Let’s Add Some Music to the Story, with Karen Valen

Let’s Add Some Music to the Story, with Karen Valen
January 9, 2024 @ 2:45-4:00pm

There have been many plays that were turned into Broadway musicals: Pygmalion and My Fair Lady; The Matchmaker and Hello, Dolly; Ah, Wilderness and Take Me Along. We’ll see clips, both with and without music. Leslie Howard as Henry Higgins rejoices in his triumph after passing Wendy Hiller off as royalty in Pygmalion. And then a joyous musical number as Rex Harrison and Wilfrid Hyde-White as Colonel Pickering congratulate themselves in My Fair Lady in “You Did It!” as Audrey Hepburn stands there unnoticed. Karen has been attending theater regularly since 1954 when Mary Martin flew past her in Peter Pan, and she ushers both on and off-Broadway.