Lerner and Loewe’s My Fair Lady, one of the most beloved musicals of all time, returns to the Shaw Festival stage. First performed at The Shaw in 2011, this new production of the timeless musical adaptation of Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion is co-directed by Artistic Director Tim Carroll and Associate Artistic Director Kimberley Rampersad. The production also features choreography by Ms. Rampersad. Bursting with lush orchestrations, memorable songs, charming comedy and breathtaking romance, The Shaw’s production of Lerner and Loewe’s My Fair Lady begins previews on Saturday, May 4 at the Festival Theatre.

Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle (Kristi Frank) dreams of a better life. Through a chance encounter, she finds herself the subject of a wager between Henry Higgins (Tom Rooney), a renowned but misanthropic professor of phonetics, and his colleague Colonel Pickering (David Alan Anderson), an enthusiastic fellow linguist. Higgins vows to transform Eliza from a coarse, working-class nobody into an elite, upper-class socialite in six months. A new life and job prospects within her grasp, Eliza allows herself to be subjected to a series of intensive lessons in posh elocution and mannerisms under Higgins’s eccentric and demanding tutelage.

Lerner and Loewe’s My Fair Lady also features David Adams, Matt Alfano, Tat Austrie*, Alana Bridgewater, Shane Carty, Sharry Flett, JJ Gerber*, Élodie Gillett, Patty Jamieson, Gryphyn Karimloo**, Graeme Kitagawa**, Allan Louis, Tama Martin*, Allison McCaughey, André Morin, Ruthie Nkut*, Drew Plummer, Jade Repeta***, Kiera Sangster, Jeremiah Sparks, Gabriella Sundar Singh, Taurian Teelucksingh** and Jacqueline Thair.

* RBC Emerging Artists are sponsored by the RBC Foundation and RBC Emerging Artists
** The Baillie Cohort is generously supported by the Baillie Family Fund for Education
*** Christopher Newton Intern Jade Repeta is generously supported by Marilyn and Charles Baillie

The Shaw’s 2024 production of Lerner and Loewe’s My Fair Lady features music direction by Paul Sportelli, set design by Lorenzo Savoini, costume design by Joyce Padua, lighting design by Mikael Kangas and sound design by John Lott. The production team includes stage manager Allan Teichman and assistant stage managers Kelly Boudreau and Annie McWhinnie.

On stage at the Festival Theatre (10 Queen’s Parade) from May 4 to December 22 (available for review beginning May 23), Lerner and Loewe’s My Fair Lady is recommended for audience members 9+/Grade 3+. Running time is approximately 3 hours, including one intermission.

The Shaw Festival’s 2024 season runs through to December 22, with a playbill featuring Lerner and Loewe’s My Fair Lady, One Man, Two Guvnors, Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of the Human Heart, Agatha Christie’s Witness for the Prosecution, The Secret Garden, The Orphan of Chao, Candida, The House That Will Not Stand, Snow in Midsummer and A Christmas Carol. The Spiegeltent’s season features The Shaw Variety Show, The Roll of Shaw, Kabarett, Cotton Club, Coffee Concerts, Footlights, Speakeasies, What’s In Your Songbook and Gospel Choir.

Direct bus service from Downtown Toronto and Burlington to Niagara-on-the-Lake is available on the Toronto-Niagara Shaw Express. Luxury buses are standard size wheelchair accessible, offer free Wi-Fi and have an on-board host. $34 return per person. Ticket to a 2024 performance is required. Please pre-arrange with the Box Office. Schedule is subject to change. Please confirm dates and times with the Shaw Festival Box Office.

For more information or to purchase tickets or a seat on the Toronto-Niagara Shaw Express, please contact the Shaw Festival Box Office at 1-800-511-SHAW or visit shawfest.com.