My Fair Lady

Pompous phonetics professor Henry Higgins is so sure of his abilities that he makes a point of transforming a working class Cockney girl, Eliza Doolittle, into a cultured member of high society. The lovely Eliza agrees to take speaking lessons to improve her job prospects. Higgins and Eliza clash and then form an unlikely bond, threatened by an aristocratic suitor.

Find the famous "I Could Have Danced All Night", performed by Audrey Hepburn in the 1964 film:

General information
  • Style : Classical, Romance
  • Theme : Love, England, Destiny, Humor
  • year of creation : 1956
Music
  • Composer : Frederick Loewe
  • Lyricist :Alan Jay Lerner
  • Librettist :Alan Jay Lerner
  • famous songs : "Why Can't the English?" "Wouldn't It Be Loverly?" "With a Little Bit of Luck" "I'm an Ordinary Man" "Just You Wait" "The Rain in Spain" "I Could Have Danced All Night" "On the Street Where You Live" "You Did It" "Show Me" "Get Me to the Church on Time" "A Hymn to Him" ​​"Without You" "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face"
  • Famous performers : Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Julie Andrews, Jonathan Pryce, John Lithgow, Norbert Leo Butz, Laura Benanti,
kinships
  • Inspired by another work : Inspired by George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion, first performed in 1913
  • Exists in film : The musical was adapted into a film in 1964, film directed by George Cukor.
Awards
  • Appointments and Awards : The musical won 6 Tony in 1956, the 1964 film won 8 Academy Awards.
  • Number of years on display : 6
  • Number of performances : 2717
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