Playback singer recorded artist in music history. Popular Indian singers include: Popular playback singers of Nepal include: Famous Pakistani playback singers include: Playback singing is not as common in contemporary Hollywood as musicals are less frequent. It was, however, more widely used in the past. Notable Hollywood performances include Marni Nixon in "West Side Story" for Natalie Wood's portrayal of Maria, in "The King and I" for Deborah Kerr's Anna Leonowens, and for Audrey Hepburn's Eliza in "My Fair Lady"; Bill Lee singing for John Kerr's Lieutenant Cable in "South Pacific" and for Christopher Plummer's Captain von Trapp in "The Sound of
My Fair Lady was announced that Christian Dante White will take over as Freddy on January 8, 2019. A German translation of "My Fair Lady" opened on October 1, 1961, at the Theater des Westens in Berlin, starring Karin Hübner and Paul Hubschmid (and conducted, as was the Broadway opening, by Franz Allers). Coming at the height of Cold War tensions, just weeks after the closing of the East Berlin–West Berlin border and the erection of the Berlin Wall, this was the first staging of a Broadway musical in Berlin since World War II. As such it was seen as a symbol of