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By Amy Somensky Oct 18, 2007, 15:05 GMT

Pygmalion opens today

New York: The Roundabout Theater Company's production of Pygmalion opens today at the American Airlines Theater. Leading the cast is Claire Danes starring as Eliza Doolittle and Jefferson Mays starring as Henry Higgins. The rest of the cast includes Boyd Gaines as Colonel Pickering, Jay O. Sanders as Alfred Doolittle, Helen Carey as Mrs. Higgins, Brenda Wehle as Mrs. Pearce, Kerry Bishe as Clara Eynsford Hill, Kieran Campion as Freddy Eynsford Hill, and Sandra Shipley as Mrs. Eynsford Hill.

The creative team includes set and costume design by Jonathan Fensom, lighting design by Jason Taylor, and sound design by Gregory Clarke. David Grindley directs.Written by George Bernard Shaw the play is the basis for the musical My Fair Lady. In the play Professor Henry Higgins comes across a poor and uneducated Cockney girl named Eliza Doolittle and makes a bet that he can take Eliza from the gutters of London and pass her off as a society lady, by simply teaching her the right dialect in which to speak.For Pygmalion tickets visit www.roundabouttheatre.org.

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