My Fair Lady 2018 Cast Recording Download

1956 musical based on Shaw's "Pygmalion"

My Off-white Lady
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Original Broadway Poster by Al Hirschfeld
Music Frederick Loewe
Lyrics Alan Jay Lerner
Book Alan Jay Lerner
Basis Pygmalion
by George Bernard Shaw
Productions 1956 Broadway
1957 US tour
1958 West End
1976 Broadway
1978 Uk tour
1979 West End
1980 US bout
1981 Broadway
1993 Us tour
1993 Broadway
2001 West End
2005 UK tour
2007 The states bout
2018 Broadway
2019 U.s.a. tour
Awards 1957 Tony Award for All-time Musical
2002 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival

My Fair Lady is a musical based on George Bernard Shaw's 1913 play Pygmalion, with a book and lyrics past Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. The story concerns Eliza Doolittle, a Cockney blossom girl who takes speech lessons from professor Henry Higgins, a phonetician, and then that she may laissez passer every bit a lady. Despite his cynical nature, Higgins falls in love with her.

The musical's 1956 Broadway production was a notable critical and pop success, winning vi Tony Awards, including All-time Musical. It set up a record for the longest run of whatsoever musical on Broadway up to that time and was followed past a hit London product. King Harrison and Julie Andrews starred in both productions. A popular film version premiered in 1964, and many revivals have followed.

Plot [edit]

Human activity I [edit]

In Edwardian London, Eliza Doolittle is a bloom daughter with a thick Cockney accent. The noted phonetician Professor Henry Higgins encounters Eliza at Covent Garden and laments the vulgarity of her dialect ("Why Can't the English?"). Higgins besides meets Colonel Pickering, another linguist, and invites him to stay as his houseguest. Eliza and her friends wonder what it would be similar to live a comfortable life ("Wouldn't It Be Loverly?").

Eliza'south father, Alfred P. Doolittle, stops by the next morn searching for money for a drink ("With a Little Bit of Luck"). Soon later on, Eliza comes to Higgins's business firm, seeking elocution lessons and so that she can get a job every bit an assistant in a florist'due south shop. Higgins wagers Pickering that, within half dozen months, by teaching Eliza to speak properly, he volition enable her to pass for a proper lady.

Eliza becomes function of Higgins'southward household. Though Higgins sees himself every bit a kindhearted homo who merely cannot go along with women ("I'm an Ordinary Man"), to others he appears cocky-absorbed and misogynistic. Eliza endures Higgins'due south tyrannical speech tutoring. Frustrated, she dreams of different means to impale him ("Merely You Wait"). Higgins's servants lament the stressful atmosphere ("The Servants' Chorus").

Simply as Higgins is almost to surrender on her, Eliza of a sudden recites one of her diction exercises in perfect upper-class style ("The Rain in Spain"). Though Mrs Pearce, the housekeeper, insists that Eliza go to bed, she declares she is too excited to slumber ("I Could Have Danced All Night").

For her get-go public tryout, Higgins takes Eliza to his female parent'southward box at Ascot Racecourse ("Ascot Gavotte"). Though Eliza shocks everyone when she forgets herself while watching a race and reverts to foul linguistic communication, she does capture the heart of Freddy Eynsford-Hill. Freddy calls on Eliza that evening, and he declares that he volition wait for her in the street exterior Higgins' house ("On the Street Where You Live").

Eliza'south final test requires her to pass as a lady at the Diplomatic mission Ball. After more weeks of preparation, she is set. All the ladies and gentlemen at the brawl adore her, and the Queen of Transylvania invites her to dance with the prince ("Embassy Waltz"). A Hungarian phonetician, Zoltan Karpathy, attempts to discover Eliza'south origins. Higgins allows Karpathy to trip the light fantastic with Eliza.

Act Ii [edit]

The brawl is a success; Karpathy has alleged Eliza to be a Hungarian princess. Pickering and Higgins revel in their triumph ("You Did It"), failing to pay attending to Eliza. Eliza is insulted at receiving no credit for her success, packing up and leaving the Higgins house. As she leaves she finds Freddy, who begins to tell her how much he loves her, just she tells him that she has heard enough words; if he really loves her, he should show it ("Show Me").

Eliza and Freddy return to Covent Garden but she finds she no longer feels at abode at that place. Her father is there as well, and he tells her that he has received a surprise bequest from an American millionaire, which has raised him to heart-grade respectability, and now must marry his lover. Doolittle and his friends have one terminal spree before the wedding ceremony ("Get Me to the Church on Fourth dimension").

Higgins awakens the next morning. He finds himself out of sorts without Eliza. He wonders why she left after the triumph at the ball and concludes that men (peculiarly himself) are far superior to women ("A Hymn to Him"). Pickering notices the Professor'south lack of consideration, and also leaves the Higgins house.

Higgins despondently visits his mother's house, where he finds Eliza. Eliza declares she no longer needs Higgins ("Without You"). Every bit Higgins walks abode, he realizes he's grown attached to Eliza ("I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face"). At home, he sentimentally reviews the recording he made the 24-hour interval Eliza first came to him for lessons, hearing his own harsh words. Eliza suddenly appears in his home. In suppressed joy at their reunion, Professor Higgins scoffs and asks, "Eliza, where the devil are my slippers?"

Characters and original Broadway cast [edit]

The original cast of the Broadway phase production:[ane]

  • Eliza Doolittle, a young Cockney flowerseller – Julie Andrews
  • Henry Higgins, a professor of phonetics – Rex Harrison
  • Alfred P. Doolittle, Eliza'south father, a dustman – Stanley Holloway
  • Colonel Hugh Pickering, Henry Higgins's friend and fellow phoneticist – Robert Coote
  • Mrs. Higgins, Henry'due south socialite mother – Cathleen Nesbitt
  • Freddy Eynsford-Hill, a immature socialite and Eliza'due south suitor – John Michael King
  • Mrs. Pearce, Higgins'southward housekeeper – Philippa Bevans
  • Zoltan Karpathy, Henry Higgins's onetime educatee and rival – Christopher Hewett

Musical numbers [edit]

Background [edit]

In the mid-1930s, film producer Gabriel Pascal acquired the rights to produce motion picture versions of several of George Bernard Shaw'due south plays, Pygmalion among them. Even so, Shaw, having had a bad experience with The Chocolate Soldier, a Viennese operetta based on his play Artillery and the Man, refused permission for Pygmalion to exist adapted into a musical. After Shaw died in 1950, Pascal asked lyricist Alan Jay Lerner to write the musical accommodation. Lerner agreed, and he and his partner Frederick Loewe began work. But they rapidly realised that the play violated several fundamental rules for constructing a musical: the main story was not a love story, there was no subplot or secondary love story, and at that place was no identify for an ensemble.[2] Many people, including Oscar Hammerstein Two, who, with Richard Rodgers, had also tried his manus at adapting Pygmalion into a musical and had given up, told Lerner that converting the play to a musical was impossible, so he and Loewe abandoned the projection for two years.[3]

During this fourth dimension, the collaborators separated and Gabriel Pascal died. Lerner had been trying to musicalize Li'fifty Abner when he read Pascal's obituary and establish himself thinking nearly Pygmalion over again.[iv] When he and Loewe reunited, everything barbarous into place. All of the insurmountable obstacles that had stood in their way two years earlier disappeared when the team realised that the play needed few changes apart from (according to Lerner) "adding the action that took place betwixt the acts of the play".[5] They and so excitedly began writing the show. However, Hunt Manhattan Banking company was in charge of Pascal's estate, and the musical rights to Pygmalion were sought both by Lerner and Loewe and by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, whose executives chosen Lerner to discourage him from challenging the studio. Loewe said, "We will write the show without the rights, and when the time comes for them to decide who is to get them, we will exist and so far ahead of everyone else that they will exist forced to give them to us."[half dozen] For five months Lerner and Loewe wrote, hired technical designers, and made casting decisions. The bank, in the end, granted them the musical rights.

Various titles were suggested for the musical. Dominic McHugh wrote: "During the autumn of 1955, the show [was] typically referred to equally My Lady Liza, and most of the contracts refer to this as the title."[7] Lerner preferred My Off-white Lady, relating both to one of Shaw'southward provisional titles for Pygmalion and to the terminal line of every verse of the nursery rhyme "London Bridge Is Falling Down". Recalling that the Gershwins' 1925 musical Tell Me More than had been titled My Fair Lady in its out-of-town tryout, and as well had a musical number under that championship, Lerner fabricated a courtesy call to Ira Gershwin, alerting him to the use of the title for the Lerner and Loewe musical.[ citation needed ]

Noël Coward was the offset to exist offered the role of Henry Higgins, but he turned it down, suggesting the producers bandage Male monarch Harrison instead.[8] Later on much deliberation, Harrison agreed to accept the part. Mary Martin was an early pick for the role of Eliza Doolittle, but declined the role.[nine] Immature actress Julie Andrews was "discovered" and cast equally Eliza later the show's artistic squad went to see her Broadway debut in The Male child Friend.[ citation needed ] Moss Hart agreed to direct after hearing only 2 songs. The experienced orchestrators Robert Russell Bennett and Philip J. Lang were entrusted with the arrangements, and the bear witness quickly went into rehearsal.[ citation needed ]

The musical'due south script used several scenes that Shaw had written peculiarly for the 1938 pic version of Pygmalion, including the Embassy Ball sequence and the last scene of the 1938 film rather than the ending for Shaw's original play.[ citation needed ] The montage showing Eliza'southward lessons was also expanded, combining both Lerner'due south and Shaw'southward dialogue. The artwork on the original Broadway affiche (and the sleeve of the cast recording) is by Al Hirschfeld, who drew the playwright Shaw as a heavenly puppetmaster pulling the strings on the Henry Higgins character, while Higgins in plough attempts to control Eliza Doolittle.[10]

Productions [edit]

Original Broadway production [edit]

Program from Mark Hellinger Theatre

The musical had its pre-Broadway tryout at New Haven's Shubert Theatre. At the offset preview Rex Harrison, who was unaccustomed to singing in front of a live orchestra, "announced that under no circumstances would he go on that night...with those thirty-two interlopers in the pit".[11] He locked himself in his dressing room and came out picayune more than than an hour before curtain fourth dimension. The whole company had been dismissed but were recalled, and opening night was a success.[12] My Off-white Lady so played for 4 weeks at the Erlanger Theatre in Philadelphia, beginning on Feb 15, 1956.

The musical premiered on Broadway March fifteen, 1956, at the Mark Hellinger Theatre in New York City. It transferred to the Broadhurst Theatre then The Broadway Theatre, where it closed on September 29, 1962, after two,717 performances, a record at the time. Moss Hart directed and Hanya Holm was choreographer. In addition to stars Male monarch Harrison, Julie Andrews and Stanley Holloway, the original cast included Robert Coote, Cathleen Nesbitt, John Michael King, and Reid Shelton.[xiii] Harrison was replaced by Edward Mulhare in November 1957 and Sally Ann Howes replaced Andrews in Feb 1958.[14] [fifteen] By the beginning of 1959, it was the biggest grossing Broadway evidence of all-fourth dimension with a gross of $10 million.[xvi]

The Original Cast Recording, released on April 2, 1956, was the best-selling album in the Usa in 1956.[17]

Original London product [edit]

The West End production, in which Harrison, Andrews, Coote, and Holloway reprised their roles, opened on April thirty, 1958, at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, where information technology ran for five and a half years[18] (2,281 performances). Edwardian musical comedy star Zena Dare fabricated her terminal appearance in the musical as Mrs. Higgins.[19] Leonard Weir played Freddy. Harrison left the London cast in March 1959, followed past Andrews in August 1959 and Holloway in October 1959.

1970s revivals [edit]

The first Broadway revival opened at the St. James Theatre 20 years after the original, on March 25, 1976, and ran at that place until December v, 1976; it and then transferred to the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, running from December ix, 1976, until it closed on Feb 20, 1977, later a total of 377 performances and 7 previews. The director was Jerry Adler, with choreography past Crandall Diehl, based on the original choreography past Hanya Holm. Ian Richardson starred as Higgins, with Christine Andreas every bit Eliza, George Rose as Alfred P. Doolittle and Robert Coote recreating his function every bit Colonel Pickering.[13] Both Richardson and Rose were nominated for the Tony Award for Best Player in a Musical, with the honour going to Rose.

A London revival opened at the Adelphi Theatre in October 1979, following a national tour. It featured Tony Britton as Higgins, Liz Robertson as Eliza, Dame Anna Neagle every bit Higgins' female parent, Peter Bayliss, Richard Caldicot and Peter Land. The revival was produced by Cameron Mackintosh and directed by Robin Midgley,[xx] [21] [22] with sets by Adrian Vaux, costumes by Tim Goodchild and choreography by Gillian Lynne.[23] Britton and Robertson were both nominated for Olivier Awards.[24]

1981 and 1993 Broadway revivals [edit]

The second Broadway revival of the original production opened at the Uris Theatre on August eighteen, 1981, and closed on November 29, 1981, after 120 performances and 4 previews. Male monarch Harrison recreated his function as Higgins, with Jack Gwillim as Pickering, Milo O'Shea as Doolittle, and Cathleen Nesbitt, at 93 years old reprising her role as Mrs. Higgins. The revival co-starred Nancy Ringham every bit Eliza. The director was Patrick Garland, with choreography by Crandall Diehl, recreating the original Hanya Holm dances.[13] [25]

A new revival directed past Howard Davies opened at the Virginia Theatre on December 9, 1993, and closed on May i, 1994, later 165 performances and 16 previews. The cast starred Richard Chamberlain as Higgins, Melissa Errico as Eliza and Paxton Whitehead equally Pickering. Julian Holloway, son of Stanley Holloway, recreated his father's office of Alfred P. Doolittle. Donald Saddler was the choreographer.[xiii] [26]

2001 London revival; 2003 Hollywood Basin production [edit]

Cameron Mackintosh produced a new product on March 15, 2001, at the Royal National Theatre, which transferred to the Theatre Imperial, Drury Lane on July 21. Directed by Trevor Nunn, with choreography by Matthew Bourne, the musical starred Martine McCutcheon every bit Eliza and Jonathan Pryce every bit Higgins, with Dennis Waterman as Alfred P. Doolittle. This revival won three Olivier Awards: Outstanding Musical Product, Best Actress in a Musical (Martine McCutcheon) and All-time Theatre Choreographer (Matthew Bourne), with Anthony Ward receiving a nomination for Ready Blueprint.[27] In December 2001, Joanna Riding took over the role of Eliza, and in May 2002, Alex Jennings took over as Higgins, both winning Olivier Awards for Best Actor and Best Extra in a Musical respectively in 2003.[28] In March 2003, Anthony Andrews and Laura Michelle Kelly took over the roles until the show closed on August xxx, 2003.[29]

A Uk bout of this production began September 28, 2005. The production starred Amy Nuttall and Lisa O'Hare as Eliza, Christopher Cazenove equally Henry Higgins, Russ Abbot and Gareth Hale as Doolittle, and Honor Blackman[xxx] and Hannah Gordon as Mrs. Higgins. The tour concluded August 12, 2006.[31]

In 2003 a production of the musical at the Hollywood Bowl starred John Lithgow equally Higgins, Melissa Errico as Eliza, Roger Daltrey as Doolittle and Paxton Whitehead as Colonel Pickering.[32]

2018 Broadway and 2022 London revival [edit]

A Broadway revival produced by Lincoln Centre Theater and Nederlander Presentations Inc. began previews on March 15, 2018, at the Vivian Beaumont Theater and officially opened on Apr 19, 2018. It was directed by Bartlett Sher with choreography by Christopher Gattelli, scenic design past Michael Yeargan, costume design by Catherine Zuber and lighting design by Donald Holder.[33] The cast included Lauren Ambrose as Eliza, Harry Hadden-Paton as Professor Henry Higgins, Diana Rigg every bit Mrs. Higgins, Norbert Leo Butz as Alfred P. Doolittle, Allan Corduner equally Colonel Pickering, Hashemite kingdom of jordan Donica as Freddy, and Linda Mugleston as Mrs. Pearce.[34] [35] Replacements included Rosemary Harris as Mrs. Higgins,[36] Laura Benanti as Eliza,[37] and Danny Burstein, and then Alexander Gemignani, as Alfred P. Doolittle.[38]

The revival closed on July 7, 2019, later on 39 previews and 509 regular performances.[39] A North American bout of the production, starring Shereen Ahmed and Laird Mackintosh equally Eliza and Higgins, opened in December 2019.[40] Performances were suspended in March 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and resumed in September 2021.[41] It is scheduled to run through August 2022.[42]

The product is scheduled to be repeated in the Westward Stop at the London Coliseum in May 2022 for a xvi-week run.[43] [44]

Other major productions [edit]

Berlin, 1961 [edit]

A German translation of My Fair Lady opened on Oct 1, 1961, at the Theater des Westens in Berlin, starring Karin Hübner and Paul Hubschmid (and conducted, every bit was the Broadway opening, past Franz Allers). Coming at the height of Cold War tensions, just weeks later the endmost of the E Berlin–Westward 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 Westward Berlin's cultural renaissance and resistance. Lost attendance from Due east Berlin (now no longer possible) was partly made upwards by a "musical air bridge" of flights bringing in patrons from Due west Germany, and the production was embraced past Berliners, running for two years.[45] [46]

2007 New York Philharmonic concert and US bout [edit]

In 2007 the New York Philharmonic held a full-costume concert presentation of the musical. The concert had a iv-day engagement lasting from March seven–ten at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall. It starred Kelsey Grammer as Higgins, Kelli O'Hara every bit Eliza, Charles Kimbrough as Pickering, and Brian Dennehy as Alfred Doolittle. Marni Nixon played Mrs. Higgins; Nixon had provided the singing voice of Audrey Hepburn in the film version.[47]

A U.S. bout of Mackintosh'south 2001 Due west End production ran from September 12, 2007, to June 22, 2008.[48] The production starred Christopher Cazenove every bit Higgins, Lisa O'Hare as Eliza, Walter Charles as Pickering, Tim Jerome every bit Alfred Doolittle[49] and Nixon as Mrs. Higgins, replacing Sally Ann Howes.[50]

2008 Australian tour [edit]

An Australian tour produced by Opera Australia commenced in May 2008. The production starred Reg Livermore equally Higgins, Taryn Fiebig as Eliza, Robert Grubb equally Alfred Doolittle and Judi Connelli as Mrs Pearce. John Wood took the function of Alfred Doolittle in Queensland, and Richard E. Grant played the part of Henry Higgins at the Theatre Royal, Sydney.[51]

2010 Paris revival [edit]

A new product was staged by Robert Carsen at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris for a limited 27-performance run, opening December 9, 2010, and closing January 2, 2011. It was presented in English language. The costumes were designed by Anthony Powell and the choreography was by Lynne Page. The cast was equally follows: Sarah Gabriel / Christine Arand (Eliza Doolittle), Alex Jennings (Henry Higgins), Margaret Tyzack (Mrs. Higgins), Nicholas Le Prevost (Colonel Pickering), Donald Maxwell (Alfred Doolittle), and Jenny Galloway (Mrs. Pearce).[52]

2012 Sheffield product [edit]

A new production of My Fair Lady opened at Sheffield Crucible on December thirteen, 2012. Dominic W played Henry Higgins, and Carly Bawden played Eliza Doolittle. Sheffield Theatres' Artistic Director Daniel Evans was the director. The production ran until January 26, 2013.[53] [54]

2016 Australian production [edit]

The Gordon Frost Organisation, together with Opera Commonwealth of australia, presented a product at the Sydney Opera House from August xxx to November 5, 2016. It was directed by Julie Andrews and featured the set and costume designs of the original 1956 product by Smith and Beaton.[55] The product sold more tickets than whatever other in the history of the Sydney Opera Firm.[56] The show's opening run in Sydney was so successful that in November 2016, ticket pre-sales were released for a re-run in Sydney, with the extra shows scheduled between August 24 and September ten, 2017, at the Capitol Theatre.[57] In 2017, the show toured to Brisbane from March 12 and Melbourne from May eleven.[58]

The cast featured Alex Jennings as Higgins (Charles Edwards for Brisbane and Melbourne seasons), Anna O'Byrne as Eliza, Reg Livermore as Alfred P. Doolittle, Robyn Nevin as Mrs. Higgins (later Pamela Rabe), Mark Vincent as Freddy, Tony Llewellyn-Jones as Colonel Pickering, Deidre Rubenstein as Mrs. Pearce, and David Whitney as Karpathy.[57] [58] [59]

Critical reception [edit]

According to Geoffrey Block, "Opening dark critics immediately recognized that My Off-white Lady fully measured up to the Rodgers and Hammerstein model of an integrated musical...Robert Coleman...wrote 'The Lerner-Loewe songs are not simply delightful, they accelerate the action as well. They are e'er and so much more than interpolations, or interruptions.'"[60] The musical opened to "unanimously glowing reviews, ane of which said 'Don't bother reading this review at present. You'd ameliorate sit right down and send for those tickets...' Critics praised the thoughtful apply of Shaw's original play, the brilliance of the lyrics, and Loewe's well-integrated score."[61]

A sampling of praise from critics, excerpted from a book form of the musical, published in 1956.[62]

  • "My Fair Lady is wise, witty, and winning. In brusk, a miraculous musical." Walter Kerr, New York Herald Tribune.
  • "A felicitous alloy of intellect, wit, rhythm and loftier spirits. A masterpiece of musical one-act ... a terrific show." Robert Coleman, New York Daily Mirror.
  • "Fine, handsome, melodious, witty and beautifully acted ... an exceptional evidence." George Jean Nathan, New York Journal American.
  • "Everything about My Off-white Lady is distinctive and distinguished." John Chapman, New York Daily News.
  • "Wonderfully entertaining and extraordinarily welcomed ... meritorious in every department." Wolcott Gibbs, The New Yorker.
  • "One of the 'loverliest' shows imaginable ... a work of theatre magic." John Beaufort, The Christian Science Monitor.
  • "An irresistible hitting." Diversity.
  • "One of the best musicals of the century." Brooks Atkinson, The New York Times.

The reception from Shavians was more mixed, all the same. Eric Bentley, for instance, called information technology "a terrible handling of Mr. Shaw's play, [undermining] the basic idea [of the play]", even though he acknowledged it as "a delightful prove".[63] My Fair Lady was after called "the perfect musical".[64]

Principal roles and casting history [edit]

Character Broadway
(1956) [65] 		W End
(1958) [66] 		Broadway
(1976) [67] 		Westward End
(1979) [68] 		Broadway
(1981) [69] 		Broadway
(1993) [70] 		West Finish
(2001) [71] 		Hollywood Basin
(2003) [72] [73] 		Broadway
(2018) [74]
Eliza Doolittle
Julie Andrews
 Christine Andreas Liz Robertson Nancy Ringham Melissa Errico Martine McCutcheon Melissa Errico Lauren Ambrose
Henry Higgins
Rex Harrison
 Ian Richardson Tony Britton Rex Harrison Richard Chamberlain Jonathan Pryce John Lithgow Harry Hadden-Paton
Alfred P. Doolittle
Stanley Holloway
 George Rose Peter Bayliss[75] Milo O'Shea Julian Holloway Dennis Waterman Roger Daltrey Norbert Leo Butz
Mrs. Higgins Cathleen Nesbitt Zena Dare Brenda Forbes Anna Neagle Cathleen Nesbitt Dolores Sutton Caroline Blakiston Rosemary Harris Diana Rigg
Colonel Hugh Pickering
Robert Coote
 Richard Caldicot Jack Gwillim Paxton Whitehead Nicholas Le Prevost Paxton Whitehead Allan Corduner
Freddy Eynsford-Loma John Michael Rex Leonard Weir Jerry Lanning Peter Land[76] Nicholas Wyman Robert Sella Mark Umbers Kevin Early Jordan Donica
Mrs. Pearce Philippa Bevans Betty Woolfe Sylvia O'Brien Betty Paul[77] Marian Baer Glynis Bong Patsy Rowlands Lauri Johnson Linda Mugleston
Zoltan Karpathy Christopher Hewett Max Oldaker John Clarkson Kalman Drinking glass Jack Sevier James Young Sevan Stephan Manu Narayan

Notable replacements [edit]

Broadway (1956–1962)
  • Eliza: Sally Ann Howes
West End (1958–1963)
  • Henry Higgins: Alec Clunes, Charles Stapley
  • Eliza: Anne Rogers
  • Doolittle: James Hayter
Broadway revival (2018–2019)
  • Eliza: Laura Benanti
  • Doolittle: Danny Burstein, Alexander Gemignani
  • Mrs. Higgins: Rosemary Harris

Awards and nominations [edit]

Original Broadway production [edit]

Sources: BroadwayWorld[78] TheatreWorldAwards[79]

Twelvemonth Award Category Nominee Result
1956 Theatre World Award Outstanding New York City Stage Debut Operation John Michael King Won
1957 Tony Award All-time Musical Won
Best Performance past a Leading Actor in a Musical Rex Harrison Won
All-time Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical Julie Andrews Nominated
All-time Functioning by a Featured Histrion in a Musical Robert Coote Nominated
Stanley Holloway Nominated
Best Direction of a Musical Moss Hart Won
All-time Choreography Hanya Holm Nominated
All-time Breathtaking Design Oliver Smith Won
Best Costume Blueprint Cecil Beaton Won
All-time Conductor and Musical Director Franz Allers Won

1976 Broadway revival [edit]

Sources: BroadwayWorld[80] Drama Desk[81]

Twelvemonth Honor Category Nominee Result
1976 Tony Award Best Operation by a Leading Player in a Musical Ian Richardson Nominated
George Rose Won
Drama Desk-bound Laurels Outstanding Revival of a Musical Nominated
Outstanding Histrion in a Musical Ian Richardson Won
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical George Rose Won
Outstanding Manager of a Musical Jerry Adler Nominated

1979 London revival [edit]

Source: Olivier Awards[82]

Year Award Category Nominee Result
1979 Laurence Olivier Award All-time Player in a Musical Tony Britton Nominated
All-time Actress in a Musical Liz Robertson Nominated

1981 Broadway revival [edit]

Source: BroadwayWorld[83]

Year Award Category Nominee Result
1982 Tony Award Best Revival Nominated

1993 Broadway revival [edit]

Source: Drama Desk[84]

Yr Honor Category Nominee Result
1993 Drama Desk Laurels Outstanding Revival of a Musical Nominated
Outstanding Extra in a Musical Melissa Errico Nominated
Outstanding Costume Blueprint Patricia Zipprodt Nominated

2001 London revival [edit]

Source: Olivier Awards[85]

Year Award Category Nominee Result
2002 Laurence Olivier Honor Outstanding Musical Product Won
Best Histrion in a Musical Jonathan Pryce Nominated
Best Actress in a Musical Martine McCutcheon Won
Best Functioning in a Supporting Role in a Musical Nicholas Le Prevost Nominated
Best Theatre Choreographer Matthew Bourne Won
All-time Set Pattern Anthony Ward Nominated
Best Costume Design Nominated
All-time Lighting Blueprint David Hersey Nominated
2003 Best Histrion in a Musical Alex Jennings Won
Best Extra in a Musical Joanna Riding Won

2018 Broadway revival [edit]

Year Award Category Nominee Effect
2018 Tony Honour Best Revival of a Musical Nominated
All-time Player in a Musical Harry Hadden-Paton Nominated
All-time Extra in a Musical Lauren Ambrose Nominated
All-time Featured Thespian in a Musical Norbert Leo Butz Nominated
Best Featured Actress in a Musical Diana Rigg Nominated
Best Direction of a Musical Bartlett Sher Nominated
All-time Choreography Christopher Gattelli Nominated
Best Scenic Pattern in a Musical Michael Yeargan Nominated
Best Lighting Design in a Musical Donald Holder Nominated
All-time Costume Blueprint in a Musical Catherine Zuber Won
Drama Desk Honour Outstanding Revival of a Musical Won
Outstanding Actor in a Musical Harry Hadden-Paton Nominated
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical Diana Rigg Nominated
Outstanding Director of a Musical Bartlett Sher Nominated
Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical Catherine Zuber Won
Drama League Accolade Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical Won
Distinguished Performance Award[86] Lauren Ambrose Nominated
Harry Hadden-Paton Nominated
Outer Critics Circle Award Outstanding Revival of a Musical Won
Outstanding Actor in a Musical Harry Hadden-Paton Nominated
Outstanding Actress in a Musical Lauren Ambrose Won
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical Norbert Leo Butz Won
Outstanding Director of a Musical Bartlett Sher Won[87]
Outstanding Choreography Christopher Gattelli Nominated
Outstanding Prepare Design (Play or Musical) Michael Yeagan Nominated
Outstanding Costume Design (Play or Musical) Catherine Zuber Won
Outstanding Audio Design (Play or Musical) Marc Salzberg Nominated
2019 Grammy Awards Best Musical Theater Album Nominated

Adaptations [edit]

1964 moving-picture show [edit]

George Cukor directed the 1964 motion-picture show accommodation, with Harrison returning in the part of Higgins. The casting of Audrey Hepburn as Eliza created controversy among theatregoers, both considering Andrews was regarded perfect in the office, and Hepburn's singing vox was dubbed (by Marni Nixon). Jack L. Warner, the head of Warner Bros., wanted "a star with a peachy deal of name recognition", merely since Andrews did not have whatever film experience, he accounted success more probable with a movie star.[88] (Andrews went on to star in Mary Poppins that same year for which she won both the Academy Accolade and the Golden Globe for Best Actress.) Lerner in detail disliked the film version of the musical, thinking it did not live upwardly to the standards of Moss Hart's original direction. He was besides unhappy with the casting of Hepburn as Eliza Doolittle and that the moving-picture show was shot in its entirety at the Warner Bros. studio rather than, as he would accept preferred, in London.[89] Despite the controversy, My Fair Lady was considered a major critical and box-office success, and won 8 Oscars, including Best Film of the Twelvemonth, Best Actor for Rex Harrison, and Best Director for George Cukor.

Unrealized 2008 motion-picture show [edit]

Columbia Pictures appear a new adaptation in 2008.[90] The intention was to shoot on location in Covent Garden, Drury Lane, Tottenham Court Road, Wimpole Street and the Ascot Racecourse.[91] John Madden was signed to direct the motion picture, and Colin Firth and Carey Mulligan were possible choices for the leading roles. Emma Thompson wrote a new screenplay adaptation for the project, merely the studio shelved it.[92] [93]

Notes [edit]

  1. ^ a b "'My Off-white Lady' Synopsis, Cast, Scenes and Settings and Musical Numbers" guidetomusicaltheatre.com, accessed December 7, 2011.
  2. ^ Lerner, p. 36.
  3. ^ Lerner, p. 38.
  4. ^ Lerner, p. 39.
  5. ^ Lerner, pp. 43–44.
  6. ^ Lerner, p. 47.
  7. ^ Dominic, McHugh. Loverly: the life and times of My fair lady. Oxford University Printing. pp. 20–48.
  8. ^ Morley, Sheridan. A Talent to Charm: A Biography of Noël Coward, p. 369, Doubleday & Company, 1969.
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References [edit]

  • Citron, David (1995). The Wordsmiths: Oscar Hammerstein second and Alan Jay Lerner, Oxford Academy Press. ISBN 0-19-508386-five
  • Garebian, Keith (1998). The Making of My Fair Lady, Mosaic Press. ISBN 0-88962-653-7
  • Light-green, Benny, Editor (1987). A Hymn to Him : The Lyrics of Alan Jay Lerner, Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 0-87910-109-one
  • Jablonski, Edward (1996). Alan Jay Lerner: A Biography, Henry Holt & Co. ISBN 0-8050-4076-5
  • Lees, Gene (2005). The Musical Worlds of Lerner and Loewe, Bison Books. ISBN 0-8032-8040-8
  • Lerner, Alan Jay (1985). The Street Where I Alive, Da Capo Press. ISBN 0-306-80602-9
  • McHugh, Dominic. Loverly: The Life and Times of "My Off-white Lady" (Oxford Academy Press; 2012) 265 pages; uses unpublished documents to report the five-year process of the original product.
  • Shapiro, Doris (1989). We Danced All Night: My Life Behind the Scenes With Alan Jay Lerner, Barricade Books. ISBN 0-942637-98-four

External links [edit]

  • My Fair Lady at the Internet Broadway Database
  • Lincoln Center production
  • Ovrtur Page

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