My Fair Lady at Des Moines Civic Center

There's a incredible visual when the Des Monies Civic Center Theater delivers the incredible My Fair Lady when Lauren Ambrose plays Eliza Doolittle, changed from a common-as-muck flower girl into regal stunner, done up to attend the posh Embassy Ball. Costumer Catherine Zuber has wrapped her in a pale golden sheath that seems to fuse with the actress's alabaster skin and copper-colored hair. When the servants help her into a voluminous ruby-red cloak, she looks like a dewy English rose in full bloom. Comparable delights intoxicate the eyes and ears throughout this sumptuous staging from Bartlett Sher, a director who has proved to be among the very elite at chiseling surprising nuance out of classic musicals. So if you want to catch all the thrills, highs, lows and excitement of a live theater show, come to the world famous Des Monies Civic Center in Des Moines for a night of stunning entertainment.