6/8/2023 0 Comments Pygmalion and my fair ladyIn Edwardian London, Eliza Doolittle is a flower girl with a thick Cockney accent. Many revivals have followed, and the 1964 film version won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews starred in both productions. It set a record for the longest run of any musical on Broadway up to that time and was followed by a hit London production. The musical's 1956 Broadway production was a notable critical and popular success, winning six Tony Awards, including Best Musical. Despite his cynical nature and difficulty understanding women, Higgins grows attached to her. The story 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. My Fair Lady is a musical based on George Bernard Shaw's 1913 play Pygmalion, with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. Original Broadway Poster by Al HirschfeldĢ002 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival
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