Friday, January 26, 2024
'My Fair Lady' comes to Pittsburgh's Benedum Center
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Wouldn’t it be loverly if a Golden Age Broadway musical was playing right near the street where you live?
By George, we’ve got it!
The national tour of “My Fair Lady” is setting up shop at Downtown’s Benedum Center from Jan. 30 through Feb. 4.
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I'm going to be entirely honest. I have no clue what my fair lady is about. I'm honestly really bad at knowing what musicals and different plays are about. I think I really need to educate myself in the theater industry and just the type of things that we're producing. Anyway, moving on from that anecdote, looking at the pictures of the costumes in the show looks so gorgeous. I'm a fan of the kind of monochrome color scheme and the period costumes. Something I think it's interesting is that I've heard from a couple of people that the shows they've seen in the Benedum aren't really the best. Now that is not the benedum's fault and it's not the fault of the show's touring. I think it's just a combination of everything and it becomes kind of lackluster for some people. however I had the chance to see Moulin Rouge when it came. Now I'm not a big fan of the show because I don't think jukebox musicals are that great. However, it was technically amazing! I think the Benedum is a good space and has lots of opportunities to do amazing things, and I'm really interested to see more shows over my four years here.
I’m seeing My Fair Lady next weekend and I’m so excited to go watch it, as I always am when I am watching shows. Coming here has given me more chances to go and watch shows, especially with my friends now. Looking at the production photos in the article, I’m even more excited to see the costumes in real life. While I have worked on costumes before for a couple shows, I am still very much impressed and admire the work costumers do. The period costumes look so intricate and detailed, and I know nothing about the show, but I want to know how much the costumes connect to the characters, and in what ways. The color choice also look so interesting, and the dull, cool colors portrayed differently on each character is so impressive, because they all look so cohesive.
I am so excited! I am seeing My Fair Lady at the Benedum next weekend and it’s going to be so interesting to watch. To be completely honest, I have absolutely no idea what My Fair Lady is about. Being in this major and going into this line of work in the future, I’ve definitely heard of this musical in passing and it is 100% a musical I want to learn more about. Reading this article, I can tell the one factor I already REALLY like about this production are the costumes. The designer did an amazing job with specifically the colors chosen. The purple hues are absolutely stunning, and I also love how the lighting looks against the costumes and the set. I hope it translates the same way it does in person than it does on the photos online. I also read that this version of the production “has a slightly more modern disposition” so I'm interested to see what they've done to make it more modern.
I'm so excited whenever I have the opportunity to see shows that I have helped to design, because it's really interesting to me how other designers choose to make artistic choices in order to realize their vision. I can't wait to see my fair lady in Pittsburgh, simply to see the design of the show, as it's definitely not one of my all-time favorites. The thing about my fair lady is that the conflict of the show resolves itself after the first act. During the second act, you're just sitting there watching someone be manipulated by a person who cares only about themself. So many shows are like this, where all of the conflict is resolved in the first act, and they just want to do another one. My Fair Lady without the second act is genuinely a really good show, and the only similarity between the first and second act is that they take place in the same world. The emotional continuity of the show is completely broken after the first act. I don't understand why they wrote it this way.
I’m going to go see this on Sunday and I’m so so so excited! When I was around 10 my dad read me Pygmalion by Bernard Shaw when I was younger, which is the play that the musical my fair lady is based on. I don’t know why he read it to a 10 year old but the show has always reminded me of my dad. We watch the movie together a lot and one time for an acting class I played the Professor from Pygmalion and he helped me rehearse for my role. I’ve actually never seen My Fair Lady live and it feels weird to be seeing it for the first time without my dad. That being said I’ll be sure to tell him all about it. I know My Fair Lady can be seen as a bit problematic today given the fact that the plot is about a girl changing herself to be loved, however I still love it. The photos from the article also look so pretty. I love the costumes! I’m so excited to see it live!
I can’t wait to see this! It was cool reading about the differences from the classic story and this production, namely the ending sentence that Eliza states. It was also interesting hearing Barrios- Torres discuss the idea of a hierarchy in society based on the way you talk, which is crucial to the plot of the production. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a stage production of My Fair Lady, so I’m thrilled it’s coming to Pittisburgh so I get the opportunity. I still remember watching the movie as a kid, and being delighted by the scene with all of the monochromatic costumes (they were so cool!). The image of the costumes in this production was gorgeous, and I cannot wait to see how they visualized all the other scenes as well. To design a show like this would be so cool, as there are so many different moments and locations to portray, and I can’t wait to see how they did it in this production!
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