Editing My Fair Lady (section)

====Berlin, 1961====
[[File:My Fair Lady Berlin.jpg|thumb|upright|Berlin, 1961]]
A German translation of ''My Fair Lady'' opened on October 1, 1961, at the [[Theater des Westens]] in Berlin, starring [[Karin Hübner]] and [[Paul Hubschmid]] (and conducted, as was the Broadway opening, by [[Franz Allers]]). Coming at the height of [[Cold War]] tensions, just weeks after the closing of the East Berlin–West Berlin border and the erection of the [[Berlin Wall]], this was the first staging of a Broadway musical in Berlin since [[World War II]]. As such it was seen as a symbol of West Berlin's cultural renaissance and resistance. Lost attendance from East Berlin (now no longer possible) was partly made up by a "musical air bridge" of flights bringing in patrons from West Germany, and the production was embraced by Berliners, running for two years.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.welt.de/print-welt/article232500/Karin-Huebner-1936-2006.html |title=Karin Hübner (1936–2006) |first=Peter E. |last=Müller |date=July 31, 2006 |newspaper=[[Die Welt]]  |access-date=February 11, 2017}} {{in lang|de}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/kultur/theater-des-westens-ein-million-fuer-diese-lady-10784912 |title=Theater des Westens Ein Million für diese Lady |trans-title=Theater of the West – A Million for This Lady |author=Von Birgit, Walter |date=October 22, 2011 |newspaper=Berliner Zeitung |access-date=February 13, 2017 |language=de}}</ref>