Robert broadway my fair lady 2018

It’s been a long tease, but one well worth the wait.  In , Lauren Ambrose (“Six Feet Under”) was cast to star as Fanny Brice in the first Broadway revival of ’s “Funny Girl”—the role that made Barbra Streisand the “greatest star”.  When funding fell apart, the production was scrapped. 

Now, seven years later, Ms.

Ambrose stars as Eliza Doolittle in Lincoln Center Theater’s grand new production of Lerner and Loewe’s “My Fair Lady”, which joyously opened tonight at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre under the helm of director Bartlett Sher, best known for his stunning Lincoln Center revivals of “South Pacific” () and “The King and I” (), in addition to last season’s hit play “Oslo”.

At age 40, Ms.

Ambrose was not the obvious choice to play an 18 year-old character.  “My Fair Lady” also marks her first musical since playing Ado Annie in her high school’s production of “Oklahoma!”, but Mr. Sher believed she could do it, telling the New York Times: “[t]here is no better