My Fair Lady

My Fair Lady is a musical adaptation of George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion.

Synopsis

The story is set in Edwardian London and follows the transformation of Eliza Doolittle, a Cockney flower girl, under the tutelage of Professor Henry Higgins, a phonetics expert.

Higgins makes a bet that he can teach Eliza to speak like a proper lady and thus be accepted in high society.

The musical explores themes of social class, gender, and transformation, and features classic songs such as The Rain in Spain and I Could Have Danced All Night.

About the show

• Written by: Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe
• Premiered: 1956
• Genres & themes: 1950s, Comedy, Romance, Social Class, Two Act
• Setting: Early 20th Century, England, London

Songs from My Fair Lady

1. Overture
2. Why Can’t the English?
3. Wouldn’t It Be Loverly?
4. With a Little Bit of Luck
5. I’m an Ordinary Man
6. Just You Wait
7. The Rain in Spain
8. I Could Have Danced All Night
9. Ascot Gavotte
10. On the Street Where You Live
11. You Did It
12. Show Me
13. Get Me to the Church on Time
14. A Hymn to Him
15. Without You
16. I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face