Description for Loverly
Paperback. This ground-breaking book considers one of the most popular musicals of all time, Lerner and Loewe's My Fair Lady. Using previously-unpublished letters and documents, author Dominic McHugh presents a completely new behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the show, revealing the tensions that went into the making of this beloved musical. Series: Broadway Legacies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 photos and 35 music ex. BIC Classification: APF; AVGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 233 x 17. Weight in Grams: 418.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Series
Broadway Legacies
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199381005
SKU
V9780199381005
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About Dominic McHugh
Dominic McHugh is Lecturer in Music at The University of Sheffield.
Reviews for Loverly
Dominic McHugh is probably the world's leading expert on Alan Jay Lerner. My Fair Lady is indisputably one of the greatest musicals of all time. I enthusiastically endorse Dominic's study of Lerner and Loewe's masterpiece.
Tim Rice
Tim Rice