With its delicate shell-like architecture, the Sydney Opera House has become an icon of Australia. But its new record-breaking hit production is an American musical set in London, and directed by international star Julie Andrews.
The new production of Lerner and Loewe's My Fair Lady, directed by original Eliza Doolittle, Andrews, officially opened September 6. The production has reportedly "blown the roof off the Sydney Opera House box office, selling more tickets than any other show in the building's history," according to theSydney Morning Herald.
The paper offered no box-office figures, but said the production has been sold out since it opened and broke the record previously set by The King and I(2014), with Lisa McCune and Teddy Tahu Rhodes.
The cast of the 60th anniversary revival stars three-time Olivier winner Alex Jennings as Professor Higgins, young Australian star Anna O'Byrne as Eliza, Reg Livermore as Alfred P. Doolittle, Robyn Nevin as Mrs. Higgins, Mark Vincent as Freddy Eynsford-Hill, Tony Llewellyn-Jones as Colonel Hugh Pickering and Deidre Rubenstein as Mrs. Pearce.
My Fair Lady will also travel to Brisbane's Lyric Theatre, QPAC beginning March 12, 2017, and later play Melbourne's Regent Theatre starting May 11. Tickets for the Brisbane and Melbourne engagements are scheduled to go on sale later this month.