By Andrew Gans
02 Feb 2007

Meg Bussert, Philippe Castagner, Michael J. Farina and Joe Grifasi have joined the cast of the New York Philharmonic's upcoming production of Lerner and Loewe's My Fair Lady.

Bussert will play Mrs. Pearce, Castagner will be Freddy Eynsford-Hill, Farina will portray Jamie and Grifasi will assume the role of Harry. The foursome join the previously announced Kelli O'Hara as Eliza Doolittle, Kelsey Grammer as Professor Henry Higgins, Charles Kimbrough as Colonel Hugh Pickering, Brian Dennehy as Alfred Doolittle, Marni Nixon as Mrs. Higgins and Tim Jerome as Professor Zoltan Karpathy.

James Brennan will direct the semi-staged concert performances of My Fair Lady, which will play Avery Fisher Hall March 7-10. Rob Fisher will conduct the famed orchestra. The creative team also includes Ken Billington (lighting design), Ray Klausen (set design), Gail Baldoni (costume design) and Peggy Hickey (choreography).

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