My Fair Lady
Guthrie Theatre
Star Tribune- Highly Recommended
"...The fair lady of the title is a feisty street urchin in actor Helen Anker’s hands. “Fair Lady” productions achieve greatness — not mere excellence — with an Eliza who feasts on the richly lyrical beauty of Loewe’s music."
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Graydon Royce
Twin Cities Daily Planet- Recommended
"...There is quite a lot of fun here. Besides a first-rate script and a powerful score, this production is spiced with both beautiful and charmingly scruffy costumes, jolly dancing, and a full palette of vocal colors. The collection of British accents is astounding, and the attention to detail put in by dialect coach D’Arcy Smith brings out many aspects of the story’s exploration of diction and speech that are often swept under the rug. (It also works quite well to magnify the apparent size of the chorus.)"
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Basil Considine
Twin Cities Pioneer Press- Highly Recommended
"...The Guthrie clearly has thrown everything it has into making this a lavishly entertaining evening, but the show is fluid and effortless. For three hours, we get to step into the world of one of the classics of musical theater, and the experience is just loverly."
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Chris Hewitt
Aisle Say Twin Cities- Highly Recommended
"...The entire cast and crew deserve praise for infusing the play with energy, fine comedic touches and brilliant vocal performances. Of the leads, Anker’s portrayal of Eliza Doolittle was heartfelt, funny and enthusiastic, while McCarthy as Higgins gamely displayed the arrogance and cluelessness of his social class. Supporting cast stand-outs were Sheldon’s Colonel Pickering, Michaels as the lovestruck Freddy and Donald Corren as Elisa’s father, Alfred P. Doolittle. Costume Designer Fabio Toblini, Set Designer Walt Spangler, Music Director Andrew Cooke and Choreographer Joe Chvala should also be mentioned as contributing to a thoroughly enjoyable evening. You will be humming ‘I Could Have Danced All Night” all night."
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Christine Sarkes Sasseville
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