My Fair Lady: North York Centre Production
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This past Saturday, i was lucky enough to attend a production of My Fair Lady. I will admit that i was a tad worried because the movie with Audrey Hepburn is one of my all-time favourites and it was going to be hard to live up to the comparison.
The singing and acting were very good. I particularly liked Mrs. Higgins whom i found difficult to attach to in the aforementioned film version. Most exciting, however, was the set. Different locales changed seamlessly in a matter of seconds… all very detailed and extravagant. Prof. Higgins’ library was ALMOST as impressive as the film version - and every since i saw it i have been dreaming about having a study like that in my own home.
The costumes were quite a bit of a let-down though. When my theatre group went to see My Fair Lady in Stratford in 2002, one of the girls burst out into spontaneous tears when the curtain opened for the race scene. This production had everyone clothed in black - and frankly, the idea of Victorian women wearing black as a fashionable colour just doesn’t work for me.
All in all, it was a great show and i am very happy that we went. The day was not too ruined by my still overly painful leg-cramp and there was a great meal at Five Doors North - about which i will blog shortly - and some French lingerie shopping which always makes me happy 
