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LoverlyDominic McHugh

Loverly

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Few musicals have had the impact of Lerner and Loewe's timeless classic My Fair Lady. Sitting in the middle of an era dominated by such seminal figures as Rodgers and Hammerstein, Frank Loesser, and Leonard Bernstein, My Fair Lady not only enjoyed critical success similar to that of its rivals but also had by far the longest run of a Broadway musical up to that time. From 1956 to 1962, its original production played without a break for 2,717 performances, and the show went on to be adapted into one of the most successful movie musicals of all time in 1964, when it won eight Academy Awards.…

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4 editions
  • Paperback · English · 2014
    Oxford University Press · 288 pages · 9780199381005
  • Other · English · 2012
    Oxford University Press, Incorporated · 9781306194938
  • Other · English · 2012
    Oxford University Press · 265 pages · 9780199827305
  • Other · English · 2012
    Oxford University Press, Incorporated · 286 pages · 9780199827312
History and criticismMusicalsLoewe, frederick, 1901-1988Lerner, alan jay, 1918-1987Musicals, history and criticism