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My Fair Lady (other)
'' My Fair Lady'' is a 1956 Broadway musical. My Fair Lady may also refer to: Albums * ''My Fair Lady'' (Broadway cast recording), 1956 * ''My Fair Lady'' (Shelly Manne album), a 1956 album by Shelly Manne & His Friends consisting of jazz versions of songs from the musical * ''My Fair Lady'' (Oscar Peterson Trio album), 1958 *''The Great Songs from "My Fair Lady" and Other Broadway Hits'', a 1964 album by Andy Williams Film and television * ''My Fair Lady'' (film), a 1964 film adaptation of the musical * ''My Fair Lady'' (1958 TV series), an Australian TV series * ''My Fair Lady'' (2003 TV series), a South Korean TV drama series * ''My Fair Lady'' (2009 TV series), a South Korean TV drama series * ''My Fair Lady'' (2016 TV series), a South Korean TV drama series * "My Fare Lady", an episode of ''The Simpsons'' Other uses * ''My Fair Lady'', the Singaporean name of the manga series '' The Wallflower'' * "My fair lady", a phrase in the nursery rhyme " London Bridge Is Falli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Fair Lady
''My Fair Lady'' is a musical based on George Bernard Shaw's 1913 play ''Pygmalion'', with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. The story concerns Eliza Doolittle, a Cockney flower girl who takes speech lessons from professor Henry Higgins, a phonetician, so that she may pass as a lady. Despite his cynical nature and difficulty understanding women, Higgins grows attached to her. The musical's 1956 Broadway production was a notable critical and popular success, winning six Tony Awards, including Best Musical. It set a record for the longest run of any musical on Broadway up to that time and was followed by a hit London production. Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews starred in both productions. Many revivals have followed, and the 1964 film version won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Plot Act I In Edwardian London, Eliza Doolittle is a flower girl with a thick Cockney accent. The noted phonetician Professor Henry Higgins encounters Eliza at Cov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Fair Lady (Broadway Cast Recording)
The Broadway cast recording of the musical ''My Fair Lady'' was released as an album by Columbia Records on the Masterworks label on April 2, 1956. The songs were composed by Frederick Loewe with lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and conducted by Franz Allers, while the cast included stars Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews. The album became a massive seller, topping the charts on the US ''Billboard'' 200 for fifteen weeks at different times in 1956 (eight consecutive weeks), 1957, 1958 and 1959. It was the first LP record to sell 1 million copies. In the UK, upon its release in 1958, the album reached No.1 for 19 consecutive weeks and became the biggest-selling album of the year. Columbia's President, Goddard Lieberson provided the $375,000 needed to stage the show in return for the rights to the Cast recording. Columbia first reissued the album on compact disc The compact disc (CD) is a Digital media, digital optical disc data storage format that was co-developed by Phili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Fair Lady (Shelly Manne Album)
''My Fair Lady'', recorded by "Shelly Manne & His Friends" and released in 1956 by Contemporary Records, is the first album ever made consisting entirely of jazz versions of tunes from a single Broadway musical. It was an instant hit and became one of the best-selling jazz albums of its day. Origins ''Shelly Manne & his Friends* (*André Previn and Leroy Vinnegar): modern jazz performances of songs from My Fair Lady'', as the full name appeared on the 12-inch LP jacket (Contemporary Records C3527), was begun when drummer Shelly Manne, pianist André Previn, and bassist Leroy Vinnegar assembled on August 17, 1956, in the Contemporary studios in Los Angeles to produce an album of jazz versions of miscellaneous show tunes. (The three, having already recorded together as "Shelly Manne and His Friends", had some experience performing as a trio.) Previn and Manne were exchanging ideas with producer Lester Koenig, who suggested they do some tunes from the current Broadway musical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Fair Lady (Oscar Peterson Trio Album)
''Oscar Peterson Plays "My Fair Lady"'' is a 1958 album by pianist Oscar Peterson of compositions written by the songwriting duo, Lerner and Loewe. The selections are from the musical '' My Fair Lady''. Reception In his Allmusic review Scott Yanow wrote of the reissue "...the pianist and his sidemen uplift those melodies with their usual swinging treatment. Overall the music on this reissue is consistently enjoyable." Track listing # " On the Street Where You Live" # " I Could Have Danced All Night" # "Show Me" # " Get Me to the Church on Time" # " Wouldn't It Be Loverly?" # " I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" # "The Rain in Spain" Personnel Performance * Oscar Peterson - piano * Ray Brown - double bass * Gene Gammage - drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great Songs From "My Fair Lady" And Other Broadway Hits
''The Great Songs from "My Fair Lady" and Other Broadway Hits'' is the fifteenth studio album by American pop singer Andy Williams and was released in September 1964 by Columbia Records, one month before the premiere of the film version of ''My Fair Lady'' starring Audrey Hepburn. The album made its first appearance on ''Billboard'' magazine's Top LP's chart in the issue dated September 26 of that year and remained on the album chart for 33 weeks, peaking at number five. The album received Gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America on September 17, 1965. Type ''Andy Williams'' in the Search box and press ''Enter''. The single from the album, "On the Street Where You Live", debuted on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in the issue of the magazine dated September 12, 1964, eventually reaching number 28 during its eight-week stay. The song performed even better on the magazine's Easy Listening (or Adult Contemporary) chart, reaching number three during its eight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Fair Lady (film)
''My Fair Lady'' is a 1964 American musical drama film adapted from the 1956 Lerner and Loewe stage musical based on George Bernard Shaw's 1913 stage play ''Pygmalion''. With a screenplay by Alan Jay Lerner and directed by George Cukor, the film depicts a poor Cockney flower-seller named Eliza Doolittle who overhears an arrogant phonetics professor, Henry Higgins, as he casually wagers that he could teach her to speak "proper" English, thereby making her presentable in the high society of Edwardian London. The film stars Audrey Hepburn as Eliza Doolittle and Rex Harrison as Henry Higgins, with Stanley Holloway, Gladys Cooper and Wilfrid Hyde-White in supporting roles. A critical and commercial success, it became the second highest-grossing film of 1964 and won eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor. In 1998, the American Film Institute named it the 91st greatest American film of all time. In 2006 it was ranked eighth in the AFI's Greatest M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Fair Lady (1958 TV Series)
''My Fair Lady'' was an Australian television series which aired from 1958 through to the Sixties on multiple television stations. The show featured a female compere and a male fashion critic. There would be three or four housewives as contestants and the critic would analyse their looks, commenting on clothes and figure. One would be chosen as My Fair Lady, would be rewarded with a makeover and a wardrobe and would reappear the next week to present her new look. In Melbourne it aired on HSV-7 and starred Charles Bush (from 1958-62) as the critic with multiple comperes during the years, starting with Bambi Smith and including June Finlayson, Vikki Hammond, and Gretta Miers. It finished up in May 1962. The Adelaide version aired on ADS-7 and also featured Bush and the comperes included Maree Tomasetti, Heather Duncan, Mary McMahon and Yvonne Woods. In Sydney it aired on TCN-9 and saw Ray Leighton in the critic role with comperes including Elaine White. In Melbourne it was or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Fair Lady (2003 TV Series)
''My Fair Lady'' () is a 2003 South Korean television drama produced and first broadcast by SBS. It has a total of 16 episodes, and is a remake of the 2000 Japanese drama ''Yamatonadeshiko'' ( やまとなでしこ), which aired on Fuji Television.Lee, Dong-hoo (2004)"Cultural Strategies of Remakes: The Case of Yojolady". 13th JAMCO Online International Symposium. Plot Min-kyung, is a fresh high school graduate. She has worked in a liquor restaurant to pay off her father's gambling debt. However, Min-kyung borrowed some money and ran away, hoping to find a rich man as her spouse. Meanwhile, Young Ho is the son of a poor rice cake house owner, and works to pay off his dead father's debt. He falls in love with Min-kyung, because she looks exactly like his dead girlfriend. When Min Kyung finds out that Young Ho is not rich, she dumps him, and goes back to a rich man (Son Chang Min) who proposed to Min Kyung once before. However, Min Kyung wakes up to true love and realizes that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Fair Lady (2009 TV Series)
''My Fair Lady'' (; lit. ''Take Care of the Young Lady'' or ''Take Care of Agasshi'') is a 2009 South Korean television series, starring Yoon Eun-hye, Yoon Sang-hyun, Jung Il-woo and Moon Chae-won. It aired on KBS2 from August 19 to October 8, 2009, on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes. Plot Kang Hye-na, the only successor of Kang-san Group, is the owner of the ‘Lady Castle’ and lives a ‘princess-like’ life with her servants. Hye-na's parents died from a plane accident and her grandfather brought her up. Hye-na is strong-headed and selfish, whose world revolves around her because she could not experience the warmth of a family whilst growing up. One day, she comes across Dong-chan when she is carelessly driving and knocks into Dong-chan's truck in which he is shipping flowers. She knocks out a bunch of flowers from his truck so Dong-chan goes to complain. She refuses to apologise but just gives him money. She drives away although Dong-chan isn't satisfied. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Fair Lady (2016 TV Series)
''My Fair Lady'' () is a South Korean television series starring Heo Jung-eun in the title role, with Oh Ji-ho, Park Jin-hee and Oh Yoon-ah, based on the award-winning screenplay by Jun Ho-sung. It aired every Wednesday and Thursday from November 16, 2016 to January 5, 2017 on KBS2 at 22:00 KST. Synopsis A story about a con-man (Oh Ji-ho) and his daughter (Heo Jung-eun) who suffers from Niemann–Pick disease Cast Main * Heo Jung-eun as Yoo Geum-bi * Oh Ji-ho as Mo Hwi-hul * Park Jin-hee as Go Kang-hee * Oh Yoon-ah as Yoo Joo-young Supporting People around Hwi-chul * Seo Hyun-chul as Kong Gil-ho * Lee In-hye as Heo Jae-kyung * Shin Soo-yeon as Eun-soo * Lee Ji-hoon as Cha Chi-soo People at Geum-bi's school * Park Min-soo as Hwang Jae-ha ** Son Sang-yeon as Jae-ha (17 years old) * Kang Ji-woo as Hong Shil-ra * Im Hye-young as Kang Min-ah * Kim Ki-yun as Goo Mi-ran People around Kang-hee * Kang Sung-jin as Go Joon-pil * Kim Do-hyun as Choi Jae-jin * Kim Nan-hwi a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Fare Lady
"My Fare Lady" is the fourteenth episode of the twenty-sixth season of the American animated television series ''The Simpsons'', and the 566th overall episode of the series. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on February 15, 2015. It is the first episode where Bart has no dialogue. Plot After a parody of ''The Jetsons'' as a dream, Homer is awakened by Marge to drive the children to all their activities. In order to avoid the task, Homer escapes to Moe's tavern to pretend he is too drunk to drive, forcing Marge to drive the kids herself. At the bar, Moe tells Homer, Lenny, and Carl that he received tickets from Sideshow Mel to a Laney Fontaine theater show. The guys encourage Moe to go, though he is worried about the safety of the bar while he is gone. To this, Homer agrees to act as bartender in Moe's place for the night. Homer, Lenny and Carl hold a ladies' night to attract more customers to the bar, but the scheme backfires as the women trash the bar be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wallflower (manga)
is a manga series written by Tomoko Hayakawa. The individual chapters have been serialized in Bessatsu Friend since 2000, and in 36 tankōbon volumes in Japan by Kodansha. The series was licensed for an English language release in North America by Del Rey Manga and in Singapore by Chuang Yi, under the name ''My Fair Lady''. The series ended in January 2015 after 36 volumes. Nippon Animation adapted part of the manga series into a twenty-five episode anime series which aired on TV Tokyo and TV Aichi from October 3, 2006 through March 27, 2007. The anime adaptation has been licensed for Region 1 release by A.D. Vision, who paid $500,000. In 2008, ''The WallFlower'' became one of over 30 ADV titles whose North American rights were transferred to Funimation Entertainment. Plot ''The Wallflower'' is about a girl named Sunako who was called ugly by the first and only person to whom she confessed her love. This incident sparks a life change, and as a result Sunako shuns all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
