My Fair Lady Revival 1981 - Articles Page 1.8

Ages: 8+
Opened: August 18, 1981
Closing: November 29, 1981

My Fair Lady - 1981 - Broadway History , Info & More

Uris Theatre
222 W. 51st St. New York, NY 10019

Adapted from "Pygmalion" by George Bernard Shaw

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 girl who takes speech lessons from professor Henry Higgins, a phoneticist, so that she may pass as a well-born lady. The musical's 1956 Broadway production was a hit, setting what was then the record for the longest run of any major musical theatre production in history. It was followed by a hit London production, a popular film version, and numerous revivals. It has been called "the perfect musical".

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