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Jun 10, 2024 · It may be a well-loved classic, but from a modern audience’s viewpoint, this familiar musical by Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner, based on George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion, throws some...
Feb 21, 2000 · On a clear day you may well be able to see a whole lot, but Alan Jay Lerner, the producer, book writer and lyricist of this seriously loopy 1965 musical, was clearly not having too many clear...
The latest revival showcases Burton Lane and Alan Jay Lerner’s great score but doesn’t solve the problems of Lerner’s flawed book. Book writers just don’t get the credit they deserve. A...
May 19, 2022 · When she’s called insults like a ‘squashed cabbage leaf’ by patronising upper-class phonetics expert Henry Higgins she's not crushed – she physically shoves him out the room, in moments of physical...
The movie industry is no longer interested in musicals about adults, let alone adults with ideas. The story is well-known. Eliza (Hepburn) is first insulted for her accent by the famous linguist Higgins (Harrison), and then offers him a shilling a lesson to teach her to speak like a lady.
My Fair Lady, by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, Leeds Playhouse by Susie MacInnes Originally based on a Greek myth, the story of Professor Henry Higgins (played here by John Hopkins) and his […]
Jun 28, 2018 · There’s a distinct “Let’s put on a show” vibe to the Irish Rep’s revival of Burton Lane and Alan Jay Lerner’s 1965 musical that actually suits the problematic material. The abridged ...
