Editing My Fair Lady (section)

===1970s revivals===
The first Broadway revival opened at the [[St. James Theatre]] 20 years after the original, on March 25, 1976, and ran there until December 5, 1976; it then transferred to the [[Lunt-Fontanne Theatre]], running from December 9, 1976, until it closed on February 20, 1977, after a total of 377 performances and 7 previews. The director was [[Jerry Adler]], with choreography by Crandall Diehl, based on the original choreography by Hanya Holm. [[Ian Richardson]] starred as Higgins, with [[Christine Andreas]] as Eliza, [[George Rose (actor)|George Rose]] as Alfred P. Doolittle and [[Robert Coote]] recreating his role as Colonel Pickering.<ref name=showtune/> Both Richardson and Rose were nominated for the [[Tony Award]] for Best Actor in a Musical, with the award going to Rose.

A [[Cameron Mackintosh|Cameron MacKintosh]] revival opened at London's [[Adelphi Theatre]] in October 1979, following a national tour. Originated at the [[Leicester Haymarket Theatre|Haymarket Theatre Leicester]], the production was created under a new agreement with [[Arts Council of Great Britain|The Arts Council]] to tour West End standard productions. It featured [[Tony Britton]] as Higgins, [[Liz Robertson]] as Eliza, [[Dame Anna Neagle]] as Higgins's mother, Peter Bayliss as Doolittle, Richard Caldicot as Pickering and [[Peter Land]] as Freddy. It was directed by [[Robin Midgley]],<ref>"International News", ''The Associated Press'', October 26, 1979 ("Twenty-one years after Eliza Doolittle first straightened out her A's to the delight of Professor Higgins, "My Fair Lady" reopened in London Thursday night to rave notices.")</ref><ref>Borders, William. [https://www.nytimes.com/1979/11/26/archives/a-new-fair-lady-delights-london-theatergoers-unquestionably-a-star.html?searchResultPosition=1 "A New Fair Lady Delights London Theatergoers"], ''The New York Times'', November 26, 1979, p. C15.</ref><ref>[http://www.phyllis.demon.co.uk/theatricalia/09mus/mus70.htm "'My Fair Lady', 1979"], Phyllis.demon.co.uk, accessed December 7, 2011.</ref> with sets by Adrian Vaux, costumes by [[Tim Goodchild]] and choreography by [[Gillian Lynne]].<ref>[https://archive.today/20130209065224/http://www.whatsonstage.com/interviews/theatre/london/E8821019146083/20+Questions+With...Liz+Robertson.html "0 Questions With...Liz Robertson"], Whatsonstage.com, April 22, 2002.</ref> Britton and Robertson were both nominated for Olivier Awards.<ref>[http://www.olivierawards.com/news/view/item98513/Olivier-Winners-1979/ "Olivier Winners 1979"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112124128/http://www.olivierawards.com/news/view/item98513/Olivier-Winners-1979/ |date=2012-01-12 }}, Olivierawards.com, accessed December 5, 2011.</ref>