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Gosh, I don't think I've ever literally laughed until I cried before...
I saw My Fair Lady at the Opera House Friday night, a wonderful Christmas present from my aunt, and it was fantastic. I've loved the movie with Audrey Hepburn since I was a child, I had a tape with it recorded off the TV, and practically wore it out, but I had never seen the stage version before. Hadn't really had any desire to, a lot of my love for the movie (or so I thought) was tied in with my love for Audrey Hepburn. Turns out I had just as much fun (if not more) seeing it on stage. The music is beautiful, and I realized I still knew pretty much all the words, and recognized all the instrumental parts, too. They've done a somewhat new translation, and changed the location, and updated a lot of the time-particulars, while still keeping with the traditional costumes and such. A lot of it was very tongue-in-cheek, and absolutely hilarious. Good, good, good.
You know that scene where Higgins takes Eliza to the races, and she proceeds to tell people about her suspicions regarding the untimely passing of her aunt in the fanciest English she knows? It's funny in the movie, but in this particular stage version it was absolutely hilarious. It never ended. Her monologue just kept going and going and going, perfect dead-pan delivery, until I was, quite literally, crying from laughing so hard. And hearing the sniffling around me, I don't think I was the only one.
Also very much awesome about this particular stage version was the presence of a drag queen in the homeless ensemble. I wouldn't know about other stage versions, but I don't remember one from the movie. A tall muscular guy in a skimpy skirt and wild wig, looking very much at home in the outfit, wonderfully effeminate. She always danced the girl's part whenever the ensemble were separated into girls and guys, and even got lucky a few times with sophisticated men in high shiny hats and capes. It was awesome!
And Pearce. Wonderful Pearce. The costume design sketch I posted yesterday doesn't do her justice at all. She was androgynous, went by Pearce as opposed to the movie's Mrs. Pearce (although the program lists her as Mrs. Pearce, but she was never referred to by that, ever, so I feel very free to disregard it, I never would have known if I hadn't read the program), also somewhat younger, and absolutely gorgeous, held her head high (not at all frumpy as in the sketch), and had really great chemistry with Eliza. Mmm, fanfic. I really should write some. She dressed in high-waisted pants with suspenders and a strict white shirt, hair in a tight knot, and also dressed all her maids in skimpy little black-and-white outfits, and seemed to quite appreciate their appearances.
Fantastic fantastic show! Yay!
Finally, an L-Word Quote of the Day:
Kit: "Once, I gave a blow-job to a horn-player."
Gang: *stunned looks*
Kit: "So I could get a line of cocaine!"
Helena: "And afterwards, how did you feel?"
Kit: "High."
~The L Word - 4x07 - Lesson Number One
I saw My Fair Lady at the Opera House Friday night, a wonderful Christmas present from my aunt, and it was fantastic. I've loved the movie with Audrey Hepburn since I was a child, I had a tape with it recorded off the TV, and practically wore it out, but I had never seen the stage version before. Hadn't really had any desire to, a lot of my love for the movie (or so I thought) was tied in with my love for Audrey Hepburn. Turns out I had just as much fun (if not more) seeing it on stage. The music is beautiful, and I realized I still knew pretty much all the words, and recognized all the instrumental parts, too. They've done a somewhat new translation, and changed the location, and updated a lot of the time-particulars, while still keeping with the traditional costumes and such. A lot of it was very tongue-in-cheek, and absolutely hilarious. Good, good, good.
You know that scene where Higgins takes Eliza to the races, and she proceeds to tell people about her suspicions regarding the untimely passing of her aunt in the fanciest English she knows? It's funny in the movie, but in this particular stage version it was absolutely hilarious. It never ended. Her monologue just kept going and going and going, perfect dead-pan delivery, until I was, quite literally, crying from laughing so hard. And hearing the sniffling around me, I don't think I was the only one.
Also very much awesome about this particular stage version was the presence of a drag queen in the homeless ensemble. I wouldn't know about other stage versions, but I don't remember one from the movie. A tall muscular guy in a skimpy skirt and wild wig, looking very much at home in the outfit, wonderfully effeminate. She always danced the girl's part whenever the ensemble were separated into girls and guys, and even got lucky a few times with sophisticated men in high shiny hats and capes. It was awesome!
And Pearce. Wonderful Pearce. The costume design sketch I posted yesterday doesn't do her justice at all. She was androgynous, went by Pearce as opposed to the movie's Mrs. Pearce (although the program lists her as Mrs. Pearce, but she was never referred to by that, ever, so I feel very free to disregard it, I never would have known if I hadn't read the program), also somewhat younger, and absolutely gorgeous, held her head high (not at all frumpy as in the sketch), and had really great chemistry with Eliza. Mmm, fanfic. I really should write some. She dressed in high-waisted pants with suspenders and a strict white shirt, hair in a tight knot, and also dressed all her maids in skimpy little black-and-white outfits, and seemed to quite appreciate their appearances.
Fantastic fantastic show! Yay!
Finally, an L-Word Quote of the Day:
Kit: "Once, I gave a blow-job to a horn-player."
Gang: *stunned looks*
Kit: "So I could get a line of cocaine!"
Helena: "And afterwards, how did you feel?"
Kit: "High."
~The L Word - 4x07 - Lesson Number One
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