Review: Broadway in Austin’s My Fair Lady

Sharp-tongued classic musical still needs to fix its modern ending

"...it unfortunately is with the Lincoln Center production of My Fair Lady, the touring version of which is currently..."

Dec. 8, 2023 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

My Fair Lady

This 1964 film, featuring an enduring Lerner and Loewe score, won eight Oscars.

Jan. 6, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

"Fair" Play

Director Scott Thompson doesn't want the audience for Austin Musical Theatre's production of My Fair Lady to get too comfy, and here's why.

"...The material here is My Fair Lady, the masterful musical by Alan Jay Lerner..."

Sept. 13, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Broadway Leading Lady Carolee Carmello on Taking Over Dolly!

Hello, Dolly prepares for run at Bass Concert Hall

"...Carolee Carmello is probably the most prolific Broadway leading lady you’ve never heard of. She may not be a..."

Jan. 17, 2020 Arts Post by Paul Beutel

Oh Santa, Santa, Won't You Sit on My Face?

A wish list... of sorts...

"...5. Santa, dear. First on my Christmas wishlist is for Priscilla, Queen of the Desert:..."

Dec. 17, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Frank J. Rivera

Her Fair Ladies

Cristina García's antidote to the so-called 'spicy señorita'

"...like Chen Fang in Monkey Hunting (2004). In The Lady Matador's Hotel, her recent and perhaps most lyrical novel,..."

Nov. 26, 2010 Books Feature by Belinda Acosta

While My Ukulele Gently Weeps

Get ready to see a lot more ukuleles

"...uploaded to YouTube his cover of George Harrison's "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," played on the ukulele. He sits..."

Feb. 1, 2013 Music Feature by Luke Winkie

She's My Heroine

Happy birthday to three of cinema's femmest fatales

"...Suicide Girl suffragettes roaming the night and going all turnabout-is-fair-play on bad boys everywhere. Take a gander at either..."

Nov. 14, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Austin Critics Table Nominations, 2002-2003

The full list of nominations for the 2002-2003 Austin Critics Table Awards, recognizing outstanding achievements in local theatre, dance, classical music, and visual art

"...art), Madeline Irvine (visual art), and yours truly, Robert Faires (arts). The Critics Table will present the awards and..."

May 9, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Applause! Applause!

The full list of winners for the 2002-2003 Austin Critics Table Awards, recognizing outstanding achievements in local theatre, dance, classical music, and visual art, as presented during its annual ceremony at the Capitol City Comedy Club.

"...most-favored recipients, winning nine awards for its productions of My Fair Lady and Sweet Charity. And Ballet Austin took..."

June 6, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

My Fair Lady

Austin Musical Theatre's production of My Fair Lady serves up the tale of a Cockney flower girl's transformation at the hands of an egotistical phonetics professor with a lavish look and a playful spirit, creating a delightful dance of elegance and frivolity.

"...My Fair Lady: All at Once Am I Several Stories..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Holywood Squares?

A local church rents out the Alamo Drafthouse South for a conference on Christians and film

"...touch to them. I don't understand it, but it's mysterious. It's beautiful."..."

April 13, 2007 Screens Feature by Toddy Burton

1999 Critics' Table Nominations

"...critics or members of their family were eligible.) --Robert Faires..."

May 21, 1999 Arts Feature

Most Valuable Players

A Guide to Austin Stage Actors

"...Recent Roles: Bellomy, The Fantasticks, Austin Playhouse, 2001; Owen, Light Up the..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Arts Feature

Instant Classic

Paramount Theatre's Summer 2000 Series

"...My Little Chickadee, 9:15pm..."

May 19, 2000 Screens Feature

Letters at 3am

Holden died a good death: just whiskey and a fall, no melodrama or fakery

"...admired how William Holden died. His death competes for my preference with the death of Bat Masterson. Masterson –..."

Nov. 7, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura

Top 10 Onstage Works of Wonder in 2002

Austin Chronicle Arts Editor Robert Faires delivers his list of the Top 10 most memorable productions in the performing arts for 2002.

"...4. My Fair Lady (Austin Musical Theatre): Dressed up by directors..."

Jan. 3, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Exhibitionism

Blood Wedding: Folk Tale Under a Glitter Moon

"...who ran off with the son of her family's enemy, Blood Wedding warns of the tragic results of a..."

April 30, 1999 Arts Review

One Extreme to the Other

For every creative triumph in the Austin arts community in 2002 -- and they were plentiful -- there seemed to be a corresponding defeat, usually tied to the economic downturn and its problems for the arts community.

"...the city to two fabulous femmes, Sweet Charity and My Fair Lady, that rated not only among AMT's finest..."

Jan. 3, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

The Austin Circle of Theatres has released the nominations for the 2002-03 B. Iden Payne Awards.

"...this year were Austin Musical Theatre, whose production of My Fair Lady got five nominations but conspicuously did not..."

Aug. 15, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Gift Guide 2016: Coffeetable Books

Big books give heft to big success stories about women in business, Flatbed Press, UT’s collections, Pan Am, and the Spurs

"...Spurs!) – in massive ways, with massive style. – Robert Faires The CollectionsEdited by Andrée Bober UT Press, 720 pp.,..."

Dec. 16, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Pygmalion

Shaw's comedy may still be politically charged, but Different Stages' production shows it's also satisfying entertainment

"...Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion was, of course, the basis for My Fair Lady. Typified by less romance and more fire..."

July 11, 2014 Arts Review by Stacy Alexander Smith

The AggreGAYtor: December 12

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...church where everyone dresses like the Ascot scene in My Fair Lady and the Vicar of Dibley officiates...."

Dec. 12, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

Instant Classic

Paramount Theatre's annual feast of over 80 classic films proves there actually is a cure for the summertime blues.

"...lineup also offers more conventional classics -- like Casablanca, My Fair Lady, Lawrence of Arabia, and The Wizard of..."

May 19, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Funny Face: Centennial Collection

Hepburn and Astaire say, 'Bonjours, Paris!' in the still-spry Funny Face

"...that lovely swan neck, Audrey Hepburn never received her fair due as an actress. But take a closer look..."

Jan. 9, 2009 Screens Review by Kimberley Jones

Terrence McNally Knows About Lasting Impact

About to open a new play at Zach Theatre, the Tony Award-winning playwright talks about what endures

"...a standing-room ticket to the sold-out original run of My Fair Lady. When you love theatre that much –..."

June 7, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Paramount Summer Classic Film Series, Song to Song

As heard in the movies

"...Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk/ I'm a woman's man: no time to talk..."

May 19, 2017 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Who's to Say

Pat Green, the "devil's spawn"?

"...attracted to musicals like The Sound Of Music and My Fair Lady. He also claims that as a youth,..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Esther's All-Stars

"...Throws: Like a girl Bats: "Two in my family -- Mom & Grandmom -- I'm on my..."

July 30, 1999 Arts Feature by J. C. Shakespeare

Rockin' Scriptmas!

Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle All the Plays

"...illustration by Robert Faires The scene is the cluttered workspace of a mild-mannered..."

Dec. 12, 1997 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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