Shows · My Fair Lady (2018 Revival)
My Fair Lady (2018 Revival)
Opened 2018
553 performances
Revival, Contemporary
Arrogant phonetics professor Henry Higgins makes a bet that he can transform Cockney flower seller Eliza Doolittle into a lady who can pass for a duchess at an embassy ball. As Eliza masters proper English and high-society manners, a battle of wills develops between teacher and pupil that challenges both their assumptions about class, independence, and love.
- Music
- Frederick Loewe
- Lyrics
- Alan Jay Lerner
- Book
- Alan Jay Lerner
Licensing 2 entries
| US | Concord Theatricals MY FAIR LADY listed in the licensor's own catalogue | |
| US | Music Theatre International My Fair Lady matched on title alone: a lead, not a confirmed licensor Another house is also on record for this work. |
My Fair Lady is a musical with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. The story, based on George Bernard Shaw's 1913 play Pygmalion and on the 1938 film adaptation of the play, concerns Eliza Doolittle, a Cockney flower girl who takes speech lessons from professor Henry Higgins, a phonetician, so that she may pass as a lady. Despite his cynical nature and difficulty understanding women, Higgins grows attached to her. The musical's 1956 Broadway production was a notable critical and popular success, winning six Tony Awards, including Best Musical. It set a record for the longest run of any musical on Broadway up to that time and was followed by a hit London product…
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