Editing My Fair Lady (section)

====2016 Australian production====
The Gordon Frost Organisation, together with [[Opera Australia]], presented a production at the [[Sydney Opera House]] from August 30 to November 5, 2016. It was directed by Julie Andrews and featured the set and costume designs of the original 1956 production by Smith and Beaton.<ref>Spring, Alexandra (August 4, 2015). [https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/aug/05/julie-andrews-to-direct-sydney-opera-house-production-of-my-fair-lady "Julie Andrews to direct Sydney Opera House production of 'My Fair Lady'"] ''The Guardian'' (London).</ref> The production sold more tickets than any other in the history of the Sydney Opera House.<ref>Boyd, Edward (October 6, 2016). [http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/my-fair-lady-screenplay-by-julie-andrews-sold-more-tickets-than-any-other-production-in-history/news-story/307c4835f2c5961eaab0b66cc65b4032 "'My Fair Lady' musical by Julie Andrews sold more tickets than any other production in history"], ''[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|The Daily Telegraph]]''.</ref> The show's opening run in Sydney was so successful that in November 2016, ticket pre-sales were released for a re-run in Sydney, with the extra shows scheduled between August 24 and September 10, 2017, at the [[Capitol Theatre, Sydney|Capitol Theatre]].<ref name=Capitol>[https://opera.org.au/whatson/events/my-fair-lady-sydney-2016 "''My Fair Lady'': Capitol Theatre, Sydney"], [[Opera Australia]], accessed 1 July 2019</ref> In 2017, the show toured to Brisbane from March 12 and Melbourne from May 11.<ref name=Melbourne>[https://opera.org.au/whatson/events/my-fair-lady-melbourne "''My Fair Lady'': Regent Theatre, Melbourne"], Opera Australia, accessed 1 July 2019</ref>

The cast featured [[Alex Jennings]] as Higgins ([[Charles Edwards (English actor)|Charles Edwards]] for Brisbane and Melbourne seasons), [[Anna O'Byrne]] as Eliza, [[Reg Livermore]] as Alfred P. Doolittle, [[Robyn Nevin]] as Mrs. Higgins (later [[Pamela Rabe]]), [[Mark Vincent]] as Freddy, [[Tony Llewellyn-Jones]] as Colonel Pickering, [[Deidre Rubenstein]] as Mrs. Pearce, and David Whitney as Karpathy.<ref name=Capitol/><ref name=Melbourne/><ref>[https://opera.org.au/whatson/events/my-fair-lady-sydney "''My Fair Lady'': Sydney Opera House"], Opera Australia, accessed 1 July 2019</ref>