PopMatters Music (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
... der Welt), was commissioned to create a performance of songs by Broadway giants Kurt Weill and Frederick Loewe in conjunction with the theatre’s 50th anniversary celebration…
DVDVerdict (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
... disapprove of My Fair Lady. This 1964 musical, based on the stage show by Alan Jay Lerner & Frederick Loewe, is in turn based on the 1913 play Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw. It's debatable as to whether it's Shaw's finest work, but its initial impact and fervent following remain undisputed. Shaw adapted the play to the screen—brilliantly, by the way—with Leslie Howard () and Wendy...
A Boat Against the Current (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
... however, offer many pleasures. Exhibit A: Paint Your Wagon , the 1951 show by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe that just finished its two-week run at the Vital Theater this past weekend. Second only to Rodgers and Hammerstein in their prime as collaborators, Lerner and Loewe exhibited the flaws in cohesion and dramatic relevance that prevented their musical comedy about...
CinemaSpy (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
... Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion" and with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. The story concerns Eliza Doolittle (played by Audrey Hepburn in the 1964 film), a Cockney flower girl in Edwardian London who takes speech and elocution lessons from professor Henry Higgins (played by Rex Harrison in the 1964 film) so that she can pass as a lady. Higgins...
DVD Talk (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
... George Cukor in 1964, My Fair Lady was based on the popular stage musical by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, which was itself based on the George Bernard Shaw version of Pygmalion . Rex Harrison stars as... Read the entire review
