MUSICAL OPENED BROADWAY ON THIS DAY IN 1956

Dave's Music Database: My Fair Lady opened on Broadway: March 15, 1956

My Fair Lady is a musical with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner
and music by
Frederick Loewe. The story, based on the 1938 film adaptation of George Bernard Shaw‘s 1913 play Pygmalion.

The musical’s 1956 Broadway production was a notable critical and popular success, winning six Tony Awards, including Best Musical.

It set a record for the 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.

'My Fair Lady' Broadway Debut: Photos From 1956 | Time.com

'My Fair Lady' Broadway Debut: Photos From 1956 | TIME

My Fair Lady (Broadway, Times Square Church, 1956) | Playbill

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