so many words were not able to be heard, well. My friend was just lost when it came to understanding and also hearing the words. A bit of a disappointment, but mostly great.

Aside from the excellent book and music, the show left an impression of a sloppily put together touring product. The main character, Mr. Higgins was a nominal presence on stage only. saying his lines mechanically and singing when the time comes for that. Perhaps the reason for this is severe miscasting: a dashing young man obviously has nothing to offer as a caustic professor. Pickering has also gotten lost somewhere along the way, the reason to have this character on stage not clear in this production. Madeline Powell as Eliza is very good, she is a true talent. The chorus is also good, some members especially, trying to break through the dead frame of the show. The scenography is uneven. The level of detail varies by scene. Higgins' house interior is very detailed and realistic, but the outside scenes require a lot of imagination from the viewer and wondering if this was conceptual or simply linked to a production budget... The The musical hits were not enough to make the show enjoyable. Overall impression of the show is that the production did not do justice to the gorgeous and timeless music. In fact, it seems like it perhaps over-relied on that music. Disappointing.

Nice job, bravo for eradicating a classic. Create your own show and leave the classics alone. This to shall pass........

The story, the actors, the songs, the orchestra, the voices, the costumes, the scenery… all outstanding…

Could not understand a word. Spoken or sung. Made for a very long night.

The opera house venue was artfully amazing. Would love to tour as a museum. The seats are out dated with limit padding. The show was My Fair Lady. After a life time of seeing the movie, it was hard to not hear that in my head while watching this performance. However the performance was well staged to keep the experience enjoyable. After buying the seats on line, I was surprised at how close we were to the front. Overall I have no negative things to say as some have expressed.

The songs and orchestra were superb - Eliza & Higgins do the songs great justice (Higgins WAY more than Rex given he couldn't sing at all) The sets were clever and sweet, even the way lamposts did a lil dance before finding their place at scene changes. The acoustics were pretty bad in the first scene, so much yelling and talking over one another that it was incomprehensible and we had good seats - so tone that down!!! But all was better when dialogue became more spaced. We were curious how the ending would be handled given the history of two possibilities - we were elated with the choice!

The actress that played Eliza was so good at her street slang that my entire party couldn't understand a single word for the first quarter of the play. I think she overdid it a bit and then her singing voice was absolutely beautiful but again lost some of the lyrics of her songs with her high soprano vocals and made it hard to follow. She was absolutely amazing so I don't mean this to be a slight on her but director could have done a better job with either casting or directing. The relationship between Eliza and Professor Higgens did not develop during their time together so when he says he will miss her organizing his calendar and getting his slippers, it made no sense as we never saw her do those things. His missing her didn't feel developed. We were only about 14 rows back but if I were to see this again I would want to be in the first few rows so I could really see her speaking and get closer to it which is unfortunate as that is not the experience everyone can have.

My husband and I see 12-20 shows a year between Boston and NYC. We have never come closer to leaving at intermission than we did at this show. The female lead couldn't act at all and whined her lines. She was completely incomprehensible in the whole first act. She mostly just screeched. Could the production not afford a diction coach to teach her a cockney accent?? She improved only slightly in the second act. The rest of the cast was stiff and average. There was only one good number (in a show that has MANY well known songs!) and that was "Get me to the Church on Time". The pacing was plodding and PAINFULLY slow. At times I wanted to scream. I thoroughly regretted not leaving at intermission. Both in the lobby at intermission and after the show walking to the parking garage, we heard many, many people expressing their disappointment in the show. It was definitely the consensus. To top it off, I learned afterwards that it was a non-equity show (non union). Had I known that, I would never had bought tickets in the first place and saved myself hours of pain. How this show ever made it this far, I will never know.

I saw the show on it's first night in Boston, which was great but there was an obvious lack of familiarity for the actors. Having seen the show again last night, I actually enjoyed it more. A few things I noticed, though, in other reviews that I would like to correct: 1. This is a touring production. The sets are thereby smaller than what one would see on Broadway. The Opera House is actually a larger stage than most touring shows get; so yes the sets looked small as a result. This show is also no longer on Broadway, so the budgets are smaller. Which is why current Broadway shows can afford to fill the stages of the theaters they tour. 2. The ending. In the original play, PYGMALION, Eliza leaves Higgins. There was never a romantic subplot between the two. The director of the 1938 movie didn't like the ending and rearranged it. MY FAIR LADY uses that same ending from the film. All his life, George Bernard Shaw defended the fact that Higgins and Eliza do not get together as a couple. He wrote a postscript showing Eliza marrying Freddy. Eliza as a character was originally written as an independent woman in many ways. This update of the musical goes back to that original PYGMALION ending. Having Eliza walk away from Higgins, both to imply a thank you and goodbye is a powerful moment for any character on-stage. 3. The cross dressing. It's Alfred P. Doolittle's last night of debauchery. Him enjoying all the sinful desires actually makes sense for his character. And criss-dressing is an old theater staple since before Shakespeare. So, put away your DVDs and enjoyna night of theater. If you think you're going to see the same tired 50 year old movie. Stay home and watch it instead. Theater is subjective. And always will be.

My husband and I went to see the show for my 68th birthday. Our disappointment was not in the actors nor the sets but the audio. The volume was so high on the mics that it didn’t take me in as a show should. The singing often was so loud that it was ear piercing. It was not fair to the actors. It seemed to be better in the second act. Having grown up in NY and attending Broadway shows there this was never a problem. Broadway stars have big voices to begin with so they don’t need to be amplified at that level especially in a venue like the Opera House which was built to magnify voices without amplification.

The sound quality was terrible from my seat. At times the audio was too quiet I couldn't even hear what the actors were saying. Other times it was too loud and hurting my ears. I had never seen the musical or movie before and the character of Henry Higgins was so unlikeable that it ruined the entire show for me since I felt I had nobody to root for (except Eliza).

Eliza's before & after accent is ghastly Cross dressing men during I'm Getting Married in the Morning which is completely unnecessary & ruined the rest of the show. Changed the ending which was awkward, confusing, and again, unnecessary. Theater producers: please leave our beloved classics alone. If you must update or add your agenda to the theater, create your own.