Lerner & Loewe "MY FAIR LADY" Karin Huebner / Hamburg, Germany 1965 Program

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This is a rare souvenir program (souvenir brochure) with an original ticket stub from the German production of the ALAN JAY LERNER and FREDERICK LOEWE musical "MY FAIR LADY" at the Kurt Collien Theater in Hamburg, Germany. (The Original Broadway production opened March 15th, 1956 at the Mark Hellinger Theatre in New York City and ran for 2717 performances. The Original German production opened October 25th, 1961 at the Theater des Westens in Berlin and ran for 774 performances before transferring to the Theater an der Wien in Vienna, Austria on September 19th, 1963 and closing at the Kurt Collien Theater in Hamburg, Germany in 1965.) ..... The musical starred FRIEDRICH SCHOENFELDER as "Henry Higgins" and KARIN HUEBNER as "Eliza Doolittle" and featured ANNEMARIE HOLTZ, KURT PRATSCH-KAUFMANN, KURT MUHLHARDT, FRANCO DUVAL, MARGA HEYENGA, MARIA MEISSNER, ERWIN HARTUNG, ADI APPELT, GUNTER HERMS and KATHE M. SAHN ..... CREDITS: Music by FREDERICK LOEWE; Book and Lyrics by ALAN JAY LERNER (Lerner and Loewe collaborated on "Brigadoon", "Paint Your Wagon", "My Fair Lady", "Camelot" and "Gigi") based on "Pygmalion" by BERNARD SHAW; German Translation by ROBERT GILBERT; Sets designed by OLIVER SMITH; Costumes designed by CECIL BEATON; Choreographed by ERIK BIDSTEDT; Directed by SVEN AAGE LARSEN; Produced by HANS WOLFFER, LARS SCHMIDT and GUSTAV WALLY by arrangement with the THEATER DES WESTENS, BERLIN..... DETAILS: The 32 page program measures 8 1/4" X 8 3/4" inches and includes full production credits, promotional text, synopsis of scenes, list of musical numbers (all text in German), individual photos of each of the leading actors and members of the creative team and two black and white production photos. Includes a loose ticket stub from the July 7th, 1965 performance (eleventh scanned image) ..... CONDITION: With the exception of black paper residue on the back cover (shown in the last scanned image), a vertical fold and minor edge wear, this rare program is in excellent condition and will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any musical theatre aficionado or historian. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard ..... SHIPPING DISCOUNTS: Check my "Other Items" for additional rare Broadway playbills and other theatre related memorabilia. Shipping discounts are available for multiple purchases when all items are combined into a single payment. Please wait for a revised invoice before sending payment ..... THANKS !!!
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