Glenview Theatre Guild
The Glenview Theatre Guild, an affiliated organization of the Glenview Park District, puts on one production each year in late June and early July. Membership is open to anyone who is interested in getting involved with community theatre, either behind or in front of the footlights.
For more information on the Glenview Theatre Guild, call the Guild hotline (847) 604-3411 or visit their website at www.gtgonstage.com.
2012 Production: My Fair Lady
Henry Higgins, a Professor of Phonetics, encounters Eliza Doolittle, a cockney flower girl, one cold March night at Covent Garden market. He declares to his friend Colonel Pickering that in three months he could transform Eliza into a duchess.
Over the course of several months Eliza, who moves into the Higgins household, is put through a grueling course of phonetics and elocution lessons by Higgins. Eliza’s moment of triumph comes at the Embassy Ball. She is beautiful, elegant and well-spoken and proves to be an enormous success particularly with the young gentleman, Freddy Eynsford-Hill, who falls desperately in love with her.
My Fair Lady is the standard by which all other musicals are measured. Based on Shaw’s play and Pascal’s movie “Pygmalion,” with book, music and lyrics by Lerner and Lowe, My Fair Lady is triumphant. With songs including Wouldn’t It Be Loverly?, I Could Have Danced All Night and Get Me to the Church on Time it’s no wonder everyone – not just Henry Higgins – falls in love with Eliza Doolittle!
June 22, 23, 29, 30, July 6 and 7 at 8 pm
June 24, July 1 and 8 at 2 pm
Glenbrook South High School
Norman E. Watson Auditorium
4000 West Lake Avenue
(Corner of Pfingsten and Lake)
Ticket Information
Tickets are general admission and good for any one performance. Tickets are $17 in advance and $20 at the door. Advance tickets can be purchased at Park Center, 2400 Chestnut or online by clicking here. Methods of payment include Visa, Mastercard or Discover, cash or check. Make checks payable to Glenview Theatre Guild. Tickets for groups of 20 or more are $14 each and must be purchased in advance. For group tickets, call Janet Reich at (847) 299-5124.
Questions about the Glenview Theatre Guild or its 2012 production. Please visit gtgonstage.com. To be added to the mailing list to receive audition and show notices by mail or e-mail, please send an e-mail to email@gtgonstage.com.