Lisa O'Hare

Lisa O'Hare

Lisa O'Hare is an English stage actress who has played Eliza Doolittle in "My Fair Lady" and the title character of "Mary Poppins" on the West End and UK stage.

O'Hare was trained as a ballet dancer, and performed in dance-oriented shows such as "Alice and the Others" at Sadler's Wells and "Defile" at the Royal Opera House.

Moving to musical theatre, O'Hare joined the original London production of "Mary Poppins" as the understudy for the original Laura Michelle Kelly as well as a member of the original ensemble in December 2004. She left the production in July 2005.

From September 28, 2005 at the Palace Theatre in Manchester, O'Hare joined the National UK Tour of Cameron Mackintosh's production of "My Fair Lady" as the alternate Eliza Doolittle, sharing the role with Amy Nuttall until the UK Tour ended on August 12, 2006 at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff.

On November 6 2006 O'Hare returned to the London production of "Mary Poppins" assuming the title role on a full time basis. She replaced Scarlett Strallen, making her the third actress to hold the West End title role. Her last performance with the London Company on the show was on May 19, 2007. During her run, she acted on-stage with her then-boyfriend Howard Jones, who played the role of Robertson Ay and was understudy for the role of Bert.

In 2007, O'Hare reprised her role as Eliza Doolittle in the National US tour of "My Fair Lady" alongside Christopher Cazenova as Henry Higgins, who had starred with her in the National UK Tour. The US tour opened on September 12, 2007 in Tampa Florida, and closed on June 22, 2008 in Tempe Arizona. [http://myfairladythemusical.com/tour.php US Tour information] at MyFairLadyTheMusical.com]

Since returning to the UK, O'Hare most recently starred as the title role in Gigi from August 6 to September 13, 2008 Regents Park Open Air Theatre.

On April 24, 2008, it was announced on What's On Stage.com that O'Hare will reprise her role as Mary Poppins in the current National UK tour of "Mary Poppins". She will assume the role on October 27, 2008 in Edinburgh, replacing Caroline Sheen, and will continue the tour until its closure on April 18, 2009 in Cardiff] .

External links

* [http://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=21084 My Fair Lady US Tour Article] at BroadwayWorld.com
* [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/110948.html My Fair Lady US Tour Article] at Playbill.com
* [http://www.marypoppinsthemusical.co.uk/cast-ohare.php?p=7 O'Hare profile @ Official Mary Poppins website]
* [http://arts.monstersandcritics.com/news/article_1211840.php Article announcing Lisa taking over title role in West End's Mary Poppins.]
* [http://www.theatre.com/video/id/3007310 Video interview on Mary Poppins role.]
* [http://www.marypoppinsthemusical.co.uk/newsdetail.php?newskey=21 Announcement of Lisa leaving Mary Poppins for My Fair Lady.]

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