Comments on: Theatre Review: “My Fair Lady” at Footlite Musicals

By: Hope

Hope — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:31:39 +0000

“Mary Poppins!” I think that was the first movie I ever saw in my life. That, or “Winnie the Pooh.” Anyway, what a fun excuse to revisit it.

Thanks again, Rebecca!

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:34:32 +0000

The Lambeth King and Queen make an appearance in the show “Me and My Girl” as well.

Also, the Pearlies appear in animated form in “Mary Poppins”– they’re in the “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” song.

By: Hope

Hope — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:00:04 +0000

Thank you, everyone, for reading and commenting!

Stephen, how cool that you got to examine Julie Andrews’ costumes up close! Also, please tell Curt that his hats for this show are magnificent!

Charles: the sound was definitely, noticeably (sp?) improved.

Trevor: swooning AND melting, baby. Swooning and melting.

Rebecca: Thank you! I did not know ANY of that information about London culture, and find it very interesting. Thank you for taking the time to write and share it!

Sue: I always enjoy chatting with you when you’re ushering at theatres around town, so it was a special delight to see you up on stage! Break a leg with the rest of your run.

By: Sue Warrick

Sue Warrick — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 02:41:52 +0000

Hope, so glad you enjoyed our show. We are having a real ball with it. Brian is such a good director and all our staff and cast are great. Aren’t those costumes the greatest! It is such fun to “dress-up”

Sue (ensemble)

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:08:25 +0000

Hi there.
Wanted to let you know a bit about London culture.

A Pearly King (and Queen) is a person dressed in traditional cockney costume attired with mother of pearl buttons. Each district of London had its own “king” and “queen”. Lambeth is one of London’s districts.

-Rebecca

By: Trevor

Trevor — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:49:47 +0000

Hope,

Thank you for your great review! I can’t believe I didn’t get to see you after the show. Thanks for swooning…

I saw a show on tv the other night with James Spader and thought of you. He wasn’t wearing leather…but…

Thanks for speading the word about our show. We are having a great time – and loving every minute of it! Glad the audiences are too!

By: charles

charles — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 23:29:19 +0000

Oh geez, you devoted an entire paragraph to my question! Darn scroll on my mouse!

Thanks for catching the issue.

I am still going to wait a couple of more shows to see that the problem is in fact fixed.

By: charles

charles — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 23:27:02 +0000

How was the sound? I stopped going to Footlite two years ago because I got tired of never being able to hear the darn show. Numerous suggestions from those “in the know” regarding seating selection were to no avail. I vowed not to return until the problem was fixed. That’s a shame too, because I organized a Saturday theatre group that would bring between 10-15 people there. Now, we go elsewhere.

By: stephen hollenbeck

stephen hollenbeck — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:03:57 +0000

Thanks for seeing the show. a side note. When I worked at Costume world we bought Dodger costume in new york. upon opening one of the boxes i found all of Julie Andrews costumes form the orginal my Fair Lady. The Embassy dress was in tatters but truly a work of art. The Rain in Spain skirt was still usable as was the purse she carried in Ascot. Although the Ascot dress was not usable he was still in good enough shape to see how it was constucted. It was a privilage and honor to touch such pieces of Musical Theatre History BTW Curt Pickard designed most the hats for Ascot

By: Hope

Hope — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:23:20 +0000

You’re welcome, Gloria. Thank you for reading, and for putting on such a beautiful show!