Audio Described My Fair Lady at the Opera House in Boston

Lerner & Loewe’s MY FAIR LADY will be performed at The Opera House with audio description.

The legendary musical Lerner & Loewe’s MY FAIR LADY will be audio described
for blind and visually impaired audience members on Sunday, February 17th at
2:00 PM at The Opera House in Boston, with pre-show description beginning at
1:45 PM. The doors will open at 1:15 PM and it is recommended that patrons
arrive early, pick up tickets and headsets at the Access Table and be
seated.

MY FAIR LADY, Lerner & Loewe’s legendary musical, premieres in the United
States direct from its 50th Anniversary London production and U.K. national
tour. Starring are acclaimed British theatre actors Christopher Cazenove and
Lisa O’Hare who earned rave reviews for their dynamic performances as
Professor Henry Higgins and Eliza Doolittle. “The cast is superb!” “A more
perfect Higgins I have yet to see!” Based on the Cameron Mackintosh/National
Theatre of Great Britain’s award-winning London sensation, and hailed as
“the revival against which all others will be measured” this glorious, new
production features one of Broadway’s most beloved scores including “The
Rain in Spain,” “I Could Have Danced All Night’ and “Get Me to the Church on
Time” and brings together the original U.K. artistic team with direction by
four time Tony® winner Trevor Nunn (Les Misérables), choreography and
musical staging by two time Tony® winner Matthew Bourne (Mary Poppins) and
production design by Anthony Ward (Gypsy).

Duration: 2 hours & 50 Minutes
Age Appropriateness: 8 yrs old and above

Primary Describer: Laura Willis
Secondary Describer: Ruth Kahn

Tickets: There are two different seating locations available at different
price levels. Orchestra seats near the stage are available for $91.00 for
low vision theater-goers or those with sighted family or friends
accompanying them. Box seats in the mezzanine and “obstructed view” seating
on the sides are available for $35.00. These seats do not allow full
visibility to the stage, but they are very good seats for those
theater-goers who cannot see the stage and rely on the sound of the show and
the description. This will be the final audio described performance in the
Broadway Across America- Boston 2007-2008 series.

Seats are limited so contact The Opera House promptly to arrange for your
ticket purchase or exchange. Call Special Services/Accessibility phone line
at 617-880-2419. Leave a message indicating that you are calling to arrange
for tickets to the audio described performance for MY FAIR LADY on February
17th. Someone will call you back to facilitate the purchase of your tickets
and give you detailed information on specific seating.

The Opera House is located at 539 Washington Street in Boston. This audio
described performance is made possible by Lexus Boston Area Dealers Broadway
Across America – Boston. Headsets have been made available by the Wang
Theatre and the Cultural Access Consortium.