MY fair lady - Review

My fair Lady

Entertaining. That's how I would describe the musical My fair Lady. The casts sang with enthusiasm and sang their hearts out. And the sound system is superb. I sat at the last row of the plenary and though I couldn't see the facial expression of the casts, I could hear every word and every song lyrics.

The casts have been performing to the live audience in Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC) Plenary hall since May 15, 2007. And to date they have performed at least 6 shows in KL before the one that I attended last night. Yet there was no slow down in their performance.

The only problem I had was understanding the dialogue in the beginning (the strong accent) but after getting used to the British spoke English, I was able to follow the dialogue. I felt the dialogue portion a bit too draggy for certain scenes, and I almost fell asleep several times, being awoken when the cast started to sing.

The audience were dressed to the nines. Unfortunately I went in jeans and T-shirt, and felt a bit out of place, dressing-wise!

Rave Reviews
- from the star reporter : Enduring Charm
from the NST reporter : The Lady is a winner

What the casts said in interviews with the local press
1. "Eliza Doolittle" Poppy Tierney
2. "Colonel Pickering" Gerard Murphy finds it too warm in Malaysia