My Fair Lady in profit after 18 weeks in London

london: trevor nunn's critically acclaimed revival of my fair lady has broken even at the box office after just 18 weeks, the producers announced on monday. its leap into profitability was far speedier than other blockbuster musicals and all the more remarkable because london's theatreland has been severely jolted by falling attendances since the september 11 hijack attacks in the u.s.producer cameron mackintosh put two million pounds into the show which has since then enjoyed a sell-out run with jonathan pryce in the role of professor higgins. nick allott, managing director of mackintosh's company, said: "it would normally take roughly a year for a show of this size to make a profit. phantom of the opera took 54 weeks to make a profit. for miss saigon, it was 39 weeks.