90 | JULY 14 • 2022 

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eturning to Michigan 
as the general manager 
of Lerner & Loewe’s My 
Fair Lady is going to be quite 
‘loverly’ for Karen Berry.
As a little girl growing up 
in Huntington Woods, Berry’s 
parents had only 
two records — 
the original cast 
recordings of Kiss 
Me Kate and My 
Fair Lady.
“I played the 
records over and over on our 
Victrola,
” says Berry, who 
accompanies the production 
team of My Fair Lady during its 
stay at the Detroit Opera House 
through July 24. 
“This is full circle for me. 
Because of the exposure to this 
musical when I was 4 years old, 
I have a soft spot in my heart. 

Of everything I’ve ever done in 
my career, this is the show I’m 
most proud to be affiliated with 
and makes me the happiest,
” 
she said.
As general manager, Berry 
is responsible for strategizing 
and executing all production 
costs including actor and 
crew contracts, administrative 
operations and show sched-
uling. In addition to My Fair 
Lady, Berry has been general 
manager for many national 
tours including Cats, On Your 
Feet, An American in Paris 
and Love Never Dies–The 
Phantom Returns. She’s worked 
on Broadway with Showboat, 
Quilters, Asinamali and 
with the Royal Shakespeare 
Company’s Carrie and on sev-
eral shows in Chicago including 
Old Jews Telling Jokes. Besides 

theatrical productions, Berry 
has served as general manager 
for large concerts and immer-
sive events all over the country.
Lerner & Loewe’s produc-
tion of My Fair Lady originally 
opened at Lincoln Center in 
New York City three years 
ago and took home five Outer 
Critics Circle Awards in addi-
tion to being nominated for 
five Drama Desk Awards, three 

Drama League Awards and 10 
Tony Awards. 
It’s the musical tale of Eliza 
Doolittle (Shereen Ahmed), 
a Cockney guttersnipe who 
begrudgingly accepts phonetics 
lessons from Professor Henry 
Higgins (Laird Mackintosh) in 
his quest to reform Eliza into a 
society woman. Audience song 
favorites include “Wouldn’t 
it Be Loverly,
” “Get Me to the 

Karen Berry

ARTS&LIFE
THEATER

A ‘loverly’ return home 
for My Fair Lady’s general 
manager Karen Berry.

Putting it 
All Together

JULIE SMITH YOLLES CONTRIBUTING WRITER

DETAILS
Tickets for the Lincoln Center Theater’s production of 
Lerner & Loewe’s My Fair Lady appearing July 12-24, 
2022, at the Detroit Opera House located at 1526 
Broadway in Detroit start at $25 and can be purchased 
online at ticketmaster.com, by phone at (800) 982-2787 
or in person at the Fisher Theatre Box Office. For more 
information, including COVID health and safety policies, 
go to www.BroadwayInDetroit.com.

Shereen Ahmed as Eliza 
Doolittle (on stairs) and 
Company in the Lincoln 
Center Theater produc-
tion of Lerner & Loewe’s 
My Fair Lady.

