Rare Books

"My Fair Lady Theatre Programme" 1962

[16] pp.

Costumes designed by Cecil Beaton

12" x 9"

Published by Kal Efron

1955

Fine

The Original Broadway production opened March 15th, 1956 at the Mark Hellinger Theatre in New York City and ran for 2717 performances while simultaneously playing on the road.) ..... The Tony Award winning "Best Musical" starred MICHAEL EVANS as "Professor Henry Higgins" (the role originated by REX HARRISON) and CAROLINE DIXON as "Eliza Doolittle" (the role originated by JULIE ANDREWS) and featured CHARLES VICTOR, HUGH DEMPSTER, MARGARET BANNERMAN, KATHERINE HYNES, REID SHELTON, JOHN CUNNINGHAM (three years before he would make his Broadway debut), ERIC BROTHERSON, CHARLES PENMAN, MARIE PAXTON and VELMA ROYTON ..... CREDITS: Music by FREDERICK LOEWE; Book and Lyrics by ALAN JAY LERNER (Lerner and Loewe collaborated on "Brigadoon", "Paint Your Wagon", "My Fair Lady", "Camelot" and "Gigi") based on "Pygmalion" by GEORGE BERNARD SHAW; Sets designed by OLIVER SMITH; Costumes designed by CECIL BEATON; Choreographed by HANYA HOLM; Directed by MOSS HART; Produced by HERMAN LEVIN


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