| In this article we're going to review the Broadway | | | | Doolittle, is "Wouldn't It Be Loverly?" where she |
| production of one of the most popular musicals in | | | | sings about how wonderful life would be just to |
| the history of Broadway musicals. Actually, My | | | | have a room somewhere, far away from the |
| Fair Lady did not originate on Broadway. It was | | | | cold night air. Just one enormous chair. This song |
| first performed in England in 1956. Since that time | | | | sets the tone for how simple a woman Doolittle |
| though it has been seen all over the world with a | | | | really was.Higgins on the other hand was rather |
| number of revivals, the most recent in 2001 at | | | | pompous and full of himself, which he showcases |
| the Lyttelton Theater.The original play featured | | | | in songs like "Why Can't The English" where he |
| Julie Andrews and Rex Harrison in the lead roles | | | | questions why English people speak so horribly |
| as Eliza Doolittle and Henry Higgins. Unfortunately, | | | | while everyone else in the world (even Hebrews |
| when they made the movie in 1965, Andrews | | | | who speak it backward) speak correctly.Well, |
| was unavailable and Audrey Hepburn was cast in | | | | Higgins finds Doolittle and takes on his project. |
| the role of Doolittle. Hepburn was a great actress | | | | Over time she begins to see what a pompous |
| but was no singer, so the vocals had to be | | | | ass he really is and really lets him have it in a |
| dubbed in.The story of My Fair Lady actually | | | | powerful song titled "Without You" where she tells |
| comes from the play Pygmalion about a | | | | Higgins that the world will do quite nicely without |
| professor of English who makes a bet that he | | | | him in it.Eventually, after Doolittle leaves, Higgins |
| can turn an ordinary street girl with the manners | | | | realizes how much he misses her with the |
| of a cat into a lady. Needless to say, Higgins wins | | | | incomparable "I've Grown Accustomed To Her |
| the bet and at the end, in spite of a long and | | | | Face."But at the end Doolittle returns to Higgins |
| rocky road between beginning and end.But My Fair | | | | when she realizes that she really does love him. |
| Lady, as a musical, is more than just the story of | | | | The music at the end where the orchestra plays |
| street girl Doolittle turned into a woman of | | | | "I Could Have Danced All Night," one of the show |
| breeding. As a musical it featured some of the | | | | stoppers, could just break your heart if you've |
| most beautiful and wonderful songs that ever hit | | | | got one.My Fair Lady is not just a musical. It's a |
| the stage and screen.The music was written by | | | | masterpiece of art that everyone should |
| the very talented Frederick Lowe with the lyrics | | | | experience at least once before they leave this |
| penned by an equally talented man by the name | | | | world. And there's no need to go to the theater |
| of Alan Jay Lerner.The opening overture sets the | | | | to do so. Just pick up the original London |
| tone for the play, showcasing bits and pieces of | | | | Recording with Harrison and Andrews.You'll never |
| the show's main songs. The first tune, sung by | | | | hear anything like it again. |