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Harry Hadden-Paton Extends His Run in My Fair Lady on Broadway

The Lincoln Center Theater revival will keep its original Henry Higgins through July 6.

| Broadway | New York City |

January 8, 2019

Harry Hadden-Paton will extend his run in Lincoln Center Theater's Broadway revival of My Fair Lady through July 6.

Laura Benanti — Harry Hadden-Paton is pictured here in a scene with Laura Benanti, who stars as Eliza Doolittle in Lincoln Center Theater's Broadway revival of *My Fair Lady*.
(© Joan Marcus)

Lincoln Center Theater has announced that Tony nominee Harry Hadden-Paton will extend his run as Professor Henry Higgins in the Broadway revival of My Fair Lady at the Vivian Beaumont Theater.

Hadden-Paton originated the role in this production of the Lerner and Loewe musical, directed by Bartlett Sher, and will now remain with the cast through July 6. Beginning February 6, Michael Halling, whose Broadway credits include A Tale of Two Cities, The Pajama Game, The Boy From Oz, The Scarlet Pimpernel, and In My Life, will perform the role of Professor Henry Higgins at all Wednesday evening performances.

The cast of My Fair Lady currently features Laura Benanti as Eliza Doolittle, Danny Burstein as Alfred P. Doolittle, Allan Corduner as Colonel Pickering, Rosemary Harris as Mrs. Higgins, Linda Mugleston as Mrs. Pearce, Clarke Thorell as Professor Zoltan Karpathy, and Christian Dante White as Freddy Eynsford-Hill.