{"product_id":"lerner-and-loewes-my-fair-lady-9781138960060","title":"Lerner and Loewe's My Fair Lady","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn Englishman's way of speaking absolutely classifies him, \u003cbr\u003eThe moment he talks he makes some other Englishman despise him. - Henry\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeorge Bernard Shaw\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003efamously refused to permit any play of his to be degraded into an operetta or set to any music except its own. Allowing his beloved \u003ci\u003ePygmalion \u003c\/i\u003eto be supplanted by a comic opera was therefore unthinkable; yet \u003cb\u003eLerner\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eLoewe\u003c\/b\u003e transformed it into \u003ci\u003eMy Fair Lady \u003c\/i\u003e(1956), a musical that was to delight audiences and critics alike. By famously reversing Shaw's original ending, the show even dared to establish a cunningly romantic ending. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKeith Garebian delves into the libretto for a fresh take, and explores biographies of the show's principal artists to discover how their roles intersected with real life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRex Harrison was an alpha male onstage and off, Julie Andrews struggled with her 'chaste diva' image, and the direction of the sexually ambiguous Moss Hartcontributed to the musical's sexual coding.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138960060\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 92\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.60h x 4.50w x 0.20d","brand":"Keith Garebian","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42506169221301,"sku":"9781138960060","price":14.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_afde0971-c4a4-4fc9-b3bd-085ddb35eb5d.jpg?v=1668526173","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/lerner-and-loewes-my-fair-lady-9781138960060","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}