December 28, 2022

“My Fair Lady” Comes To State Theatre NJ

“MY FAIR LADY”: From left, Jonathan Grunert as Professor Henry Higgins, Madeline Powell as Eliza Doolittle, and John Adkison as Colonel Pickering in Lincoln Center Theater’s production of Lerner & Loewe’s “My Fair Lady.” The production is coming to State Theatre New Jersey in New Brunswick for four performances beginning on January 27. (Photo by Jeremy Daniel)

State Theatre New Jersey in New Brunswick presents Lincoln Center Theater’s production of Lerner & Loewe’s My Fair Lady for four performances on Friday, January 27 at 8 p.m; Saturday, January 28 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.; and Sunday, January 29 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $40-$98

Directed by Bartlett Sher, Lincoln Center Theater’s production of Lerner & Loewe’s My Fair Lady is the winner of five Outer Critics Circle Awards including Best Revival of a Musical, and was nominated for 10 Tony Awards including Best Musical Revival, five Drama Desk Awards including Best Musical Revival, and three Drama League Awards including Best Musical Revival.  

Adapted from George Bernard Shaw’s play and Gabriel Pascal’s motion picture PygmalionMy Fair Lady premiered on Broadway on March 15, 1956. The original production won six Tony Awards including Best Musical and ran for 2,717 performances making it, at the time, the longest-running musical in Broadway history.  

Visit stnj.org for tickets.