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Kelsey Grammer as My Fair Lady’s Henry Higgins is no-brainer casting. The rest of the casting in this New York Philharmonic concert staging at Avery Fisher Hall is even more inspired. Kelli O’Hara (Light in the Piazza) as Eliza, Brian Dennehy as her dad, Charles Kimbrough (Jim Dial from Murphy Brown) as Pickering, and, most wonderfully, Marni Nixon (the singing voice of Eliza in the movie, and many other uncredited dubbings) as Mrs. Higgins (unfortunately not a singing role). (N.Y. Times review)

Written by ltao

March 9th, 2007 at 3:43 am

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