'My Fair Lady' at Connecticut Theatre Company - My Review

Connecticut Theatre Company in New Britain is only in its third season of operation and has planned an ambitious 2016 season. Their first musical this year is ‘My Fair Lady,’ which was adapted from George Bernard Shaw’s play and Gabriel Pascal’s motion picture ‘Pygmalion.’ The book and lyrics were written by Alan Jay Lerner with music by Frederick Loewe. Michael J. Bane directed for the first time at a community theatre this show that he has always wanted to direct and he writes in his director’s message that the piece has been around for an impressive sixty years.

Of course the story follows the arc of Eliza Doolittle, a Cockney flower seller who takes speech lessons from Professor Henry Higgins, a pompous phoneticist, so that she may pass as a lady. Sometimes called the “perfect musical,” it certainly has beautiful music that always moves the story along effortlessly, even if the first act is very long. In the case of this production, it offers two leading roles in which two extremely talented community actors can shine.

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‘My Fair Lady’ runs one more weekend at The Repertory Theatre on Norden Street in New Britain and is worth the trip.The remaining shows for this season include ‘Once on This Island’ in June, ‘Boeing, Boeing’ in August, ‘Sweeney Todd’ in October,’ and ‘The Christmas Schooner’ in December.