Production Info
Previews:
August 14, 1981
(5 previews)
Opening
August 18, 1981
Closing:
November 29, 1981
Length of Run:
119 perf.
Run Type:
Open-ended
Location Info
Location: New York, NY
Credits Highlights
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Musical Staging and Choreography
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Original Staging
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Original Musical Staging and Choreography
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Cast
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Eliza Doolittle
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Freddy Eynsford-Hill
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Colonel Pickering
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Henry Higgins
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Harry
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Jamie
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Alfred P. Doolittle
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Mrs. Pearce
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Mrs. Higgins
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Zoltan Karpathy
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Musical Numbers
Act One
- [Overture .... Orchestra]
- Street Entertainers .... The 3 Buskers
- Why Can't the English? .... Higgins
- Wouldn't It Be Loverly .... Eliza and Cockneys
- With a Little Bit of Luck .... Doolittle, Harry, and Jamie
- I'm an Ordinary Man .... Higgins
- With a Little Bit of Luck (Reprise) .... Doolittle and Ensemble
- Just You Wait .... Eliza
- The Rain in Spain .... Higgins, Eliza and Pickering
- I Could Have Danced All Night .... Eliza, Mrs. Pearce. and Maids
- Ascot Gavotte .... Full Ensemble
- On the Street Where You Live .... Freddy
- The Embassy Waltz .... Higgins, Eliza, Karpathy, and Full Ensemble
Act Two
- [Entr'acte .... Orchestra]
- You Did It .... Higgins, Pickering, Mrs. Pearce, and The Servants
- Just You Wait (Reprise) .... Eliza
- On the Street Where You Live (Reprise) .... Freddy
- Show Me .... Eliza and Freddy
- Wouldn't It Be Loverly (Reprise) .... Eliza and Cockneys
- Get Me to the Church on Time .... Doolittle, Harry, Jamie ,and Ensemble
- A Hymn to Him .... Higgins
- Without You .... Eliza
- I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face .... Higgins
Additional Musical Numbers Lists
No additional musical numbers lists yet.
Trivia & History
Cheryl Kennedy played Eliza during the long pre-Broadway but she developed vocal problems so severe that her doctors insisted she could not continue in the role when the production arrived in New York. After playing one preview in New York, she was replaced by Nancy Ringham. Ringham was not the official understudy for the role, but she had played it a couple of times during the last pre-Broadway engagment, which was in Boston. Rex Harrison found the official standby for the role, Kitty Sullivan, not to his liking. (Sullivan was married to Milo O'Shea, the production's Alfred P. Doolittle.) She had also gone on several times during the pre-Broadway tour, including for a week in Chicago when Kennedy took a vacation. She left the production during Broadway previews, although her name was still listed in the playbill on opening night, as was Cheryl Kennedy's.
Posters & Promo Art
Photos
Video Clips
Audio Clips
Production Info
Previews:
August 14, 1981
(5 previews)
Opening
August 18, 1981
Closing:
November 29, 1981
Length of Run:
119 perf.
Run Type:
Open-ended
Location Info
Location: New York, NY
Venues
Main Run
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Uris Theatre (New York, NY)
August 18, 1981 - November 29, 1981
Tryout
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Saenger Theatre (New Orleans, LA)
September 23, 1980 - October 5, 1980 [8 previews starting Sept 16] -
Golden Gate Theatre (San Francisco, CA)
October 9, 1980 - November 23, 1980 -
Pantages Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
November 27, 1980 - March 8, 1981 -
Arie Crown Theater (Chicago, IL)
March 12, 1981 - April 26, 1981 -
Kiel Auditorium (St. Louis, MO)
April 29, 1981 - May 17, 1981 -
Content unavailable (no location entered)
May 21, 1981 - June 14, 1981 -
Metropolitan Center (Boston, MA)
June 18, 1981 - July 19, 1981
Audio Recordings
Video Recordings
Commercial Recordings
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Private Recordings
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Broadway Revival Cast with Doolittle understudy (1981)
- Harriet Medin
- Nancy Ringham
- Nicholas Wyman
- Jack Gwillim
- Rex Harrison
Broadcast Recordings
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Archival Recordings
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