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Show B2 Life Monday ^September 29, 2008 n lizabeth Stanley as Eliza Doolittle. ft My Fair Lady opens at Pioneer Theatre in Salt Lake City Company's Artistic Director Charles Morey. Life editor The classic musical most "A/y Fair Lady is as close of us know from the movie to a perfect musical as there featuring Audrey Hepburn is in this world. From its as Eliza Doolittle will show brilliant source material - at PTC until Oct. 4. Pioneer, Shaw's Pygmalion - to the the only legitimate Equity best score and libretto ever theater in Salt Lake, has hit written by Lernerand Loewe, the nail on the head with this to its audience-pleasing min- production. gling of romance with witty The members of the cast social commentary, My Fair fit together perfectly, like the Lady is the rarest of com- pieces of a puzzle. Paul Debinations: a classic that's boy plays Henry Higgins to fun to produce and a joy to' be especially eccentric and watch," said Pioneer Theatre T MELSUNDQUIST brooding - almost curmudgeonly — creating the perfect antithesis to trie naive, optimistic Freddy Eynsford-Hill, played by Jeremiah Miller. This balancing act between characters and classes continues from curtain to curtain. Roguish Mr. Doolittle (Jeff Brooks) is the polar opposite of gentlemanly Colonel Pickering (Max Robnson), the upper class in the famous horse-racing scene act in a.manner completely incomprehensible to the London street rats, and Eliza Doolittle turns a complete 180 in her transformation from flower girl to bona fide lady. This rare standout feature of the production required a complete understanding of the script's purpose from both cast and crew. This is truly professional #theater the likes of which venues in Utah Valley can hardly hold a candle to. Is it "Broadway quality," as the PTC claims? No. But it's much closer to Broadway quality than Utah is to New York. My Fair Lady is not immaculate, but still worth saving up for tickets. The best news about this particular production is: the cheaper the seats, the better your view. Sitting on the sixth row from the apron, the large proscenium and stagefilling sets almost seemed too close. And the cast does such a good job at emoting that you won't miss a thing in the back row. My Fair Lady When: Sept. 19 through Oct. 4 Mondays - Thursdays: 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays: 8:00 p.m. Saturday matinees: 2:00 p.m. W h e r e : Simmons Pioneer Memorial Theatre on U of U campus 300 S. 1400 E. Salt Lake City C o s t : $26-$49 Students K-12 half price on Monday and Tuesday. Tickets can be purchased through the box office at (801) 581-6961 or online at www.pioneertheatre.org we know. Dollar m Menu i'mlovin'lt* at Participating McDonald's?. i f> |