My Fair Lady is a musical based upon George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion and with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. The story concerns Eliza Doolittle, a Cockney flower ...

Two months ago, an email landed unexpectedly in an inbox from Theatre Aspen.  Actor Julie Benko opened it to discover a ...

“Adapted from George Bernard Shaw’s play “Pygmalion,” “My Fair Lady” tells the story of Eliza Doolittle, a Cockney flower girl with a strong accent and rough manners. Her life takes a ...

The origin of "My Fair Lady" dates back farther than the 1956 ... Loewe were inspired by George Bernard Shaw's 1913 play "Pygmalion," the tale of Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle who takes ...

It wasn’t until mid-intermission when I started to read about how it took numerous attempts to adapt “Pygmalion” into a musical that I started to see how radical “My Fair Lady” really is.

Since 1938, when the film version of "Pygmalion," from which "My Fair Lady" descended, won playwright George Bernard Shaw a best screenplay Oscar, audiences have come to expect that Eliza and ...

My Fair Lady, released in 1964, is undeniably one of these gems. Adapted from George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion and directed by George Cukor, this musical extravaganza captured the hearts of ...

Both Shaw’s 1913 play “Pygmalion” and “My Fair Lady,” the 1956 musical adaptation of the play, follow snobbish London professor Henry Higgins’ effort to transform the poor and ...

Based on George Bernard Shaw’s 1913 play “Pygmalion,” the musical "My Fair Lady" has been an audience favorite since its 1956 Broadway premiere. It has been revived on Broadway four times ...

The Stamford, Connecticut abode where “My Fair Lady” was penned will soon hit ... s stage musical was inspired by the 1913 play “Pygmalion” by George Bernard Shaw, and — following ...

“Pygmalion,” has now been transformed into a stunningly effective screen entertainment. “My Fair Lady” in Technicolor and Super Panavision 70 must clean up for Warners. It has riches of ...