Frederick Loewe
Author
Language
English
Description
Pygmalion both delighted and scandalized its first audiences in 1914. A brilliantly witty reworking of the classical tale of the sculptor who falls in love with his perfect female statue, it is also a barbed attack on the British class system and a statement of Shaw's feminist views. In Shaw's hands, the phoneticist Henry Higgins is the Pygmalion figure who believes he can transform Eliza Doolittle, a cockney flower girl, into a duchess at ease in...
12) Paint your wagon
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
A raucous western comedy, is punctuated with a classic Lerner and Loewe musical score, including “They Call the Wind Maria” and “I Talk to the Trees.” The story of a gold mining boomtown full of brawny men centres on the work-and-play partnership of Ben and Pardner (Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood) and the delicate wife they share (Jean Seberg).
Author
Publisher
Broadway Records
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Boasting a score that contains such now-classic songs as I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face, this musical has been heralded as one of Broadway's best. This revival includes a cast with Lauren Ambrose, Diana Rigg, and Harry Hadden-Paton.