My Fair Lady at Orpheum Theatre

Director Bartlett Sher's last spectacular revival at this address was The King and I, which is getting ready to move to the London Palladium. He is now helming a Rolls Royce production of My Fair Lady, in Broadway's latest revival of the title since the original production. It oozes with class, glowing with confidence and teeming with delight. But Sher also retains the musical’s pertinent astringency, as it shows how Professor Henry Higgins - a stubborn mule of a confirmed bachelor linguist who treats Eliza Doolittle as little more than a project to be manipulated and re-trained - is wrong-footed when she finally melts his own surprised heart. British actor Harry Hadden-Paton brings a refreshingly youthful yet appropriately flummoxed feel to the character, and in what appears to be his first musical, carries the songs with realy conviction, too. And what better venue than the iconic Orpheum Theatre in Omaha to host this hotly anticipated musical?!