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My Fair Lady

Songwriter Alan Jay Lerner and his composer partner Frederick Loewe could not have foreseen that the commission they took on almost begrudgingly would have become such a long-running hit. In contrast, American producer Gabriel Pascal trusted his sixth sense that the production would be well received. Focusing his persistence and patience, Pascal pursued the idea of adapting George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion, despite the author’s resistance, into a musical. From the preview performanc...

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