Editing My Fair Lady

{{short description|Stage musical by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe}}
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{{Infobox Musical
|name=My Fair Lady
|image= Myfairlady.jpg
|imagesize=200px
|caption= Original Broadway Poster by [[Al Hirschfeld]]
|music= [[Frederick Loewe]]
|lyrics= [[Alan Jay Lerner]]
|book= [[Alan Jay Lerner]]
|basis= ''[[Pygmalion (play)|Pygmalion]]'' <br> by [[George Bernard Shaw]]
|productions= 1956 [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]]<br>1957 US tour<br>1958 [[West End theatre|West End]]<br>1976 Broadway<br>1978 UK tour<br>1979 West End<br>1980 US tour<br>1981 Broadway<br>1993 US tour<br>1993 Broadway<br>2001 West End<br>2005 UK tour<br>2007 US tour<br>2018 Broadway<br>2019 US tour<br>2022 West End<!--Please add only major-market productions-->
<!-- Please do not include production-specific (acting, directing, etc.) awards -->
|awards= 1957 [[Tony Award for Best Musical]]<br>2002 [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival]]
}}
'''''My Fair Lady''''' is a [[musical theatre|musical]] with a book and lyrics by [[Alan Jay Lerner]] and music by [[Frederick Loewe]]. The story, based on [[George Bernard Shaw]]'s 1913 play ''[[Pygmalion (play)|Pygmalion]]'' and on the [[Pygmalion (1938 film)|1938 film adaptation]] of the play, concerns [[Eliza Doolittle]], a [[Cockney]] flower girl who takes speech lessons from professor Henry Higgins, a [[phonetician]], so that she may pass as a lady. Despite his cynical nature and difficulty understanding women, Higgins grows attached to her.

The musical's 1956 [[Broadway theater|Broadway]] production was a notable critical and popular success, winning six [[Tony Award]]s, including [[Tony Award for Best Musical|Best Musical]]. It set a record for the [[Long-running musical theatre productions|longest run]] of any musical on Broadway up to that time and was followed by a hit London production. [[Rex Harrison]] and [[Julie Andrews]] starred in both productions. Many revivals have followed, and the 1964 [[My Fair Lady (film)|film version]] won the [[Academy Award for Best Picture]].

==Plot==
===Act I===
In [[Edwardian]] London, Eliza Doolittle is a flower girl with a thick [[Cockney]] accent. The noted [[phonetician]] Professor Henry Higgins encounters Eliza at [[Covent Garden]] and laments the vulgarity of her dialect ("Why Can't the English?"). Higgins also meets Colonel Pickering, another linguist, and invites him to stay as his houseguest. Eliza and her friends wonder what it would be like to live a comfortable life ("[[Wouldn't It Be Loverly]]?").

Eliza's [[dustman]] father, Alfred P. Doolittle, stops by the next morning searching for money for a drink ("[[With a Little Bit of Luck]]"). Soon after, Eliza comes to Higgins's house, seeking [[elocution]] lessons so that she can get a job as an assistant in a florist's shop. Higgins wagers Pickering that, within six months, by teaching Eliza to speak properly, he will enable her to pass for a proper lady.

Eliza becomes part of Higgins's household. Though Higgins sees himself as a kindhearted man who merely cannot get along with women ("I'm an Ordinary Man"), to others he appears self-absorbed and [[misogynistic]]. Eliza endures Higgins's tyrannical speech tutoring. Frustrated, she dreams of different ways to kill him ("Just You Wait"). Higgins's servants lament the stressful atmosphere ("The Servants' Chorus").

Just as Higgins is about to give up on her, Eliza suddenly recites one of her diction exercises in perfect upper-class style ("[[The Rain in Spain]]"). Though Mrs Pearce, the housekeeper, insists that Eliza go to bed, she declares she is too excited to sleep ("[[I Could Have Danced All Night]]").

For her first public tryout, Higgins takes Eliza to his mother's box at [[Ascot Racecourse]] ("Ascot Gavotte"). Though Eliza shocks everyone when she forgets herself while watching a race and reverts to foul language, she does capture the heart of Freddy Eynsford-Hill. Freddy calls on Eliza that evening, and he declares that he will wait for her in the street outside Higgins' house ("[[On the Street Where You Live]]").

Eliza's final test requires her to pass as a lady at the Embassy Ball. After more weeks of preparation, she is ready. ("Eliza's Entrance"). All the ladies and gentlemen at the ball admire her, and the Queen of [[Transylvania]] invites her to dance with the prince ("Embassy Waltz"). A Hungarian phonetician, Zoltan Karpathy, attempts to discover Eliza's origins. Higgins allows Karpathy to dance with Eliza.<ref>The original book of the musical, and original productions, placed the ball scene at the end of Act I. Some later productions have moved it to the beginning of Act II.</ref>

===Act II===
The ball is a success; Karpathy has declared Eliza to be a Hungarian princess. Pickering and Higgins revel in their triumph ("You Did It"), failing to pay attention to Eliza. Eliza is insulted at receiving no credit for her success, packing up and leaving the Higgins house. As she leaves she finds Freddy, who begins to tell her how much he loves her, but she tells him that she has heard enough words; if he really loves her, he should show it ("Show Me").

Eliza and Freddy return to Covent Garden but she finds she no longer feels at home there. Her father is there as well, and he tells her that he has received a surprise bequest from an American millionaire, which has raised him to middle-class respectability, and now must marry his lover. Doolittle and his friends have one last spree before the wedding ("[[Get Me to the Church on Time]]").

Higgins awakens the next morning. He finds himself out of sorts without Eliza. He wonders why she left after the triumph at the ball and concludes that men (especially himself) are far superior to women ("A Hymn to Him"). Col. Pickering is concerned about Eliza's well-being, calling the police as well as contacting an old chum he believes will help them track her down.

Higgins despondently visits his mother's house, where he finds Eliza. Eliza declares she no longer needs Higgins ("Without You"). As Higgins walks home, he realizes he's grown attached to Eliza ("[[I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face]]"). At home, he sentimentally reviews the recording he made the day Eliza first came to him for lessons, hearing his own harsh words. Eliza suddenly appears in his home. In suppressed joy at their reunion, Professor Higgins scoffs and asks, "Eliza, where the devil are my slippers?"

==Characters and original Broadway cast==
The original cast of the Broadway stage production:<ref name=guide>[http://guidetomusicaltheatre.com/shows_m/my_fair_lady.htm "'My Fair Lady' Synopsis, Cast, Scenes and Settings and Musical Numbers"] guidetomusicaltheatre.com, accessed December 7, 2011.</ref>

* [[Eliza Doolittle]], a young Cockney flowerseller – [[Julie Andrews]] 
* Henry Higgins, a professor of [[phonetics]] – [[Rex Harrison]]
* Alfred P. Doolittle, Eliza's father, a [[dustman]] – [[Stanley Holloway]]
* Colonel Hugh Pickering, Henry Higgins's friend and fellow phoneticist – [[Robert Coote]]
* Mrs. Higgins, Henry's socialite mother – [[Cathleen Nesbitt]]
* Freddy Eynsford-Hill, a young socialite and Eliza's suitor – [[John Michael King]]
* Mrs. Pearce, Higgins's housekeeper – [[Philippa Bevans]]
* Zoltan Karpathy, Henry Higgins's former student and rival – [[Christopher Hewett]]

== Musical numbers==
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'''Act I'''<ref name=guide/>
* "Overture" – The Orchestra
* "Busker Sequence" – The Orchestra
* "Why Can't the English?" – Professor Higgins
* "[[Wouldn't It Be Loverly]]?" – Eliza and Male Quartet
* "[[With a Little Bit of Luck]]" – Alfred Doolittle, Harry, Jamie and Company
* "I'm an Ordinary Man" – Professor Higgins
* "With a Little Bit of Luck" (reprise) – Alfred Doolittle and Ensemble
* "Just You Wait" – Eliza
* "The Servants' Chorus (Poor Professor Higgins)" – Mrs. Pearce and Servants
* "[[The Rain in Spain]]" – Professor Higgins, Eliza, and Colonel Pickering
* "[[I Could Have Danced All Night]]" – Eliza, Mrs. Pearce, and Servants
* "Ascot Gavotte" – Ensemble
* "[[On the Street Where You Live]]" – Freddy
* "Eliza's Entrance/Embassy Waltz" – The Orchestra

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'''Act II'''
* "You Did It" – Colonel Pickering, Professor Higgins, Mrs. Pearce, and Servants
* "Just You Wait" (reprise) – Eliza
* "On the Street Where You Live" (reprise) – Freddy
* "Show Me" – Eliza with Freddy
* "The Flower Market/Wouldn't It Be Loverly?" (reprise) – Eliza and Male Quartet
* "[[Get Me to the Church on Time]]" – Alfred Doolittle and Ensemble
* "A Hymn to Him" – Professor Higgins and Colonel Pickering
* "Without You" – Eliza and Professor Higgins
* "[[I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face]]" – Professor Higgins
* "I Could Have Danced All Night" (reprise) / "Finale" – The Orchestra
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==Background==
In the mid-1930s, film producer [[Gabriel Pascal]] acquired the rights to produce film versions of several of [[George Bernard Shaw]]'s plays, [[Pygmalion (play)|''Pygmalion'']] among them. However, Shaw, having had a bad experience with ''[[The Chocolate Soldier]]'', a Viennese operetta based on his play ''[[Arms and the Man]]'', refused permission for ''Pygmalion'' to be adapted into a musical. After Shaw died in 1950, Pascal asked lyricist [[Alan Jay Lerner]] to write the musical adaptation. Lerner agreed, and he and his partner [[Frederick Loewe]] began work. But they quickly realised that the play violated several key rules for constructing a musical: the main story was not a love story, there was no subplot or secondary love story, and there was no place for an ensemble.<ref>Lerner, p. 36.</ref> Many people, including [[Oscar Hammerstein II]], who, with [[Richard Rodgers]], had also tried his hand at adapting ''Pygmalion'' into a musical and had given up, told Lerner that converting the play to a musical was impossible, so he and Loewe abandoned the project for two years.<ref>Lerner, p. 38.</ref>

During this time, the collaborators separated, and Pascal died. Lerner had been trying to musicalize ''[[Li'l Abner]]'' when he read Pascal's obituary and found himself thinking about ''Pygmalion'' again.<ref>Lerner, p. 39.</ref> When he and Loewe reunited, everything fell into place. All of the insurmountable obstacles that had stood in their way two years earlier disappeared when the team realized that the play needed few changes apart from (according to Lerner) "adding the action that took place between the acts of the play".<ref>Lerner, pp. 43–44.</ref> They then excitedly began writing the show. However, [[Chase Manhattan Bank]] was in charge of Pascal's estate, and the musical rights to ''Pygmalion'' were sought both by Lerner and Loewe and by [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]], whose executives called Lerner to discourage him from challenging the studio. Loewe decided, "We will write the show without the rights, and when the time comes for them to decide who is to get them, we will be so far ahead of everyone else that they will be forced to give them to us."<ref>Lerner, p. 47.</ref> For five months Lerner and Loewe wrote, hired technical designers, and made casting decisions. The bank, in the end, granted them the musical rights.

Various titles were suggested for the musical. Dominic McHugh wrote: "During the autumn of 1955, the show [was] typically referred to as ''My Lady Liza'', and most of the contracts refer to this as the title."<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dominic |first1=McHugh |title=Loverly: the life and times of My fair lady |publisher=Oxford University Press |pages=20–48}}</ref> Lerner preferred ''My Fair Lady'', relating both to one of Shaw's provisional titles for ''Pygmalion'' and to the final line of every verse of the nursery rhyme "[[London Bridge Is Falling Down]]". Recalling that the Gershwins' 1925 musical ''Tell Me More'' had been titled ''My Fair Lady'' in its out-of-town tryout, and also had a musical number under that title, Lerner made a courtesy call to Ira Gershwin, alerting him to the use of the title for the Lerner and Loewe musical.{{citation needed|date=March 2019}}

[[Noël Coward]] was the first to be offered the role of Henry Higgins, but he turned it down, suggesting the producers cast [[Rex Harrison]] instead.<ref>Morley, Sheridan. ''A Talent to Amuse: A Biography of Noël Coward'', p. 369, Doubleday & Company, 1969.</ref> After much deliberation, Harrison agreed to accept the part. [[Mary Martin]] was an early choice for the role of [[Eliza Doolittle]], but declined the role.<ref>[http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/cvvpw/gallery/martin1.html "Extravagant Crowd: Mary Martin"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100615105320/http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/cvvpw/gallery/martin1.html |date=2010-06-15 }}, Beinecke Library, Yale University, accessed December 9, 2011.</ref> Young actress [[Julie Andrews]] was "discovered" and cast as Eliza after the show's creative team went to see her Broadway debut in ''[[The Boy Friend (musical)|The Boy Friend]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dame Julie Andrews |url=https://achievement.org/achiever/julie-andrews/ |access-date=April 26, 2022 |website=Academy of Achievement}}</ref> [[Moss Hart]] agreed to direct after hearing only two songs. The experienced orchestrators [[Robert Russell Bennett]] and [[Philip J. Lang]] were entrusted with the [[arrangements]], and the show quickly went into rehearsal.{{citation needed|date=March 2019}}

The musical's script used several scenes that Shaw had written especially for the [[Pygmalion (1938 film)|1938 film version of ''Pygmalion'']], including the Embassy Ball sequence and the final scene of the 1938 film rather than the ending for Shaw's original play.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://theworld.org/stories/2014-07-09/how-pygmalion-went-feminist-manifesto-chick-flick |title=How Pygmalion went from feminist manifesto to chick flick |last1=Lawton |first1=Jenny |last2=Wernick |first2=Adam |date=July 2014 |access-date= November 5, 2022 |quote=... the ending of the play was misinterpreted and altered in a way Shaw loathed.}}</ref> The montage showing Eliza's lessons was also expanded, combining both Lerner's and Shaw's dialogue. The artwork on the original Broadway poster (and the sleeve of the cast recording) is by [[Al Hirschfeld]], who drew the playwright Shaw as a heavenly [[puppeteer|puppetmaster]] pulling the strings on the Henry Higgins character, while Higgins in turn attempts to control Eliza Doolittle.<ref>{{citation | url=https://www.alhirschfeldfoundation.org/piece/my-fair-lady-2 | title=My Fair Lady: Pygmalion and beyond | author=David Leopold | website=The Al Hirschfeld Foundation}}</ref>

==Productions==

===Original Broadway production===
[[Image:MusicalTheater3.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Program from Mark Hellinger Theatre]]
The musical had its pre-Broadway tryout at [[New Haven]]'s [[Shubert Theatre (New Haven)|Shubert Theatre]]. At the first preview Rex Harrison, who was unaccustomed to singing in front of a live orchestra, "announced that under no circumstances would he go on that night...with those thirty-two interlopers in the pit".<ref>Lerner, p. 104.</ref>  He locked himself in his dressing room and came out little more than an hour before curtain time. The whole company had been dismissed but were recalled, and opening night was a success.<ref>{{cite book| last=Schreiber| first=Brad| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8W-8DgAAQBAJ&q=harrison| title=Stop the show!: a history of insane incidents and absurd accidents in the theater| date=May 2, 2017| publisher=Hachette Books| isbn=978-0306902109| pages=137–138}}</ref> ''My Fair Lady'' then played for four weeks at the Erlanger Theatre in [[Philadelphia]], beginning on February 15, 1956.

The musical premiered on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] March 15, 1956, at the [[Mark Hellinger Theatre]] in New York City. It transferred to the [[Broadhurst Theatre]] and then [[The Broadway Theatre]], where it closed on September 29, 1962, after 2,717 performances, [[List of the longest-running Broadway shows|a record]] at the time. [[Moss Hart]] directed and [[Hanya Holm]] was choreographer. In addition to stars [[Rex Harrison]], [[Julie Andrews]] and [[Stanley Holloway]], the original cast included [[Robert Coote]], [[Cathleen Nesbitt]], [[John Michael King]], and [[Reid Shelton]].<ref name=showtune>Suskin, Steven. [https://books.google.com/books?id=Z_usBBxC_TQC&dq=%22Ian+Richardson%22+%22My+Fair+Lady%22+%22St.+James+Theatre%22&pg=PA224 "''My Fair Lady'', 1956, 1976, and 1981"], ''Show tunes: the songs, shows, and careers of Broadway's major composers'' (2010, 4th ed.), Oxford University Press, {{ISBN|978-0195125993}}, p. 224.</ref> Harrison was replaced by [[Edward Mulhare]] in November 1957 and [[Sally Ann Howes]] replaced Andrews in February 1958.<ref>Vallance, Thomas. [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-edward-mulhare-1263753.html "Obituary: Edward Mulhare"] ''The Independent'' (UK), May 27, 1997.</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=FVYEAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22Sally+Ann+Howes%22+%22My+Fair+Lady%22&pg=PA51 "A Fiery 'Fair Lady' Takes Over"] ''[[Life (magazine)|Life]]'', March 3, 1958, p. Front Cover, 51–54.</ref> By the start of 1959, it was the biggest grossing Broadway show of all-time with a gross of $10 million.<ref>{{cite news| work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]| date=December 3, 1958| title='Fair Lady' Radiant $10,000,000| pages=1, 92| url=http://www.archive.org/stream/variety213-1958-12#mode/1up| access-date=May 22, 2019| volume=213| number=1| via=[[Archive.org]]}}</ref>

The [[My Fair Lady (Broadway cast recording)|''Original Cast Recording'']], released on April 2, 1956, was the best-selling album in the United States in 1956.<ref>[https://www.allmusic.com/album/my-fair-lady-original-broadway-cast-r84804/charts-awards/billboard-album/year-desc "Billboard Albums, 'My Fair Lady'"], ''[[AllMusic]]'', accessed December 5, 2011.</ref>

===Original London production===
The [[West End theatre|West End]] production, in which Harrison, Andrews, Coote, and Holloway reprised their roles, opened on April 30, 1958, at the [[Theatre Royal, Drury Lane]], where it ran for five and a half years<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20111127093712/http://www.myfairladythemusical.com/facts.htm "My Fair Lady Facts"]}}, Myfairladythemusical.com, accessed December 5, 2011.</ref> (2,281 performances). [[Edwardian musical comedy]] star [[Zena Dare]] made her last appearance in the musical as Mrs. Higgins.<ref>[http://www.the-camerino-players.com/britishtheatre/ZenaDare.html "Zena Dare"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426022128/http://www.the-camerino-players.com/britishtheatre/ZenaDare.html |date=2012-04-26 }}, The-camerino-players.com, accessed December 5, 2011.</ref> [[Leonard Weir]] played Freddy. Harrison left the London cast in March 1959, followed by Andrews in August 1959 and Holloway in October 1959. The [[My Fair Lady (London cast recording)|original London cast]] album (1959) was certified Gold in US.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Gold LP's |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/1967/Billboard%201967-01-21-OCR-Page-0035.pdf |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=19 March 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250319232454/https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/1967/Billboard%201967-01-21-OCR-Page-0035.pdf |archive-date=19 March 2025 |page=43 |date=21 January 1967 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Golden Albums |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Cash-Box-IDX/70s/1974/CB-1974-12-28-OCR-Page-0068.pdf |magazine=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]] |access-date=19 March 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250319232009/https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Cash-Box-IDX/70s/1974/CB-1974-12-28-OCR-Page-0068.pdf |archive-date=19 March 2025 |page=68 |date=28 December 1974 |url-status=live}}</ref>

===1970s revivals===
The first Broadway revival opened at the [[St. James Theatre]] 20 years after the original, on March 25, 1976, and ran there until December 5, 1976; it then transferred to the [[Lunt-Fontanne Theatre]], running from December 9, 1976, until it closed on February 20, 1977, after a total of 377 performances and 7 previews. The director was [[Jerry Adler]], with choreography by Crandall Diehl, based on the original choreography by Hanya Holm. [[Ian Richardson]] starred as Higgins, with [[Christine Andreas]] as Eliza, [[George Rose (actor)|George Rose]] as Alfred P. Doolittle and [[Robert Coote]] recreating his role as Colonel Pickering.<ref name=showtune/> Both Richardson and Rose were nominated for the [[Tony Award]] for Best Actor in a Musical, with the award going to Rose.

A [[Cameron Mackintosh|Cameron MacKintosh]] revival opened at London's [[Adelphi Theatre]] in October 1979, following a national tour. Originated at the [[Leicester Haymarket Theatre|Haymarket Theatre Leicester]], the production was created under a new agreement with [[Arts Council of Great Britain|The Arts Council]] to tour West End standard productions. It featured [[Tony Britton]] as Higgins, [[Liz Robertson]] as Eliza, [[Dame Anna Neagle]] as Higgins's mother, Peter Bayliss as Doolittle, Richard Caldicot as Pickering and [[Peter Land]] as Freddy. It was directed by [[Robin Midgley]],<ref>"International News", ''The Associated Press'', October 26, 1979 ("Twenty-one years after Eliza Doolittle first straightened out her A's to the delight of Professor Higgins, "My Fair Lady" reopened in London Thursday night to rave notices.")</ref><ref>Borders, William. [https://www.nytimes.com/1979/11/26/archives/a-new-fair-lady-delights-london-theatergoers-unquestionably-a-star.html?searchResultPosition=1 "A New Fair Lady Delights London Theatergoers"], ''The New York Times'', November 26, 1979, p. C15.</ref><ref>[http://www.phyllis.demon.co.uk/theatricalia/09mus/mus70.htm "'My Fair Lady', 1979"], Phyllis.demon.co.uk, accessed December 7, 2011.</ref> with sets by Adrian Vaux, costumes by [[Tim Goodchild]] and choreography by [[Gillian Lynne]].<ref>[https://archive.today/20130209065224/http://www.whatsonstage.com/interviews/theatre/london/E8821019146083/20+Questions+With...Liz+Robertson.html "0 Questions With...Liz Robertson"], Whatsonstage.com, April 22, 2002.</ref> Britton and Robertson were both nominated for Olivier Awards.<ref>[http://www.olivierawards.com/news/view/item98513/Olivier-Winners-1979/ "Olivier Winners 1979"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112124128/http://www.olivierawards.com/news/view/item98513/Olivier-Winners-1979/ |date=2012-01-12 }}, Olivierawards.com, accessed December 5, 2011.</ref>

===1981 and 1993 Broadway revivals===
The second Broadway revival of the original production opened at the [[Uris Theatre]] on August 18, 1981, and closed on November 29, 1981, after 119 performances and 5 previews. Rex Harrison recreated his role as Higgins, with [[Jack Gwillim]] as Pickering, [[Milo O'Shea]] as Doolittle, and Cathleen Nesbitt, at 93 years old reprising her role as Mrs. Higgins. The revival co-starred Nancy Ringham as Eliza. The director was [[Patrick Garland]], with choreography by Crandall Diehl, recreating the original Hanya Holm dances.<ref name=showtune/><ref>Gussow, Mel (August 19, 1981). [http://theater.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?pagewanted=print&res=990CE0D7153BF93AA2575BC0A967948260 "The Stage: 'My Fair Lady' Returns"], ''The New York Times'', p. C17.</ref>

A new revival directed by Howard Davies opened at the [[Virginia Theatre]] on December 9, 1993, and closed on May 1, 1994, after 165 performances and 16 previews. The cast starred [[Richard Chamberlain]] as Higgins, [[Melissa Errico]] as Eliza and [[Paxton Whitehead]] as Pickering. [[Julian Holloway]], son of [[Stanley Holloway]], recreated his father's role of Alfred P. Doolittle. [[Donald Saddler]] was the choreographer.<ref name=showtune/><ref>Simon, John (January 3, 1994). [https://books.google.com/books?id=8uMCAAAAMBAJ&dq=julian+holloway+my+fair+lady&pg=PA63 "This Lady Is For Burning"] ''[[New York (magazine)|New York]]'' p. 63-64.</ref>

===2001 London revival; 2003 Hollywood Bowl production===
Cameron Mackintosh produced a new production on March 15, 2001, at the [[Royal National Theatre]], which transferred to the [[Theatre Royal, Drury Lane]] on July 21. Directed by [[Trevor Nunn]], with choreography by [[Matthew Bourne]], the musical starred [[Martine McCutcheon]] as Eliza and [[Jonathan Pryce]] as Higgins, with [[Dennis Waterman]] as Alfred P. Doolittle. This revival won three [[Olivier Award]]s: Outstanding Musical Production, Best Actress in a Musical ([[Martine McCutcheon]]) and Best Theatre Choreographer (Matthew Bourne), with Anthony Ward receiving a nomination for Set Design.<ref>[http://www.olivierawards.com/about/previous-winners/view/item98540/Olivier-Winners-2002 "Olivier Winners 2002"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112141933/http://www.olivierawards.com/about/previous-winners/view/item98540/Olivier-Winners-2002 |date=2012-01-12 }} olivierawards.com, accessed December 5, 2011.</ref> In December 2001, [[Joanna Riding]] took over the role of Eliza, and in May 2002, [[Alex Jennings]] took over as Higgins, both winning Olivier Awards for Best Actor and Best Actress in a Musical respectively in 2003.<ref>[http://www.olivierawards.com/about/previous-winners/view/item98541/Olivier-Winners-2003 "Olivier Winners 2003"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112124043/http://www.olivierawards.com/about/previous-winners/view/item98541/Olivier-Winners-2003 |date=2012-01-12 }} olivierawards.com, accessed December 5, 2011.</ref> In March 2003, [[Anthony Andrews]] and [[Laura Michelle Kelly]] took over the roles until the show closed on August 30, 2003.<ref>[http://www.albemarle-london.com/Archive/ArchiveShow.php?Show_Name=My%20Fair%20Lady "'My Fair Lady', 2001–2003"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100917143930/http://albemarle-london.com/Archive/ArchiveShow.php?Show_Name=My%20Fair%20Lady |date=2010-09-17 }}, Albemarle-london.com, accessed December 5, 2011.</ref>

A UK tour of this production began September 28, 2005. The production starred [[Amy Nuttall]] and [[Lisa O'Hare]] as Eliza, [[Christopher Cazenove]] as Henry Higgins, [[Russ Abbot]] and [[Gareth Hale]] as Doolittle, and [[Honor Blackman]]<ref>Langley, Sid (September 16, 2005). [https://www.business-live.co.uk/retail-consumer/finding-fair-lady-twice-over-3991493 "Finding The Fair Lady Twice OVER"], ''[[Birmingham Post]]'', p. 13.</ref> and [[Hannah Gordon]] as Mrs. Higgins. The tour ended August 12, 2006.<ref>Bicknell, Gareth (July 21, 2006). "Gareth Hale is in My Fair Lady at Wales Millennium Centre from Tuesday, July 25 to Saturday, August 12". "Change of pace for versatile actor Hale", ''[[Liverpool Daily Post]]'', p. 24.</ref>

In 2003 a production of the musical at the [[Hollywood Bowl]] starred [[John Lithgow]] as Higgins, [[Melissa Errico]] as Eliza, [[Roger Daltrey]] as Doolittle, [[Kevin Earley]] as Freddy, [[Lauri Johnson]] as Mrs. Pearce, [[Caroline Blakiston]] as Mrs. Higgins, and [[Paxton Whitehead]] as Colonel Pickering.<ref>{{cite news| first=Daryl H. |last=Miller |title=This 'Fair Lady' is exceptional |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-aug-05-et-miller5-story.html |date=August 5, 2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine| first=Andrew |last=Gans |title=Rosemary Harris will play Mrs. Higgins in the upcoming Aug. 3 concert of My Fair Lady at the Hollywood Bowl |magazine=Playbill |url=http://www.playbill.com/article/rosemary-harris-joins-cast-of-hollywood-bowl-my-fair-lady-concert-com-113264 |date=May 19, 2003}}</ref>

===2018 Broadway and 2022 London revival===
A Broadway revival produced by [[Lincoln Center Theater]] and Nederlander Presentations Inc. began previews on March 15, 2018, at the [[Vivian Beaumont Theater]] and officially opened on April 19, 2018. It was directed by [[Bartlett Sher]] with choreography by [[Christopher Gattelli]], scenic design by [[Michael Yeargan]], costume design by [[Catherine Zuber]] and lighting design by [[Donald Holder]].<ref>[http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/First-New-Production-of-MY-FAIR-LADY-in-25-Years-to-Dance-All-Night-on-Broadway-Next-Spring-20170306 "First New Production of 'My Fair Lady' in 25 Years to 'Dance All Night' on Broadway Next Spring"] Broadway World, March 6, 2017</ref> The cast included [[Lauren Ambrose]] as Eliza, [[Harry Hadden-Paton]] as Professor Henry Higgins, [[Diana Rigg]] as Mrs. Higgins, [[Norbert Leo Butz]] as Alfred P. Doolittle, [[Allan Corduner]] as Colonel Pickering, Jordan Donica as Freddy, and Linda Mugleston as Mrs. Pearce.<ref>McPhee, Ryan (October 5, 2017). [http://www.playbill.com/article/broadways-new-my-fair-lady-finds-its-stars-in-lauren-ambrose-and-harry-hadden-paton# "Broadway's New 'My Fair Lady' Finds Its Stars in Lauren Ambrose and Harry Hadden-Paton"], ''Playbill''.</ref><ref>Fierberg, Ruthie and Adam Hetrick (April 19, 2018). [http://www.playbill.com/article/read-reviews-for-broadways-latest-revival-of-my-fair-lady-starring-lauren-ambrose# "Read Reviews for Broadway's Latest Revival of 'My Fair Lady', Starring Lauren Ambrose"], ''Playbill''.</ref> Replacements included [[Rosemary Harris]] as Mrs. Higgins,<ref>Clement, Olivia (August 2, 2018). [http://www.playbill.com/article/tony-winner-rosemary-harris-to-join-my-fair-lady-on-broadway# "Rosemary Harris to Join the Cast of Broadway's 'My Fair Lady'"], ''Playbill''.</ref> [[Laura Benanti]] as Eliza,<ref>Fierberg, Ruthie (August 23, 2018). [http://www.playbill.com/article/laura-benanti-will-star-as-eliza-doolittle-in-broadways-my-fair-lady# "Laura Benanti Will Star as Eliza Doolittle in Broadway's 'My Fair Lady'"], ''Playbill''; and Fierberg, Ruthie (February 11, 2019). [http://www.playbill.com/article/laura-benanti-extends-run-in-broadways-my-fair-lady# "Laura Benanti Extends Run in Broadway's 'My Fair Lady'"], ''Playbill''</ref> and [[Danny Burstein]], then [[Alexander Gemignani]], as Alfred P. Doolittle.<ref>McPhee, Ryan (October 16, 2018). [http://www.playbill.com/article/danny-burstein-to-join-broadways-my-fair-lady-revival# "Danny Burstein to Join Broadway's ''My Fair Lady'' Revival"], ''Playbill''; and Fierberg, Ruthie (March 27, 2019). [http://www.playbill.com/article/tony-nominee-alexander-gemignani-to-join-broadways-my-fair-lady# "Tony Nominee Alexander Gemignani to Join Broadway's ''My Fair Lady''"], ''Playbill''</ref> The revival closed on July 7, 2019, after 39 previews and 509 regular performances.<ref>Fierberg, Ruthie. [http://www.playbill.com/article/my-fair-lady-revival-starring-laura-benanti-closes-on-broadway-july-7# "''My Fair Lady'' Revival Starring Laura Benanti Closes on Broadway July 7"], ''Playbill'', July 7, 2019</ref> A North American tour of the production, starring Shereen Ahmed and [[Laird Mackintosh]] as Eliza and Higgins, opened in December 2019.<ref>Robinson, Mark A. (July 9, 2019). [https://broadwaydirect.com/lincoln-center-theaters-my-fair-lady-to-tour "Lincoln Center Theater's ''My Fair Lady'' to Tour"], Broadwaydirect.com; and Fierberg, Ruthie (December 18, 2019). [http://www.playbill.com/article/take-a-look-at-the-north-american-tour-of-my-fair-lady "Take a Look at the North American Tour of ''My Fair Lady''"], ''Playbill''</ref> Performances were suspended in March 2020, due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], and resumed in September 2021.<ref>[https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Review-Roundup-MY-FAIR-LADY-National-Tour-Resumes-Performances-Read-the-Reviews-20211110 "Review Roundup: ''My Fair Lady''" National Tour Resumes Performances; Read the Reviews!], November 10, 2021</ref> It is scheduled to run through August 2022.<ref>[https://www.myfairladyontour.com "''My Fair Lady''"], accessed November 10, 2021</ref>

The production was presented by the [[English National Opera]] at the [[London Coliseum]] with performances from May 7, 2022, and an official opening on May 18, for a 16-week run until August 27. It starred [[Amara Okereke]] as Eliza, with Hadden-Paton reprising the role of Higgins, [[Stephen K. Amos]] as Alfred P. Doolittle, [[Vanessa Redgrave]] as Mrs. Higgins, [[Malcolm Sinclair (actor)|Malcolm Sinclair]] as Colonel Pickering, [[Maureen Beattie]] as Mrs. Pearce and [[Sharif Afifi]] as Freddy.<ref>Gans, Andrew. [https://playbill.com/article/amara-okereke-harry-hadden-paton-vanessa-redgrave-will-star-in-my-fair-lady-at-the-london-coliseum "Amara Okereke, Harry Hadden-Paton, Vanessa Redgrave Will Star in ''My Fair Lady'' at the London Coliseum"], ''Playbill'', February 25, 2022</ref> Redgrave left the production early after contracting [[COVID-19]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Alex |title=Vanessa Redgrave exits ''My Fair Lady'' in the West End |url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/vanessa-redgrave-exits-my-fair-lady-west-end-covid_57087.html |date=August 5, 2022 |access-date=August 29, 2022 |website=www.whatsonstage.com}}</ref> A UK and Ireland tour began in September 2022 starring [[Michael Xavier]] as Higgins, [[Charlotte Kennedy]] as Eliza, [[Adam Woodyatt]] as Alfred P. Doolittle, [[John Middleton (actor)|John Middleton]] as Colonel Pickering, [[Lesley Garrett]] as Mrs Pearce and Tom Liggins as Freddy.<ref name=Millward>Millward, Tom. [https://www.whatsonstage.com/dublin-theatre/news/my-fair-lady-musical-uk-ireland-tour-cast_57219.html "''My Fair Lady'' UK and Ireland tour announces casting"], WhatsOnStage.com, August 24, 2022</ref>

===Other major productions===
====Berlin, 1961====
[[File:My Fair Lady Berlin.jpg|thumb|upright|Berlin, 1961]]
A German translation of ''My Fair Lady'' opened on October 1, 1961, at the [[Theater des Westens]] in Berlin, starring [[Karin Hübner]] and [[Paul Hubschmid]] (and conducted, as was the Broadway opening, by [[Franz Allers]]). Coming at the height of [[Cold War]] tensions, just weeks after the closing of the East Berlin–West Berlin border and the erection of the [[Berlin Wall]], this was the first staging of a Broadway musical in Berlin since [[World War II]]. As such it was seen as a symbol of West Berlin's cultural renaissance and resistance. Lost attendance from East Berlin (now no longer possible) was partly made up by a "musical air bridge" of flights bringing in patrons from West Germany, and the production was embraced by Berliners, running for two years.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.welt.de/print-welt/article232500/Karin-Huebner-1936-2006.html |title=Karin Hübner (1936–2006) |first=Peter E. |last=Müller |date=July 31, 2006 |newspaper=[[Die Welt]]  |access-date=February 11, 2017}} {{in lang|de}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/kultur/theater-des-westens-ein-million-fuer-diese-lady-10784912 |title=Theater des Westens Ein Million für diese Lady |trans-title=Theater of the West – A Million for This Lady |author=Von Birgit, Walter |date=October 22, 2011 |newspaper=Berliner Zeitung |access-date=February 13, 2017 |language=de}}</ref>

====2007 New York Philharmonic concert and US tour====
In 2007 the [[New York Philharmonic]] held a full-costume concert presentation of the musical. The concert had a four-day engagement lasting from March 7–10 at [[Lincoln Center]]'s [[Avery Fisher Hall]]. It starred [[Kelsey Grammer]] as Higgins, [[Kelli O'Hara]] as Eliza, [[Charles Kimbrough]] as Pickering, and [[Brian Dennehy]] as Alfred Doolittle. [[Marni Nixon]] played Mrs. Higgins; Nixon had provided the singing voice of [[Audrey Hepburn]] in the film version.<ref>Lawson, Kyle (June 10, 2008). [https://www.azcentral.com/ent/arts/articles/2008/06/10/20080610fairlady.html "Marni Nixon in ''My Fair Lady''"] ''[[The Arizona Republic]]'' (Phoenix).</ref>

A U.S. tour of Mackintosh's 2001 West End production ran from September 12, 2007, to June 22, 2008.<ref name="2007Tour">{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070810193033/http://www.myfairladythemusical.com/tour.php US Tour information]}} MyFairLadyTheMusical.com</ref> The production starred Christopher Cazenove as Higgins, [[Lisa O'Hare]] as Eliza, [[Walter Charles]] as Pickering, Tim Jerome as Alfred Doolittle<ref>[http://www.nmtn.org/bios.php Tim Jerome bio] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012025525/http://nmtn.org/bios.php |date=2007-10-12 }}</ref> and Nixon as Mrs. Higgins, replacing [[Sally Ann Howes]].<ref>Gans, Andrew (August 28, 2007). [https://archive.today/20120913233244/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/110593-Marni_Nixon_to_Join_My_Fair_Lady_Tour_in_Chicago "Marni Nixon to Join My Fair Lady Tour in Chicago"] . ''Playbill''.</ref>

====2008 Australian tour====
An Australian tour produced by [[Opera Australia]] commenced in May 2008. The production starred [[Reg Livermore]] as Higgins, [[Taryn Fiebig]] as Eliza, [[Robert Grubb]] as Alfred Doolittle and [[Judi Connelli]] as Mrs Pearce. [[John Wood (actor, born 1946)|John Wood]] took the role of Alfred Doolittle in Queensland, and [[Richard E. Grant]] played the role of Henry Higgins at the Theatre Royal, Sydney.<ref name="AusStage">{{cite web| title=My Fair Lady| url=https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/74425| website=AusStage| access-date=September 8, 2017}}</ref>

====2010 Paris revival====
A new production was staged by [[Robert Carsen]] at the [[Théâtre du Châtelet]] in Paris for a limited 27-performance run, opening December 9, 2010, and closing January 2, 2011. It was presented in English. The costumes were designed by [[Anthony Powell (designer)|Anthony Powell]] and the choreography was by Lynne Page. The cast was as follows: Sarah Gabriel / Christine Arand (Eliza Doolittle), Alex Jennings (Henry Higgins), Margaret Tyzack (Mrs. Higgins), Nicholas Le Prevost (Colonel Pickering), [[Donald Maxwell (baritone)|Donald Maxwell]] (Alfred Doolittle), and Jenny Galloway (Mrs. Pearce).<ref>[http://www.chatelet-theatre.com/chatelet1011/my-fair-lady,453 ''My Fair Lady'' listing (in French)], Chatelet-theatre.com, retrieved December 15, 2010; and Hetrick, Adam. [https://www.playbill.com/article/show-boat-sweeney-fair-lady-to-play-theatre-du-chatelet-gilfry-domingo-arand-jennings-to-star-com-170275 "Show Boat, Sweeney Todd, and My Fair Lady to play Théâtre du Châtelet"], ''Playbill'', July 22, 2010</ref>

====2012 Sheffield production====
A new production of ''My Fair Lady'' opened at [[Sheffield Crucible]] on December 13, 2012. [[Dominic West]] played Henry Higgins, and Carly Bawden played Eliza Doolittle. Sheffield Theatres' Artistic Director [[Daniel Evans (actor)|Daniel Evans]] was the director. The production ran until January 26, 2013.<ref>[http://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/event/my-fair-lady-12 ''My Fair Lady''] sheffieldtheatres.co.uk</ref><ref>[http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Crucibles-MY-FAIR-LADY-Starring-Dominic-West-and-Carly-Bawden-Aiming-for-West-End-May-2013-20130103 "Crucible's 'My Fair Lady', Starring Dominic West and Carly Bawden, Aiming for West End, May 2013?"] broadwayworld.com, January 3, 2013.</ref>

====2016 Australian production====
The Gordon Frost Organisation, together with [[Opera Australia]], presented a production at the [[Sydney Opera House]] from August 30 to November 5, 2016. It was directed by Julie Andrews and featured the set and costume designs of the original 1956 production by Smith and Beaton.<ref>Spring, Alexandra (August 4, 2015). [https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/aug/05/julie-andrews-to-direct-sydney-opera-house-production-of-my-fair-lady "Julie Andrews to direct Sydney Opera House production of 'My Fair Lady'"] ''The Guardian'' (London).</ref> The production sold more tickets than any other in the history of the Sydney Opera House.<ref>Boyd, Edward (October 6, 2016). [http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/my-fair-lady-screenplay-by-julie-andrews-sold-more-tickets-than-any-other-production-in-history/news-story/307c4835f2c5961eaab0b66cc65b4032 "'My Fair Lady' musical by Julie Andrews sold more tickets than any other production in history"], ''[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|The Daily Telegraph]]''.</ref> The show's opening run in Sydney was so successful that in November 2016, ticket pre-sales were released for a re-run in Sydney, with the extra shows scheduled between August 24 and September 10, 2017, at the [[Capitol Theatre, Sydney|Capitol Theatre]].<ref name=Capitol>[https://opera.org.au/whatson/events/my-fair-lady-sydney-2016 "''My Fair Lady'': Capitol Theatre, Sydney"], [[Opera Australia]], accessed 1 July 2019</ref> In 2017, the show toured to Brisbane from March 12 and Melbourne from May 11.<ref name=Melbourne>[https://opera.org.au/whatson/events/my-fair-lady-melbourne "''My Fair Lady'': Regent Theatre, Melbourne"], Opera Australia, accessed 1 July 2019</ref>

The cast featured [[Alex Jennings]] as Higgins ([[Charles Edwards (English actor)|Charles Edwards]] for Brisbane and Melbourne seasons), [[Anna O'Byrne]] as Eliza, [[Reg Livermore]] as Alfred P. Doolittle, [[Robyn Nevin]] as Mrs. Higgins (later [[Pamela Rabe]]), [[Mark Vincent]] as Freddy, [[Tony Llewellyn-Jones]] as Colonel Pickering, [[Deidre Rubenstein]] as Mrs. Pearce, and David Whitney as Karpathy.<ref name=Capitol/><ref name=Melbourne/><ref>[https://opera.org.au/whatson/events/my-fair-lady-sydney "''My Fair Lady'': Sydney Opera House"], Opera Australia, accessed 1 July 2019</ref>

==Critical reception==
According to [[Geoffrey Block]], "Opening night critics immediately recognized that ''My Fair Lady'' fully measured up to the Rodgers and Hammerstein model of an integrated musical&nbsp;... Robert Coleman&nbsp;... wrote 'The Lerner-Loewe songs are not only delightful, they advance the action as well. They are ever so much more than interpolations, or interruptions.'"<ref>{{cite book| last=Block| first=Geoffrey| authorlink=Geoffrey Block|title=Enchanted Evenings: The Broadway Musical from Show Boat to Sondheim| publisher=Oxford University Press| location=New York| year=2004| url=https://archive.org/details/enchantedevening0000bloc/page/226/mode/2up?q=delightful| isbn=978-0195167306| page=226}}</ref> The musical opened to "unanimously glowing reviews, one of which said 'Don't bother reading this review now. You'd better sit right down and send for those tickets&nbsp;...' Critics praised the thoughtful use of Shaw's original play, the brilliance of the lyrics, and Loewe's well-integrated score."<ref>{{cite book| last1=Everett| first1=William A.| author2=Paul R. Laird| title=The Cambridge Companion to the Musical| publisher=Cambridge University Press| url=https://archive.org/details/cambridgecompani0000unse_l7c0/page/176/mode/2up?q=well-integrated+score| date=May 22, 2008| edition=Second| isbn=978-0521862387| page=176| access-date=July 22, 2020}}</ref>

A sampling of praise from critics, excerpted from a book form of the musical, published in 1956.<ref name="book">''My Fair Lady: A Musical Play in Two Acts''. Based on ''Pygmalion'' by George Bernard Shaw. Adaptation and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, Music by Frederick Loewe. New York: Doward-McCann, Inc., 1956.</ref>
* "''My Fair Lady'' is wise, witty, and winning. In short, a miraculous musical." [[Walter Kerr]], ''[[New York Herald Tribune]]''.
* "A felicitous blend of intellect, wit, rhythm and high spirits. A masterpiece of musical comedy ... a terrific show." Robert Coleman, ''[[New York Daily Mirror]]''.
* "Fine, handsome, melodious, witty and beautifully acted ... an exceptional show." George Jean Nathan, ''[[New York Journal American]]''.
* "Everything about ''My Fair Lady'' is distinctive and distinguished." John Chapman, ''[[New York Daily News]]''.
* "Wonderfully entertaining and extraordinarily welcomed ... meritorious in every department." [[Wolcott Gibbs]], ''[[The New Yorker]]''.
* "One of the 'loverliest' shows imaginable ... a work of theatre magic." John Beaufort, ''[[The Christian Science Monitor]]''.
* "An irresistible hit." ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]''.
* "One of the best musicals of the century." [[Brooks Atkinson]], ''[[The New York Times]]''.
[[Steven Suskin]] wrote that the show was one of only eight musicals that opened on Broadway between 1943 and 1964 to "unanimous raves from the major first-night newspaper critics".<ref>[[Steven Suskin|Suskin, Steven]]. [https://playbill.com/article/on-the-record-spotlight-on-mary-martin-and-beatrice-lillie-com-166077 "On the Record: Spotlight on Mary Martin and Beatrice Lillie"], ''[[Playbill]]'', 21 February 2010</ref>

The reception from Shavians was more mixed, however. [[Eric Bentley]], for instance, called it "a terrible treatment of Mr. Shaw's play, [undermining] the basic idea [of the play]", even though he acknowledged it as "a delightful show".<ref>{{YouTube|Ws-oNJaCxes}}</ref> ''My Fair Lady'' was later called "the perfect musical".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Steyn |first1=Mark |title=Broadway Babies Say Goodnight |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FlWUaU5eo90C&q=my+fair+lady |access-date=7 September 2018|isbn=9780415922876 |year=2000 |publisher=Taylor & Francis }}</ref>

==Principal roles and casting history==
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! rowspan="2" | Character
! Broadway<ref name="1956 Cast">{{cite web|url= https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/my-fair-lady-2407 |title=My Fair Lady: Mark Hellinger Theatre |website=Internet Broadway Database}}</ref>
! West End<ref name="1958WE Cast">{{cite web|url= https://www.broadwayworld.com/shows/cast.php?showid=6140 |title=My Fair Lady West End Cast |website=Broadway World}}</ref>
! First Broadway Revival<ref name="1976 Cast">{{cite web|url= https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/my-fair-lady-3981 |title=My Fair Lady: St. James Theatre |website=Internet Broadway Database}}</ref>
! First West End Revival<ref name = "1979 Cast">{{cite book |last= McHugh |first= Dominic |date= 2014 |edition=1st |title=Loverly: The Life and Times of My Fair Lady |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=1DtpAgAAQBAJ |publisher= Oxford University Press |page= 187 |isbn= 9780199381005}}</ref>
! Second Broadway Revival<ref name="1981 Cast">{{cite web|url= https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/my-fair-lady-4129 |title=My Fair Lady: Uris Theatre |website=Internet Broadway Database}}</ref>
! Third Broadway Revival<ref name="1993 Cast">{{cite web|url= https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/my-fair-lady-4590 |title=My Fair Lady: Virginia Theatre |website=Internet Broadway Database}}</ref>
! Second West End Revival<ref name="2001 WE Cast">{{cite web|url= https://www.broadwayworld.com/shows/cast.php?showid=6147#content |title=My Fair Lady West End Revival Cast |website=Broadway World}}</ref>
! Fourth Broadway Revival<ref name="2018Bway">{{cite web|title=Who's Who |publisher=Lincoln Center Theater |url=http://www.lct.org/shows/my-fair-lady/whos-who/ }}</ref>
! Third West End Revival<ref name="2022 London Cast">{{cite web|url= https://playbill.com/article/cast-complete-for-london-coliseum-my-fair-lady-starring-amara-okereke-harry-hadden-paton-vanessa-redgrave |title=Cast complete for London Coliseum My Fair Lady |website=Playbill}}</ref>
|-
!<small>1956</small>
!<small>1958</small>
!<small>1976</small>
!<small>1979</small>
!<small>1981</small>
!<small>1993</small>
!<small>2001</small>
!<small>2018</small>
!<small>2022</small>
|-
! [[Eliza Doolittle]]
| colspan = 2| {{center|[[Julie Andrews]]}}
| [[Christine Andreas]]
| [[Liz Robertson]]
| Nancy Ringham
| [[Melissa Errico]]
| [[Martine McCutcheon]]
| [[Lauren Ambrose]]
| [[Amara Okereke]]
|-
! Henry Higgins
| colspan = 2| {{center|[[Rex Harrison]]}}
| [[Ian Richardson]]
| [[Tony Britton]]
| [[Rex Harrison]]
| [[Richard Chamberlain]]
| [[Jonathan Pryce]]
| colspan = 2| {{center|[[Harry Hadden-Paton]]}}
|-
! Alfred P. Doolittle
| colspan = 2| {{center|[[Stanley Holloway]]}}
| [[George Rose (actor)|George Rose]]
| [[Peter Bayliss]]<ref name="Bayliss">{{cite web|url= https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/aug/05/guardianobituaries.media |title=Obituary: Peter Bayliss |last=Barnes |first=Peter |date=August 4, 2002 |work=[[The Guardian]] |location=London}}</ref>
| [[Milo O'Shea]]
| [[Julian Holloway]]
| [[Dennis Waterman]]
| [[Norbert Leo Butz]]
| [[Stephen K. Amos]]
|-
! Mrs. Higgins
| [[Cathleen Nesbitt]]
| [[Zena Dare]]
| [[Brenda Forbes]]
| [[Anna Neagle]]
| [[Cathleen Nesbitt]]
| [[Dolores Sutton]]
| [[Caroline Blakiston]]
| [[Diana Rigg]]
| [[Vanessa Redgrave]]
|-
! Colonel Hugh Pickering
| colspan = 3| {{center|[[Robert Coote]]}}
| [[Richard Caldicot]]
| [[Jack Gwillim]]
| [[Paxton Whitehead]]
| [[Nicholas Le Prevost]]
| [[Allan Corduner]]
| [[Malcolm Sinclair (actor)|Malcolm Sinclair]]
|-
! Freddy Eynsford-Hill
| [[John Michael King]]
| [[Leonard Weir]]
| Jerry Lanning
| [[Peter Land]]<ref name="Land">{{cite web|url= https://www.broadwayworld.com/off-broadway/article/Following-Onstage-Collapse-Peter-Land-Departs-RUTHLESS-Off-Broadway-20150730 |title=Following Onstage Collapse, Peter Land Departs RUTHLESS! Off-Broadway |date=July 30, 2015 |work=Broadway World |quote= ...the Alan Jay Lerner-directed My Fair Lady (Freddy Eynsford-Hill)...}}</ref>
| Nicholas Wyman
| Robert Sella
| [[Mark Umbers]]
| [[Jordan Donica]]
| [[Sharif Afifi]]
|-
! Mrs. Pearce
| [[Philippa Bevans]]
| Betty Woolfe
| [[Sylvia O'Brien (actress)|Sylvia O'Brien]]
| Betty Paul<ref name="BPaul">{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/betty-paul-stage-and-screen-actress-and-writer-of-itvs-first-rural-soap-opera-2266758.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220618/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/betty-paul-stage-and-screen-actress-and-writer-of-itvs-first-rural-soap-opera-2266758.html |archive-date=2022-06-18 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Betty Paul: Stage and screen actress and writer of ITV's first rural soap opera |date=April 12, 2011 |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |location=London |quote=Paul returned to acting for a two-year run in the West End as Mrs Pearce, the housekeeper, in My Fair Lady (1979–81).}}</ref>
| Marian Baer
| Glynis Bell
| [[Patsy Rowlands]]
| Linda Mugleston
| [[Maureen Beattie]]
|-
! Zoltan Karpathy
| [[Christopher Hewett]]
| Max Oldaker
| John Clarkson
| Kalman Glass
| Jack Sevier
| James Young
| Sevan Stephan
| [[Manu Narayan]]
| Carl Patrick
|}

===Notable replacements===
;Broadway (1956–1962)
*'''Eliza:''' [[Sally Ann Howes]]
*'''Higgins:''' [[Michael Allinson]], [[Bramwell Fletcher]], [[Tom Hellmore]], [[Larry Keith]], [[Edward Mulhare]]
*'''Pickering:''' [[Melville Cooper]], [[Reginald Denny (actor)|Reginald Denny]]

;West End (1958–1963)
*'''Eliza:''' [[Anne Rogers]]
*'''Higgins:''' [[Alec Clunes]], [[Charles Stapley]]
*'''Alfred P. Doolittle:''' [[James Hayter (actor)|James Hayter]]

;West End (2001–2003)
*'''Eliza:''' [[Joanna Riding]], [[Laura Michelle Kelly]]
*'''Higgins:''' [[Alex Jennings]], [[Anthony Andrews]]
*'''Freddy:''' [[Michael Xavier]]<ref name=Millward/>

;Broadway revival (2018–2019)
*'''Eliza:''' [[Laura Benanti]]
*'''Alfred P. Doolittle:''' [[Danny Burstein]], [[Alexander Gemignani]]
*'''Mrs. Higgins:''' [[Rosemary Harris]]

==Awards and nominations==
===Original Broadway production===
Sources: BroadwayWorld<ref>[http://www2.broadwayworld.com/tonyawardsyear.cfm?year=1957 "Tony Awards, 1957"], Broadwayworld.com, accessed December 6, 2011.</ref> TheatreWorldAwards<ref>[http://www.theatreworldawards.org/award.html "Previous Theatre World Award Recipients, 1955–56"], Theatreworldawards.org, accessed December 6, 2011.</ref> DramaCritics.org<ref>{{Cite web |title=New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards Past Winners|url=https://www.dramacritics.org/dc_pastawards.html |access-date=31 January 2025 |website=New York Drama Critics' Circle|language=en}}</ref>
  
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="5%"| Year
! width="20%"| Award
! width="45%"| Category
! width="20%"| Nominee
! width="10%"| Result
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"| 1956
| [[Theatre World Award]]
| Outstanding New York City Stage Debut Performance
| [[John Michael King]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[New York Drama Critics' Circle|New York Drama Critics' Circle Award]]
| colspan="2"| Best Musical
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="10" align="center"| 1957
| rowspan="10"| [[Tony Award]]
| colspan="2"| [[Tony Award for Best Musical|Best Musical]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical|Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical]]
| [[Rex Harrison]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical|Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical]]
| [[Julie Andrews]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical|Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical]]
| [[Robert Coote]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Stanley Holloway]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical|Best Direction of a Musical]]
| [[Moss Hart]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Choreography|Best Choreography]]
| [[Hanya Holm]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Scenic Design|Best Scenic Design]]
| [[Oliver Smith (designer)|Oliver Smith]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]]
| [[Cecil Beaton]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Conductor and Musical Director|Best Conductor and Musical Director]]
| [[Franz Allers]] 
| {{won}}
|}

===1976 Broadway revival===
Sources: BroadwayWorld<ref>[http://www2.broadwayworld.com/tonyawardsyear.cfm?year=1976 "Tony Awards, 1976"], Broadwayworld.com, accessed December 6, 2011.</ref> Drama Desk<ref>[https://archive.today/20080704130530/http://www.dramadesk.com/1975_1976dd.html "1975–1976 22nd Drama Desk Awards"], Dramadesk.com, accessed December 6, 2011.</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="5%"| Year
! width="20%"| Award
! width="45%"| Category
! width="20%"| Nominee
! width="10%"| Result
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| 1976
| rowspan="2"| [[Tony Award]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical|Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical]]
| [[Ian Richardson]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[George Rose (actor)|George Rose]]
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[Drama Desk Award]]
| colspan="2"| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Musical|Outstanding Revival of a Musical]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical|Outstanding Actor in a Musical]]
| [[Ian Richardson]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical|Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical]]
| [[George Rose (actor)|George Rose]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical|Outstanding Director of a Musical]]
| [[Jerry Adler]]
| {{nom}}
|-
|}

===1979 London revival===
Source: Olivier Awards<ref>[http://www.olivierawards.com/about/previous-winners/view/item98513/Olivier-Winners-1979 "Olivier Winners 1979"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112124615/http://www.olivierawards.com/about/previous-winners/view/item98513/Olivier-Winners-1979 |date=2012-01-12 }} olivierawards.com, accessed December 6, 2011.</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="5%"| Year
! width="20%"| Award
! width="45%"| Category
! width="20%"| Nominee
! width="10%"| Result
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"| 1979
| rowspan="2"| [[Laurence Olivier Award]]
| [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical|Best Actor in a Musical]]
| [[Tony Britton]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical|Best Actress in a Musical]]
| [[Liz Robertson]]
| {{nom}}
|}

===1981 Broadway revival===
Source: BroadwayWorld<ref>[http://www2.broadwayworld.com/tonyawardsyear.cfm?year=1982 "Tony Awards, 1982"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402194202/http://www2.broadwayworld.com/tonyawardsyear.cfm?year=1982 |date=2015-04-02}}, Broadwayworld.com, accessed December 6, 2011.</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="5%"| Year
! width="20%"| Award
! width="45%"| Category
! width="20%"| Nominee
! width="10%"| Result
|-
| align="center"| 1982
| [[Tony Award]]
| colspan="2"| [[Tony Award for Best Revival|Best Revival]]
| {{nom}}
|}

===1993 Broadway revival===
Source: Drama Desk<ref>[https://archive.today/20080704130706/http://www.dramadesk.com/1993_1994dd.html "1993–1994 40th Drama Desk Awards"], Dramadesk.com, accessed December 6, 2011.</ref>

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|-
! width="5%"| Year
! width="20%"| Award
! width="45%"| Category
! width="20%"| Nominee
! width="10%"| Result
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center"| 1993
| rowspan="3"| [[Drama Desk Award]]
| colspan="2"| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Musical|Outstanding Revival of a Musical]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical|Outstanding Actress in a Musical]]
| [[Melissa Errico]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design|Outstanding Costume Design]]
| [[Patricia Zipprodt]]
| {{nom}}
|}

===2001 London revival===
Source: Olivier Awards<ref>[http://www.olivierawards.com/about/previous-winners/view/item98540/Olivier-Winners-2002 "Olivier Winners 2002"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112141933/http://www.olivierawards.com/about/previous-winners/view/item98540/Olivier-Winners-2002 |date=2012-01-12 }} olivierawards.com, accessed December 6, 2011.</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="5%"| Year
! width="20%"| Award
! width="45%"| Category
! width="20%"| Nominee
! width="10%"| Result
|-
| rowspan="8" align="center"| 2002
| rowspan="10"| [[Laurence Olivier Award]]
| colspan="2"| [[Laurence Olivier Award|Outstanding Musical Production]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical|Best Actor in a Musical]]
| [[Jonathan Pryce]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical|Best Actress in a Musical]]
| [[Martine McCutcheon]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical|Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical]]
| [[Nicholas Le Prevost]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Theatre Choreographer|Best Theatre Choreographer]]
| [[Matthew Bourne]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Set Design|Best Set Design]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Anthony Ward]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Lighting Design|Best Lighting Design]]
| [[David Hersey]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"| 2003
| [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical|Best Actor in a Musical]]
| [[Alex Jennings]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical|Best Actress in a Musical]]
| [[Joanna Riding]]
| {{won}}
|}

===2018 Broadway revival===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="5%"| Year
! width="20%"| Award
! width="45%"| Category
! width="20%"| Nominee
! width="10%"| Result
|-
| rowspan="27" |2018
| rowspan="10" |[[Tony Award]]
| colspan="2" |[[Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical|Best Revival of a Musical]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical|Best Actor in a Musical]]
|[[Harry Hadden-Paton]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical|Best Actress in a Musical]]
|[[Lauren Ambrose]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical|Best Featured Actor in a Musical]]
|[[Norbert Leo Butz]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical|Best Featured Actress in a Musical]]
|[[Diana Rigg]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical|Best Direction of a Musical]]
|[[Bartlett Sher]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Tony Award for Best Choreography|Best Choreography]]
|[[Christopher Gattelli]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Tony Award for Best Scenic Design in a Musical|Best Scenic Design in a Musical]]
|[[Michael Yeargan]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in a Musical|Best Lighting Design in a Musical]]
|[[Donald Holder]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Tony Award for Best Costume Design in a Musical|Best Costume Design in a Musical]]
|[[Catherine Zuber]]
|{{win}}
|-
|rowspan="5"|[[Drama Desk Award]]
|colspan="2"|[[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Musical|Outstanding Revival of a Musical]]
|{{win}}
|-
|[[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical|Outstanding Actor in a Musical]]
|Harry Hadden-Paton
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical|Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical]]
|Diana Rigg
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical|Outstanding Director of a Musical]]
|Bartlett Sher
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design of a Musical|Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical]]
|Catherine Zuber
|{{win}}
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Drama League Award]]
|colspan="2"|Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical
|{{win}}
|-
|rowspan="2"|Distinguished Performance Award<ref>[[Norbert Leo Butz]] was ineligible for this award for his performance as Alfred Doolittle, as he had already won the award in a previous year</ref>
|Lauren Ambrose
|{{nom}}
|-
|Harry Hadden-Paton
|{{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="9" |[[Outer Critics Circle Award]]
| colspan="2" |Outstanding Revival of a Musical
|{{win}}
|-
|Outstanding Actor in a Musical
|Harry Hadden-Paton
|{{nom}}
|-
|Outstanding Actress in a Musical
|Lauren Ambrose
|{{win}}
|-
|Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical
|Norbert Leo Butz
|{{win}}
|-
|Outstanding Director of a Musical
|Bartlett Sher
|{{win}}<ref>Tied with [[Tina Landau]] for ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants (musical)|SpongeBob SquarePants]]''</ref>
|-
|Outstanding Choreography
|Christopher Gattelli
|{{nom}}
|-
|Outstanding Set Design (Play or Musical)
|Michael Yeagan
|{{nom}}
|-
|Outstanding Costume Design (Play or Musical)
|Catherine Zuber
|{{win}}
|-
|Outstanding Sound Design (Play or Musical)
|Marc Salzberg
|{{nom}}
|-
| 2019
| [[Grammy Awards]]
| colspan="2" |[[Best Musical Theater Album]]
|{{nom}}
|}

==Adaptations==

===1964 film===
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[[George Cukor]] directed the [[My Fair Lady (film)|1964 film adaptation]], with Harrison returning in the role of Higgins. The casting of [[Audrey Hepburn]] as Eliza created controversy among theatregoers, both because Andrews was regarded as perfect in the part and because Hepburn's singing voice was dubbed (by [[Marni Nixon]]). [[Jack L. Warner]], the head of [[Warner Bros.]], wanted "a star with a great deal of name recognition", but since Andrews did not have any film experience, he deemed success more likely with an established movie star.<ref>Roman, James W. [https://books.google.com/books?id=JBHRxrM9u-oC&dq=%22Audrey+Hepburn%22+%22My+Fair+Lady%22&pg=PA125 "My Fair Lady"] ''Bigger Than Blockbusters: Movies That Defined America'', ABC-CLIO, 2009, {{ISBN|0-313-33995-3}}, pp. 125–126.</ref> (Andrews went on to star in ''[[Mary Poppins (film)|Mary Poppins]]'' that same year for which she won both the Academy Award and the Golden Globe for Best Actress.) Lerner in particular disliked the film version of the musical, thinking it did not live up to the standards of Moss Hart's original direction. He was also unhappy with the casting of Hepburn as Eliza Doolittle and that the film was shot in its entirety at the Warner Bros. studio rather than, as he would have preferred, in London.<ref>Lerner, ''The Street Where I Live'' pp 134–6.</ref> Despite the controversy, ''My Fair Lady'' was considered a major critical and box-office success, and won eight [[Oscars]], including [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture of the Year]], [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] for [[Rex Harrison]], and [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]] for [[George Cukor]].

===Cancelled 2008 film ===
[[Columbia Pictures]] planned a new adaptation in 2008.<ref>{{cite magazine| last=Gans| first=Andrew| title=Columbia Pictures and CBS Films to Develop New ''My Fair Lady'' Film| magazine=Playbill| date=June 2, 2008| url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/118417.html| access-date=2008-06-06| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080607075158/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/118417.html| archive-date=2008-06-07}}</ref> By 2011, [[John Madden (director)|John Madden]] had been signed to direct the film, and [[Emma Thompson]] had written a new screenplay, but the studio had shelved it by 2014.<ref>{{cite news| last=Lyttelton| first=Oliver| url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/colin_firth_again_being_pursued_for_my_fair_lady_remake_carey_mulligan_stil| title=Colin Firth Again Being Pursued For 'My Fair Lady' Remake; Carey Mulligan Still Attached| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304111551/http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/colin_firth_again_being_pursued_for_my_fair_lady_remake_carey_mulligan_stil| archive-date=March 4, 2016| journal=[[IndieWire]]| date=February 18, 2011| access-date=July 22, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal| url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/190762-Cameron-Mackintosh-Says-Film-Remake-of-My-Fair-Lady-Has-Been-Shelved |title=Cameron Mackintosh Says Film Remake of My Fair Lady Has Been Shelved |access-date=July 22, 2020| url-status=dead| journal=Playbill| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140506014913/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/190762-Cameron-Mackintosh-Says-Film-Remake-of-My-Fair-Lady-Has-Been-Shelved |archive-date=2014-05-06}}</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
*Citron, David (1995). ''The Wordsmiths: Oscar Hammerstein 2nd and Alan Jay Lerner'', Oxford University Press. {{ISBN|0-19-508386-5}}
*Garebian, Keith (1998). ''The Making of My Fair Lady'', Mosaic Press. {{ISBN|0-88962-653-7}}
*Green, Benny, Editor (1987). ''A Hymn to Him : The Lyrics of Alan Jay Lerner'', Hal Leonard Corporation. {{ISBN|0-87910-109-1}}
*Jablonski, Edward (1996). ''Alan Jay Lerner: A Biography'', Henry Holt & Co. {{ISBN|0-8050-4076-5}}
*Lees, Gene (2005). ''The Musical Worlds of Lerner and Loewe'', Bison Books.  {{ISBN|0-8032-8040-8}}
*Lerner, Alan Jay (1985). ''The Street Where I Live'', Da Capo Press. {{ISBN|0-306-80602-9}}
* McHugh, Dominic. ''Loverly: The Life and Times of "My Fair Lady"''  (Oxford University Press; 2012) 265 pages; uses unpublished documents to study the five-year process of the original production.
*Shapiro, Doris (1989). ''We Danced All Night: My Life Behind the Scenes With Alan Jay Lerner'', Barricade Books. {{ISBN|0-942637-98-4}}

==External links==
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* {{ibdb show|id=6369|title=My Fair Lady}}
* [https://www.myfairladyontour.com/ Lincoln Center production]
* [http://www.ovrtur.com/show/120395 Ovrtur Page]

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