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My Fair Lady | Saturday, August
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I'll [sic.] must admit that I'm a bit of a closet fan of amateur dramatics
- particularly musicals - and as such, when I went along to the American
High Schools Theatre Festival presentation of My Fair Lady, I was expecting
the usual scattering of mistakes and slip-ups (endearing as they are)
that normally accompany an amateur show like this. However, I was to be
presently surprised (shocked even) by this amazing young cast, drawn from
The York County School of the Arts.
For a group of teenagers,
they showed an amazing depth and professionalism far beyond their years
- in particular Laura Hartle, who played the lead part of Eliza Doolittle.
In fact, I find it impossible to do anything other than heap praise on
this show - and the only shame is that I waited till the last performance
of their run to go along, and now won't be able to recommend it to anyone.
Posted by Richard
from http://www.edfest.org/archive/000017.htm

Jaike and Laura could have danced all night...
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