10:27AM Clem Bastow | On Friday night I was lucky enough to attend the opening night of Opera Australia’s lavish new production of Lerner & Loewe’s wonderful My Fair Lady. Roger Kirk’s costumes are breathtaking (the Ascot sequence’s costumes and millinery, and Eliza’s ballgown both receiving as much if not more applause than the castmembers themselves) and it is a treat to have the musical really sung for a change (though we
did appreciate Alan “Dr Karl” Fletcher’s efforts in the pro-am production of a few years back).
Reg Livermore is brilliant as Professor Higgins, Taryn Fiebig is a delightful Eliza, and the production features not one but two grand dames of Australian musical theatre, Judi Conelli and Nancye Hayes (both in fine form). It’s on until May 31st at Melbourne’s State Theatre and I highly recommend you beg, borrow or steal a kidney to get a ticket.
However, I know what you really want to know is who was there and wearing what, so hop over the jump for this special cultured edition of Defamer Australia celebrity spotto…
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