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'Supergirl' actress Laura Benanti to replace Lauren Ambrose in 'My Fair Lady'

By Karen Butler   |   Aug. 25, 2018 at 10:07 AM
Laura Benanti is to play Eliza Doolittle on Broadway, starting in October. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI Laura Benanti arrives on the red carpet at the 67th Annual Tony Awards on June 9, 2013 in New York City. File Photo by Monika Graff/UPI Stage and screen actress Laura Benanti, right, and Linda Benanti arrive for the formal Artist's Dinner honoring the recipients of the 2014 Kennedy Center Honors in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, December 6, 2014. Ron Sachs/Pool Lauren Ambrose arrives on the red carpet at the 72nd Annual Tony Awards on June 10 in New York City. File Photo by Serena Xu-Ning/UPI

Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Tony winner Laura Benanti is to take over the role of Eliza Doolittle from Lauren Ambrose in the Lincoln Center Theater production of My Fair Lady.

"THIS IS MY DREAM YOU GUYS MY LIFE LONG DREAM AND ITS HAPPENING," the Supergirl and The Detour actress tweeted.

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Benanti is to headline the transformation tale from Oct. 23 through Feb. 17 at the Vivian Beaumont Theater in New York, the show's producers said in a press release.

The cast of the classic Lerner & Loew musical also includes Harry Hadden-Paton, Norbert Leo Butz, Rosemary Harris, Allan Corduner, Jordan Donica, Linda Mugleston and Clarke Thorell.

Ambrose will play her final performance Oct. 21. She is leaving to begin work on M. Night Shyamalan's upcoming Apple series.