Review: 'My Fair Lady' by The Opera House Players, Inc.'

Pictured: Henry Higgins (Gene Choquette), Eliza Doolittle (Caelie Flanagan), and Colonel Pickering (Robert Lunde) © Viviana's Photography

“There even are places where English completely disappears; in America they haven’t used it for years.” - Henry Higgins

Broad Brook, CT - The Opera House Players, Inc. is presenting ‘My Fair Lady’ at the Broad Brook Opera House through Nov. 27. The players are a volunteer-based non-profit that will celebrate their 50th anniversary next season. The volunteers were especially gracious to audience members at my first visit to this historic venue in this neighborhood in East Windsor CT. Page 3 of the program is not an ad, but a page of special thanks to some of the volunteers. It was the first time I have heard an announcement (done in a Cockney accent, no less) about what to do if the volunteer fire department next door to the theatre should get a call. The stairs to the second floor have a stair chair lift for those patrons that might need it.

‘My Fair Lady’ is graced with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner with music by Frederick Loewe and is adapted from the George Bernard Shaw play and the film ‘Pygmalion.’ This production boasts artistic direction and choreography by Anna Giza with music direction by Kelly Sharp M.Ed, a teacher at Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts and also with the Ensign-Darling Vocal Fellowship at the Bushnell.

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‘My Fair Lady’ is a long show, so be prepared to be leaving the opera house quite late. Next up by the Opera House Players is ‘The Robber Bridegroom’ directed by Robert Lunde in February and ‘Titanic’ in May.