query: who sings for audrey in my fair lady

pos: My Fair Lady (film) times, to the strains of Liszt's "Hungarian Rhapsody" before the servants sing "Congratulations, Professor Higgins". Hepburn's singing was judged inadequate, and she was dubbed by Marni Nixon, who sang all songs except "Just You Wait", where Hepburn's voice was left undubbed during the harsh-toned chorus of the song and Nixon sang the melodic bridge section. Hepburn did sing the brief reprise of the song in tears. Some of Hepburn's original vocal performances for the film were released in the 1990s, affording audiences an opportunity to judge whether the dubbing was necessary. Less well known is the dubbing of Jeremy Brett's

pos: Columbia Masterworks Records by John Gielgud—the longest-running "Hamlet" in Broadway history to date. Columbia Masterworks' most successful Broadway album was the original cast recording of "My Fair Lady" (OL-5090, 1956), starring Rex Harrison, Julie Andrews, Stanley Holloway and Robert Coote. This first album was issued only in mono, but the first stereo recording of "My Fair Lady"—featuring the same four stars, this time with the London cast—followed in 1959. And in 1964, Columbia Masterworks issued the film soundtrack album of the show, starring Rex Harrison and Audrey Hepburn's "singing voice", Marni Nixon. The most successful film soundtrack release on Columbia Masterworks was the

pos: Andrew Gold mother was singer Marni Nixon, who provided the singing voice for numerous actresses, notably Natalie Wood in "West Side Story", Deborah Kerr in "The King and I", and Audrey Hepburn in "My Fair Lady"; his father was Ernest Gold, an Austrian-born composer who won an Academy Award for his score for the movie "Exodus". He had two younger sisters. Gold began writing songs at the age of 13. Abroad in England for school, the 16-year-old Gold scored his first recording contract on the strength of a selection of demos he submitted to Polydor Records' London office. That contract resulted in

pos: I Could Have Danced All Night Andrews in the original Broadway production of "My Fair Lady". In the 1964 film adaptation of the musical, the song was sung by Marni Nixon, dubbing the singing voice of Audrey Hepburn, who played Eliza Doolittle. In 2004, Nixon's version finished at #17 on AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema. Hit versions of the song were recorded by Sylvia Syms, Dinah Shore, Angélica María, Ben E. King as an ATCO single, Frank Sinatra, Rosemary Clooney, and Jamie Cullum. It was featured in "The Birdcage" sung by Nathan Lane, Hank Azaria, Gene Hackman, Robin Williams and

pos: Playback singer recorded artist in music history. Popular Indian singers include: Popular playback singers of Nepal include: Famous Pakistani playback singers include: Playback singing is not as common in contemporary Hollywood as musicals are less frequent. It was, however, more widely used in the past. Notable Hollywood performances include Marni Nixon in "West Side Story" for Natalie Wood's portrayal of Maria, in "The King and I" for Deborah Kerr's Anna Leonowens, and for Audrey Hepburn's Eliza in "My Fair Lady"; Bill Lee singing for John Kerr's Lieutenant Cable in "South Pacific" and for Christopher Plummer's Captain von Trapp in "The Sound of

pos: My Fair Lady again in the part of Higgins. The casting of Audrey Hepburn instead of Julie Andrews as Eliza was controversial, partly because theatregoers regarded Andrews as perfect for the part and partly because Hepburn's singing voice was dubbed (by Marni Nixon). Jack L. Warner, the head of Warner Bros., which produced the film, wanted "a star with a great deal of name recognition", but since Julie Andrews did not have any film experience, he thought a movie with her would not be as successful. (Andrews went on to star in "Mary Poppins" that same year for which she won both the

pos: Audrey Hepburn part because producer Jack L. Warner thought Hepburn or Elizabeth Taylor were more "bankable" propositions. Hepburn initially asked Warner to give the role to Andrews but was eventually cast. Further friction was created when, although non-singer Hepburn had sung in "Funny Face" and had lengthy vocal preparation for the role in "My Fair Lady", her vocals were dubbed by Marni Nixon, whose voice was considered more suitable to the role. Hepburn was initially upset and walked off the set when informed. The press further played up the fabricated rivalry between Hepburn and Andrews, when the latter won an Academy Award

neg: The Great Songs from "My Fair Lady" and Other Broadway Hits "People" gave her a number five hit on the "Billboard" Hot 100, three weeks at number one on the Easy Listening chart, and the Grammy Award for Best Vocal Performance, Female. From the liner notes for the original album: 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

neg: The Great Songs from "My Fair Lady" and Other Broadway Hits 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

neg: My Fair Lady (film) states: "George Cukor's elegant, colorful adaptation of the beloved stage play is elevated to new heights thanks to winning performances by Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison." "Chicago Sun-Times" critic Roger Ebert gave the film four stars out of four, and, in 2006, he put it on his "Great Movies" list, praising Hepburn's performance, and calling the film "the best and most unlikely of musicals." "My Fair Lady" won eight Oscars: "My Fair Lady" won three Golden Globes: The film was restored in 1994 by James C. Katz and Robert A. Harris, who had restored "Spartacus" three years earlier. The restoration

neg: My Fair Lady (film) My Fair Lady (film) My Fair Lady is a 1964 American musical film adapted from the Lerner and Loewe eponymous stage musical based on the 1913 stage play "Pygmalion" by George Bernard Shaw. 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

neg: My Fair Lady (Shelly Manne album) issued on the Contemporary label. "My Fair Lady" itself was redone over the years by other jazz artists, starting very soon after the Manne hit. Billy Taylor and Quincy Jones brought out "My Fair Lady Loves Jazz" in 1957, and this was followed by albums of "My Fair Lady" music by Nat King Cole ("Nat King Cole Sings My Fair Lady") ; Wild Bill Davis; Dick Hyman with Ruby Braff; Oscar Peterson ("The Oscar Peterson Trio Plays "My Fair Lady""); and others. Manne himself worked with arranger John Williams to present a different whole-album treatment of the musical in 1964,

neg: Audrey Hepburn for "Mary Poppins" at the 37th Academy Awards (1964) while Hepburn was not even nominated, despite "My Fair Lady's" accumulation of eight out of a possible twelve awards. Regardless, critics greatly applauded Hepburn's "exquisite" performance. Crowther wrote that, "The happiest thing about ["My Fair Lady"] is that Audrey Hepburn superbly justifies the decision of Jack Warner to get her to play the title role." Gene Ringgold of "Soundstage" also commented that, "Audrey Hepburn is magnificent. She is Eliza for the ages", while adding, "Everyone agreed that if Julie Andrews was not to be in the film, Audrey Hepburn was the

neg: Robin Bailey large audiences, but who had a striking resemblance to Julie Andrews who had created the role of Eliza Doolittle in New York and London and would be supplanted by Audrey Hepburn in the film. The play was a huge success in Australia and a second company was created so it could continue its run in Melbourne and make its essential move on to Sydney where the Empire Theatre was being rebuilt and renamed Her Majesty's Theatre especially for the Sydney season of "My Fair Lady". Bailey moved to Sydney with the production and the Williamson production of "My Fair Lady"

neg: Eliza Doolittle personally requested the young English actress Wendy Hiller play Doolittle, a part she had previously played on stage opposite Leslie Howard as Higgins. Her performance served as the definitive film portrayal until Audrey Hepburn played the role in the highly successful 1964 film musical "My Fair Lady". Julie Andrews originated the musical version of Doolittle on stage in "My Fair Lady", with Rex Harrison as Higgins. Sally Ann Howes took the role of Eliza Doolittle in 1958 when Julie Andrews left. Harrison went on to reprise his role in the 1964 film alongside Audrey Hepburn as Doolittle. At the 37th

neg: Julie Andrews for her casting in the film version of "My Fair Lady", Eliza was instead played by the established film actress Audrey Hepburn. As Warner later recalled, the decision was easy, "In my business, I have to know who brings people and their money to a cinema box office. Audrey Hepburn had never made a financial flop." In 1963, Andrews began her work in the title role of Disney's musical film "Mary Poppins". Walt Disney had seen her performance as Queen Guinevere and thought she would be perfect for the role of the British nanny who is "practically perfect in every

neg: Audrey Hepburn release in April, the film was "uniformly panned" but critics were kinder to Hepburn's performance, describing her as "a refreshingly individual creature in an era of the exaggerated curve". Hepburn's second film of 1964 was George Cukor's film adaptation of the stage musical "My Fair Lady", released in November. "Soundstage" wrote that "not since "Gone with the Wind" has a motion picture created such universal excitement as "My Fair Lady"", yet Hepburn's casting in the role of Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle sparked controversy. Julie Andrews, who had originated the role in the stage show, had not been offered the

neg: Recurring features in Mad (magazine) just one theater per city at inflated ticket prices ("Charge high admissions; / Let people wait; / That will make them think they're / Seeing something great!"), as well as Warner Brothers' decision to replace Andrews with Audrey Hepburn in its movie adaptation of "My Fair Lady". Andrews had been a great success as Eliza Doolittle in the original Broadway production, but she was passed over for the film role. Despite the high-profile snub, Andrews made an Oscar-winning debut in "Mary Poppins" – released four months before "My Fair Lady" – and solidifying her big screen success with "The Sound

neg: Eliza Doolittle the film, Audrey Hepburn was the perfect choice." Martine McCutcheon played the role in the 2001 London revival of "My Fair Lady". Despite missing many performances (citing health problems), having to have various understudies perform the role and withdrawing nearly five months early from the production's transfer to the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, she won the award for best actress in a musical at the 2002 Laurence Olivier Awards. One of the understudies was then-unknown "First Lady of the West End" Kerry Ellis. Lauren Ambrose is currently playing the role in the 2018 Lincoln Center Theater revival of "My Fair

neg: Eliza Doolittle Academy Awards, the award for Best Actress went to Andrews for her performance as Mary Poppins. Hepburn was not nominated. Despite this, many critics greatly applauded Hepburn's "exquisite" performance. "The happiest thing about ["My Fair Lady"]", wrote Bosley Crowther, "is that Audrey Hepburn superbly justifies the decision of Jack Warner to get her to play the title role." Her co-star Rex Harrison, also called Hepburn his favourite leading lady and Gene Ringgold of "Soundstage" also commented that "Audrey Hepburn is magnificent. She is Eliza for the ages," while adding, "Everyone agreed that if Julie Andrews was not to be in

neg: My Bare Lady recalls the "Pygmalion"-inspired musical "My Fair Lady" by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, popularized in a film adaptation starring Audrey Hepburn. Based on the success of the debut season a second series was launched called "My Bare Lady 2: Open for Business." The series debuted on Fox Reality Channel on Saturday, November 8, 2008 and was divided into eight half-hour episodes. The show placed four adult entertainment stars in the same house for a month in Los Angeles and adopted a reality format similar to the first season to provide an in depth look at the daily goings on.

neg: 37th Academy Awards 37th Academy Awards The 37th Academy Awards honored film achievements of 1964. For the first time, an award was presented in the field of makeup. The Best Picture winner of 1964, director George Cukor's "My Fair Lady", was about the transformative training of a rough-speaking flower girl into a lady. The musical had run for many years on the stage in both NYC and London. Audrey Hepburn, the female lead of the film, was controversially not nominated for Best Actress. The unpopularity of her replacing Julie Andrews – who had originated the role on Broadway and, coincidentally, the Best Actress

neg: Pygmalion (play) on the subjects of class division and social mobility, and it's as enjoyable to view these subtle differences in settings and costumes as it is to imagine translators wracking their brains for their own equivalent of 'Not bloody likely'." [[Joseph Weizenbaum]] named his [[artificial intelligence]] computer program [[ELIZA]] after the character Eliza Doolittle. [[File:Pygmalion-Fontanne-1926.jpg|thumb|[[Lynn Fontanne]] as Eliza Doolittle in the [[Theatre Guild]] production of "Pygmalion" (1926)]] [[File:Julie Andrews Rex Harrison My Fair Lady.JPG|thumb|[[Julie Andrews]] as flower girl Eliza Doolittle meets [[Rex Harrison]] as Professor Henry Higgins in the 1956 musical adaptation of "Pygmalion", "[[My Fair Lady]]".]] [[File:Harry Stradling-Audrey Hepburn in

neg: One Wild Oat future stars Audrey Hepburn and Roger Moore, the role of Cherrie (June Sylvaine) was played, in the stage and film version, by the wife of the author (Vernon Sylvaine). Audrey has a thirty-second scene as a hotel receptionist. Interesting to note that thirteen years later, she would be the star and Holloway the support in My Fair Lady. During the play's West End run, the Garrick Theatre and two cast members were featured in a humorous cameo scene, reading The Stage newspaper (probably looking for new jobs due to London's anticipated destruction), in the 1950 film "Seven Days to Noon"

neg: Pygmalion (play) My Fair Lady.jpg|thumb|Cinematographer Harry Stradling poses with [[Audrey Hepburn]] as Eliza Doolittle on the set of the 1964 movie musical "My Fair Lady."]] [[Category:1913 books]] [[Category:1913 plays]] [[Category:West End plays]] [[Category:Plays by George Bernard Shaw]] [[Category:Works originally published in Everybody's Magazine]] [[Category:Literature first published in serial form]] [[Category:Plays set in London]] [[Category:British plays adapted into films]] Pygmalion (play) Pygmalion is a play by George Bernard Shaw, named after a Greek mythological figure. It was first presented on stage to the public in 1913. In ancient Greek mythology, Pygmalion fell in love with one of his sculptures, which then came to

neg: Eliza (magazine) Eliza (magazine) Eliza is an American fashion magazine founded in 2007 by Summer Bellessa, who was a Ford Model at that time. The publication is headquartered in Los Angeles, California, and began with a circulation (based on its print run) of 10,000 in 2007. The publishing schedule is now irregular and the magazine is only available digitally and by print-on-demand via HP MagCloud. The magazine's name is a reference to Audrey Hepburn's performance as Eliza Doolittle in "My Fair Lady". The magazine describes itself as being "for women who want to be stylish, sexy, and engaged in the world while

neg: Audrey Hepburn on to star in a number of successful films, such as "Sabrina" (1954), "The Nun's Story" (1959), "Breakfast at Tiffany's" (1961), "Charade" (1963), "My Fair Lady" (1964), and "Wait Until Dark" (1967), for which she received an Academy Award, Golden Globe, and BAFTA nominations. Hepburn won three BAFTA Awards for Best British Actress in a Leading Role. In recognition of her film career, she was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from BAFTA, the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award, the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award, and the Special Tony Award. She remains one of only 15 people who have

neg: Victoria Carroll but also took several dance classes. This led to an audition for Don Arden, who hired her to dance in his play. Mary Carol Lee started working professionally as a dancer in Broadway shows. By 1964, her dancing career had plunged into films. George Cukor had been so impressed by her that, apart from her dancing part in "My Fair Lady", he gave her a minor role as a Magpie in the race scene with Rex Harrison and Audrey Hepburn. She acquired an agent and also changed her name to Victoria Carroll because there already were actresses named Mary Ford

neg: 1776 (film) Holgate, David Ford, Charles Rule and others repeated their roles from the Broadway production, marking their only appearances in feature film. This was a decision Warner made himself after feeling he made a mistake by turning down Julie Andrews for the 1964 film adaptation of "My Fair Lady" in favor of Audrey Hepburn. "1776" was also the only film of Donald Madden, who was not in the original Broadway cast. Exteriors were filmed at the Warner Ranch in Burbank, California, the former Columbia Pictures backlot, where they built an entire street of colonial Philadelphia. Most of the colonial sets were

neg: Jack L. Warner "My Fair Lady", paying an unprecedented $6.5 million. The previous owner, CBS director William S. Paley, set terms that included 50 percent of the distributor's gross profits "plus ownership of the negative at the end of the contract." Despite the "outrageous" purchase price, and the ungenerous terms of the contract, the deal proved lucrative for Warner Bros., securing the studio $12 million in profits. Warner was criticized for choosing a non-singing star, Audrey Hepburn, to play the leading role of Eliza Doolittle; indeed, the 1964 Academy Award for Best Actress went to Julie Andrews, who had played Eliza on Broadway

neg: Black Givenchy dress of Audrey Hepburn famous little black dress of all time" and exerting a major influence on fashion itself by directly making it popular. In a survey conducted in 2010 by LOVEFiLM, Hepburn's little black dress was chosen as the best dress ever worn by a woman in a film. In this respect, Helen Cowley, publisher of LOVEFiLM, declared: "Audrey Hepburn has truly made that little black dress a fashion staple which has stood the test of time despite competition from some of the most stylish females around." Hepburn's white dress and hat worn in "My Fair Lady" was voted sixth. Black Givenchy dress

neg: My Fair Lady (film) ("Why Can't the English?"). At Covent Garden one evening, he meets Colonel Hugh Pickering (Wilfrid Hyde-White), himself a phonetics expert who had come all the way from India to see him. Higgins boasts he could teach anyone to speak so well he could pass them off as a duke or duchess at an embassy ball, even the young woman with a strong Cockney accent named Eliza Doolittle (Audrey Hepburn) who tries to sell them flowers. Eliza's ambition is to work in a flower shop, but her accent makes that impossible ("Wouldn't It Be Loverly"). The following morning, Eliza shows up

neg: Sarah Earnshaw Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady. In 2013, Earnshaw played 'Lady of the Lake' in Spamalot at The Playhouse Theatre, 'Audrey' in Little Shop of Horrors at (Aberystwyth Arts Centre). She created the role of Sam in Payback (at the Riverside Studios) in June 2013, opposite Matthew White, and then in Christmas 2013 saw Earnshaw appear as 'Fairy' in Jack and the Beanstalk at Sheffield Lyceum. In 2011, she took the role of 'Emma Carew' in Jekyll and Hyde on the UK Tour opposite Marti Pellow. In 2012, she played 'The Ghost Of Christmas Past' in Scrooge at the London

neg: George Cukor contract guaranteed he would be playing opposite Monroe. With the production already $2 million over budget and everyone back at the starting gate, the studio pulled the plug on the project. Less than two months later, Monroe was found dead in her home. Two years later, Cukor achieved one of his greatest successes with "My Fair Lady" (1964). Throughout filming there were mounting tensions between the director and designer Cecil Beaton, but Cukor was thrilled with leading lady Audrey Hepburn, although the crew was less enchanted with her diva-like demands. Although several reviews were critical of the film – Pauline

neg: My Fair Lady My Fair Lady My Fair Lady is a musical based on George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion", with 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 phoneticist, so that she may pass as a lady. The original Broadway and London shows starred Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews. The musical's 1956 Broadway production was a notable critical and popular success. It set a record for the longest run of any show on Broadway up to that time. It was followed by

neg: Culture of the United Kingdom Moody acclaimed as Fagin. The caper film "The Italian Job" (1969), starring Michael Caine, is one of the most popular British films ever. Other British actors in starring roles in 1960s films included Richard Burton, Peter Sellers, Audrey Hepburn (played Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle in "My Fair Lady", 1964), Julie Christie, Peter Ustinov, Rex Harrison, Alec Guinness, child star Hayley Mills, Richard Attenborough, David Niven and Julie Andrews, whose portrayal of English nanny Mary Poppins is named among the great movie characters. Ken Russell's "Women in Love" (1969) starred Glenda Jackson, who won numerous awards. In the 1970s, Ronald

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neg: Profiles in History house garnered $5.52 million for Marilyn Monroe's "Subway" dress from "The Seven Year Itch". The dress broke the Guinness world record for most expensive dress sold at auction. $4.4 million was secured for the Audrey Hepburn "Ascot" dress from "My Fair Lady". In December 2011, the Panavision PSR 35mmm camera that George Lucas used for principal photography on the first "Star Wars" film in 1977 was sold at auction for $625,000.00, a record price for a movie camera. Eight lots of Albert Einstein material, including an unpublished poem, were sold at Profiles in History's historical auction held in Calabasas, California

neg: Read My Lips (Sophie Ellis-Bextor album) song "Take Me Home", described as a "disco groove". Betty Clarke from "The Guardian" observed that her voice in the song is reminiscent of Audrey Hepburn's Eliza Doolittle (in the movie "My Fair Lady"). "Move This Mountain", co-written by Alex James, is a "vibrant" ballad with a trip hop-influenced sound. Following track and second single, "Murder on the Dancefloor", is a dance-pop and disco record, that utilises bass guitar and piano in its instrumental. "Sparkle" has "speeding beats and equally speeding keyboards", while "Final Move" contains "tinny beats" and "electro swirls". The latter was deemed a "subdued version" of "Murder

neg: Marni Nixon film's "Tonight" quintet. She asked the film's producers for, but did not receive, any direct royalties from her work on the film, but Leonard Bernstein contractually gave her 1/4 of one percent of his personal royalties from it. In 1962, she also sang Wood's high notes in "Gypsy". For "My Fair Lady" in 1964, she again worked with the female lead of the film, Audrey Hepburn, to perform the songs of Hepburn's character Eliza. Because of her uncredited dubbing work in these films, "Time" magazine called her "The Ghostess with the Mostest". Nixon made guest appearances with Leonard Bernstein's "Young

neg: London in film success of some of these 1960s films helped to make up for "London Town", Britain's first Technicolor musical, which was a high-profile flop in 1946. "Mary Poppins" (1964) was a critical and popular success, winning multiple Oscars for its editing, music (including Best Song for "Chim Chim Cher-ee"), and visual effects (notably the scene combining live action and animation). Lead actress Julie Andrews won an Academy Award for Best Actress. Also in 1964, Audrey Hepburn starred in "My Fair Lady", the film of the musical of the George Bernard Shaw play "Pygmalion". George Cukor's decision to award the role of

neg: Gigi (musical) the Broadway production of "Gigi" starred Audrey Hepburn in her first major role. Seven years later, while "My Fair Lady" was in Philadelphia prior to its Broadway opening, Arthur Freed approached Lerner about a feature film musical adaptation. Although Loewe had vowed never to work in movies, he was charmed by the book and agreed to collaborate on the project. The 1958 film of "Gigi" proved to be a major critical and commercial success and the winner of nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Edwin Lester, founder of the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera, asked for a stage version of

neg: John van Dreelen in "Von Ryan's Express" (1965), "Topaz" (1969), "Lost Horizon" (1973), "The Big Game" (1973), "The Clone Master" (1978), "The Formula" (1980), "The Money Pit" (1986) and "Born to Fight" (1989), as well as TV miniseries such as "The Rhinemann Exchange", "The Word" and "". Van Dreelen had an international stage career and starred in a Dutch staging of "My Fair Lady". He starred as Baron Von Trapp for 40 weeks in as the original American touring production of "The Sound of Music". (According to the actor, Richard Rodgers wanted van Dreelen and Audrey Hepburn to play the film's leads.) John

neg: Wouldn't It Be Loverly for Audrey Hepburn. Both Andrews' and Nixon's versions are available on the original cast and soundtrack albums, respectively, and Hepburn's original version is available in the specials for the DVD of the film. Andy Williams released a version of the song on his 1964 album, "The Great Songs from "My Fair Lady" and Other Broadway Hits". In the late 1980s and early 1990s the song was used in television advertisements for Commonwealth Bank of Australia home mortgages. Wouldn't It Be Loverly "Wouldn't It Be Loverly" is a popular song by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, written for the 1956

neg: Gigi (1958 film) a Prayer for Me Tonight", a solo performed by Gigi, had been written for Eliza Doolittle in "My Fair Lady" but was removed during the pre-Broadway run. Lerner disliked the melody, but Loewe, Freed, and Minnelli voted to include it in the film. Lerner recalls that for the film "Gigi", "The casting was so haphazard, I don't know how they ever got it on." He wrote the part of Honoré Lachaille for Chevalier, but the rest of the casting was still undecided. Having second thoughts about Audrey Hepburn, Freed asked Lerner to meet with her in Paris, but she declined

neg: Mary Poppins (film) of Mary Poppins soon after she was passed over by Jack L. Warner and replaced with Audrey Hepburn for the role of Eliza Doolittle in his screen adaptation of "My Fair Lady", even though Andrews had originated the role on Broadway. When Disney first approached Andrews about taking on the role, Andrews was three months pregnant and therefore was not sure she should take it. Disney assured her that the crew would be fine with waiting to begin filming until after she had given birth so that she could play the part. Andrews also provided the voice in two other

neg: St George's Hanover Square Church for growing vegetables. In 1969 the burial ground was cleared to enable land to be sold off for redevelopment. A skull, part anatomised, was conjectured to be Sterne's and a partial skeleton separated from the other remains to be transferred to Coxwold churchyard by the Laurence Sterne Trust. 11,500 further remains were taken to West Norwood Cemetery and cremated, for burial there. In the musical "My Fair Lady", Alfred Doolittle (Stanley Holloway), having just been provided with an inheritance and having to move into "middle-class morality", invites his daughter Eliza Doolittle (Audrey Hepburn) to his wedding at this church. Following

neg: Michael Evans (actor) in the Broadway theatre production of "Ring Round the Moon" opposite Harry Belafonte. Evans then played opposite a young Audrey Hepburn in "Gigi" in 1951. He then took on the role of Henry Higgins in a touring production of "My Fair Lady". Evans returned to Broadway in "Mary, Mary" and made the move to Hollywood when he took a role in "Bye Bye Birdie" (1963). While in Hollywood, he took on many guest starring roles in shows such as: "The Man from U.N.C.L.E.", "Combat!", "Perry Mason" and his best known television role as Colonel Douglas Austin on "The Young and

neg: My Fair Lady provided the singing voice of Audrey Hepburn in the film version. A U.S. tour of Mackintosh's 2001 West End production ran from September 12, 2007, to June 22, 2008. The production starred Christopher Cazenove as Higgins, Lisa O'Hare as Eliza, Walter Charles as Pickering, Tim Jerome as Alfred Doolittle and Nixon as Mrs. Higgins, replacing Sally Ann Howes. An Australian tour produced by Opera Australia commenced in May 2008. The production starred Reg Livermore as Higgins, Taryn Fiebig as Eliza, Robert Grubb as Alfred Doolittle and Judi Connelli as Mrs Pearce. John Wood took the role of Alfred Doolittle in

neg: My Fair Lady (Shelly Manne album) musical play had now been established. Manne, Previn, and Vinnegar's "My Fair Lady" had started the trend. "All tunes by Frederick Loewe. (Lyrics of the original songs were by Alan Jay Lerner.)" 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. Shelly Manne & his Friends* (*André Previn and Leroy Vinnegar): modern

neg: My Fair Lady (Shelly Manne album) 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. 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

neg: My Fair Lady settled on the title "My Fair Lady", relating both to one of Shaw's provisional titles for "Pygmalion", "Fair Eliza", and to the final line of every verse of the nursery rhyme "London Bridge Is Falling Down". Recalling that the Gershwins' 1925 musical "Tell Me More" had been titled "My Fair Lady" in its out-of-town tryout, and also had a musical number under that title, Lerner made a courtesy call to Ira Gershwin, alerting him to the use of the title for the Lerner and Loewe musical. Noël Coward was the first to be offered the role of Henry Higgins, but

neg: Alan Jay Lerner complement his very limited vocal range. Lerner said of writing: In a 1979 interview on NPR's "All Things Considered", Lerner went into some depth about his lyrics for "My Fair Lady". Professor Henry Higgins sings, "Look at her, a prisoner of the gutters / Condemned by every syllable she utters / By right she should be taken out and hung / For the cold-blooded murder of the English tongue." Lerner said he knew the lyric used incorrect grammar for the sake of a rhyme. He was later approached about it by another lyricist: Alan Jay Lerner was an advocate for

neg: Uyarndha Manithan The soundtrack and musical score for "Uyarndha Manithan" were composed by M. S. Viswanathan, while the lyrics were written by Vaali. The soundtrack was released under the label of Saregama. Vaali worked on the film alongside "Adimaippen" (1969) and felt that working on two films simultaneously was "torrid". Mangalamurthy worked as the accordionist for the song "Paal Polave", also known as "Naalai Intha Velai Paarthu". In the composition and picturisation for the song "Andha Naal Gnaabagam", Viswanathan was inspired by a sequence in "My Fair Lady" (1964) in which Rex Harrison's character sings with a walking stick in hand on

neg: Audrey Hepburn on screen and stage played café society girl Holly Golightly in the romantic comedy "Breakfast at Tiffany's", and as a teacher accused of lesbianism in Wyler's drama "The Children's Hour" opposite Shirley MacLaine. Two years later she appeared opposite Cary Grant in the romantic mystery film "Charade". Hepburn followed this by starring in the romantic comedy "Paris When It Sizzles" opposite William Holden, and as Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle in the musical film "My Fair Lady" (both in 1964). In 1967, she played a blind woman menaced by drug dealers in her own home in the suspense thriller "Wait Until Dark" which earned

neg: My Fair Lady (2009 TV series) 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. 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,

neg: British Invasion the US during this period and led US media to proclaim the United Kingdom as the center of music and fashion. The Beatles movie "A Hard Day's Night" marked the group's entrance into film. "Mary Poppins", released on August 27, 1964, and starring English actress Julie Andrews as the titular character, became the most Oscar-winning and Oscar-nominated Disney film in history, and "My Fair Lady", released on December 25, 1964, starring British actress Audrey Hepburn as Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle, won eight Academy Awards. Besides the Bond series which commenced with Sean Connery as James Bond in 1962, films

neg: 22nd Golden Globe Awards Tyler Moore – "The Dick Van Dyke Show" ""' The Rogues" 22nd Golden Globe Awards The 22nd Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film for 1964 films, were held on February 8, 1965. "' Peter O'Toole – "Becket" "' Rex Harrison – "My Fair Lady" "' Anne Bancroft – "The Pumpkin Eater" "' Julie Andrews – "Mary Poppins" "' George Cukor – "My Fair Lady" "' "Becket" "' "My Fair Lady" "The Fall of the Roman Empire" – Dimitri Tiomkin "' "Circus World" – "Circus World" "' Edmond O'Brien – "Seven Days in May" "' Agnes Moorehead – "Hush…

neg: 22nd Golden Globe Awards 22nd Golden Globe Awards The 22nd Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film for 1964 films, were held on February 8, 1965. "' Peter O'Toole – "Becket" "' Rex Harrison – "My Fair Lady" "' Anne Bancroft – "The Pumpkin Eater" "' Julie Andrews – "Mary Poppins" "' George Cukor – "My Fair Lady" "' "Becket" "' "My Fair Lady" "The Fall of the Roman Empire" – Dimitri Tiomkin "' "Circus World" – "Circus World" "' Edmond O'Brien – "Seven Days in May" "' Agnes Moorehead – "Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte" "' Gene Barry – "Burke's Law" "' Mary

neg: London Bridge Is Falling Down two verses have the lyrics: <poem>Who has stole my watch and chain, Watch and chain, watch and chain; Who has stole my watch and chain, My fair lady? Off to prison you must go, You must go, you must go; Off to prison you must go, My fair lady.</poem> Similar rhymes can be found across Europe, pre-dating the records in England. These include "Knippelsbro Går Op og Ned" from Denmark, "Die Magdeburger Brück" from Germany, "pont chus" from sixteenth-century France; and "Le porte", from fourteenth-century Italy. It is possible that the rhyme was acquired from one of these sources and

neg: Hanneke Groenteman in October 2003, was "Doorzakken bij Jamin" ("loosely "Too much Jamin""), a compilation of 23 stories about her childhood, her infatuation with Audrey Hepburn, her feminism, men, children, her stillborn baby daughter and her struggle with obesity. The book was illustrated by Peter van Straaten. The reacted adversely to her title choice, demanding that it be changed. Her second book, "Dikke dame" (""Fat Lady""), concerned a man who was displayed at a fair as a fat lady, and appeared in February 2006. Her third book, "Bestemming bereikt?" ("loosely "Objective achieved?""), described her experience as an overweight woman who had lost

neg: Jonathan Pryce a corrupt Cardinal in the controversial "Stigmata" (1999) and, for Comic Relief, the Master in the "Doctor Who" special, "Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death". About this time Pryce sang at the Hollywood Bowl alongside opera singer Lesley Garrett in highlights from "My Fair Lady" and in 1998, he performed in Cameron Mackintosh's gala concert "Hey, Mr Producer!", also as Professor Henry Higgins from "My Fair Lady" and reprising his role as the Engineer from "Miss Saigon". During the early 2000s Pryce starred and participated in a variety of movies, such as "The Affair of the Necklace" (2001),

neg: Eliza Doolittle Jim! One evening the king will say: 'Oh, Liza, old thing, I want all of England your praises to sing. Next week on the twentieth of May I proclaim ‘Liza Doolittle Day!' </poem> Fans of "My Fair Lady" have ever after been fond of making an informal observance of Eliza Doolittle Day each May 20. Eliza Doolittle Eliza Doolittle is a fictional character from London who appears in the play "Pygmalion" (George Bernard Shaw, 1912) and the musical version of that play, "My Fair Lady". Eliza is a Cockney flower girl, who comes to Professor Henry Higgins asking for elocution

neg: Pygmalion (play) had noted in "Note for Technicians" are added. "Pygmalion" remains Shaw's most popular play. The play's widest audiences know it as the inspiration for the highly romanticized 1956 [[My Fair Lady|musical]] and 1964 film [[My Fair Lady (film)|"My Fair Lady"]]. "Pygmalion" has transcended cultural and language barriers since its first production. The British Museum contains "images of the Polish production...; a series of shots of a wonderfully Gallicised Higgins and Eliza in the first French production in Paris in 1923; a fascinating set for a Russian production of the 1930s. There was no country which didn't have its own 'take'

neg: Funny Face the songs remain. Astaire also starred in the stage version alongside his sister, Adele Astaire. The film plot is actually adapted from another Broadway musical, "Wedding Bells", by Leonard Gershe. The original title for the film was "Wedding Day". Unlike her later film "My Fair Lady", Hepburn sings the songs herself in this, her first musical. She performs one solo, "How Long Has This Been Going On?"; a duet with Astaire, "'S Wonderful"; a duet with Kay Thompson called "On How to Be Lovely"; and takes part in an ensemble performance of "Bonjour, Paris!". Her previous dance training is also

neg: My Fair Lady (Broadway cast recording) made in stereo in 1959. My Fair Lady (Broadway cast recording) The Broadway cast recording of the musical My Fair Lady was released as an album 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 Julie Andrews and Rex Harrison. 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. In the UK, upon its release in 1958, the album reached No.1 for

neg: My Fair Lady (film) was commissioned and financed by CBS, to which the film rights reverted from Warner Bros. in 1971. CBS would later hire Harris to lend his expertise to a new 4K restoration of the film for a 2015 Blu-ray release, working from 8K scans of the original camera negative and other surviving 65mm elements. A new film of the musical was planned in 2008 with a screenplay by Emma Thompson but the project did not materialize. Keira Knightley, Carey Mulligan, and Colin Firth were among those in consideration for the lead roles. My Fair Lady (film) My Fair Lady is a

neg: My Fair Lady (Broadway cast recording) My Fair Lady (Broadway cast recording) The Broadway cast recording of the musical My Fair Lady was released as an album 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 Julie Andrews and Rex Harrison. 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. In the UK, upon its release in 1958, the album reached No.1 for 19 consecutive weeks and became

neg: My Fair Lady (Shelly Manne album) 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 "My Fair Lady". Manne and Previn were so impressed with the Lerner and Loewe songs for the show, that they decided to record more of them. They ended up filling the entire album with "My

neg: Julie Andrews Rodgers musical "Pipe Dream". Although Rodgers wanted her for "Pipe Dream", he advised her to take the part in the Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner musical "My Fair Lady" if it were offered to her. In 1956, she appeared on stage in "My Fair Lady" as Eliza Doolittle to Rex Harrison's Henry Higgins. Rodgers was so impressed with Andrews' talent that concurrent with her run in "My Fair Lady" she was featured in the Rodgers and Hammerstein television musical, "Cinderella". "Cinderella" was broadcast live on CBS on 31 March 1957 under the musical direction of Alfredo Antonini and had

neg: My Fair Lady (1958 TV series) My Fair Lady (1958 TV series) My Fair Lady was an Australian television series which aired from 1958 to 1962 on Wednesdays on Melbourne station HSV-7. Little information is available on this series. It was originally part of a line-up titled "Home", which featuring various segments including "Cooking", "Home Decorator" and "Shopping Guide". Later, it appears the "Home" branding was dropped. For part of its run it aired at 2:30PM. At one point in 1959 it was the first show on the station schedule for the day (this was prior to Australian television being a 24-hour service), while at another

neg: My Fair Laddy a fun parody of "My Fair Lady". My Fair Laddy "My Fair Laddy" is the twelfth episode of "The Simpsons"<nowiki>'</nowiki> seventeenth season. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on February 26, 2006. This is the first episode that centers on Groundskeeper Willie. The title and plot are based on the Broadway musical and film "My Fair Lady". When Mrs. Pummelhorst (the school gym teacher) announces that she will be leaving to undergo gender reassignment surgery and will come back as the shop teacher "Mr. Pummelhorst," Coach Krupt, a substitute, takes her place. Every gym class,

neg: My Fair Lady (2009 TV series) of this he makes Hye-na do community service, kidnaps her, and appears in front of her as the new household manager. Hye-na makes every effort to throw him out from the Castle, but Dong-chan refuses to budge. Bonus Track: Source: TNS Media Korea A Philippine remake of the series premiered on TV5 on September 14, 2015, starring Jasmine Curtis-Smith, Vin Abrenica and Luis Alandy in the leading roles. 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,

neg: My Fair Lady Rex Harrison, and Best Director for George Cukor. A new film adaptation was announced by Columbia Pictures in 2008, but as of May 5, 2014, the project had been shelved. The intention was to shoot on location in Covent Garden, Drury Lane, Tottenham Court Road, Wimpole Street and the Ascot Racecourse. In December 2009, it was announced that John Madden had been signed to direct it and in 2011 it was reported that Colin Firth and Carey Mulligan were possible choices for the leading roles. Emma Thompson wrote a new screenplay adaptation for the project. My Fair Lady My Fair

neg: Alan Jay Lerner "An American in Paris", produced by Arthur Freed and directed by Vincente Minnelli. This was the same team who would later join with Lerner and Loewe to create "Gigi". In 1956, Lerner and Loewe unveiled "My Fair Lady". Before finishing the musical, Lerner was eager to write while "My Fair Lady" was taking so long to complete. Burton Lane and Lerner were working on a musical about Li'l Abner. Gabriel Pascal owned the rights to "Pygmalion", which had been unsuccessful with other composers who tried to adapt it into a musical. Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz first tried, and then

neg: My Fair Lady At the first preview Rex Harrison, who was unaccustomed to singing in front of a live orchestra, "announced that under no circumstances would he go on that night...with those thirty-two interlopers in the pit". He locked himself in his dressing room and came out little more than an hour before curtain time. The whole company had been dismissed but were recalled, and opening night was a success. "My Fair Lady" then played for four weeks at the Erlanger Theatre in Philadelphia, beginning on February 15, 1956. The musical premiered on Broadway March 15, 1956, at the Mark Hellinger Theatre in

neg: Allan Sherman was inspired by a recording of a nightclub musical show called "My Fairfax Lady", a parody of "My Fair Lady" set in the Jewish section of Los Angeles that was performed at Billy Gray's Band Box. Sherman then wrote his own song parodies of "My Fair Lady", which appeared as a bootleg recording in 1964, and were only officially released in 2005 on "My Son, the Box". Alan Jay Lerner did not approve of having the parody being performed; however, he reluctantly settled to allow the performances of "Fairfax Lady", on the strict conditions that the show could only be

neg: My Fair Lady (film) de Beistegui. Hats were created by Parisian milliner at Beaton's request. "All tracks played by the Warner Bros. Studio Orchestra conducted by André Previn. Between brackets the singers." With a production budget of $17 million, "My Fair Lady" was the most expensive film shot in the United States up to that time. The film was re-released in 1971 and earned North American rentals of $2 million. It was re-released again in 1994 after a thorough restoration. "My Fair Lady" currently holds a 96% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 46 reviews, with an average rating of 8.1/10. The consensus

neg: My Fair Lady (2003 TV series) Young-ho took up astronomy at a space observation centre in Australia. He later married Min-kyung, and was seen swearing their wedding vows in front of a Christian priest. 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" (), which aired on Fuji Television. 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

neg: My Fair Lady (1958 TV series) point in 1959 it was preceded by US anthology series episodes of shows like "Four Star Playhouse". The show is described as being aired live, compered by June Finlayson and featured Charles Bush, and featuring contestants, suggesting it was a game show. Other hosts during the run of the series included Vikki Hammond. Archival status is unknown, but as Australian game shows (and daytime series in general) were rarely kept during the era the show aired in, it is likely the series is either lost or largely missing. My Fair Lady (1958 TV series) My Fair Lady was an Australian

neg: My Fair Lady (Shelly Manne album) first issued as "My Fair Lady with the Un-Original Cast", and later reissued as "My Fair Lady Swings". This album was based on arrangements thoroughly worked out in advance, and some of the tunes were sung by Jack Sheldon and Irene Kral. Some of these albums were performed by small combos, others by big bands. Some used hastily improvised arrangements, others carefully worked out ones. Sometimes singing was involved, but most often the tunes were presented in instrumental versions. Regardless of the exact approach, the practice of recording an entire album of jazz versions of the songs of a single

neg: With a Little Bit of Luck Bit of Luck". On "Billboard"'s review, she scored 78 out of 100 points and the review said: "Stafford's reading of the “Fair Lady” tune sparkles with style and verve. A fine side for deejays." To accept the requests from customers and radio stations, Columbia Records released "The Rain in Spain" backed with "With a Little Bit of Luck" in 1956 (Columbia 4-40696) from Percy Faith's My Fair Lady album (Columbia CL-895) as an instrumental single record of My Fair Lady music. Both of Faith's tunes were the first single versions. When the original cast album already sold more than 250,000

neg: My Fair Lady (2003 TV series) 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" (), which aired on Fuji Television. 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

neg: Alma Cuervo Alma Cuervo Alma Cuervo (born August 13, 1951 in Tampa, Florida) is an American stage actress and singer, who has also performed in film and television. She holds an M.F.A. in acting from the Yale School of Drama, from which she graduated in 1976 alongside Meryl Streep. She starred in the role of Madame Morrible in the first national tour of "Wicked". She replaced Carole Shelley on March 8, 2006. She left the role on January 14, 2007 to star in the first national tour of "My Fair Lady". She was replaced by Barbara Tirrell. After "My Fair Lady", she

neg: Pygmalion (mythology) as well as the play "My Fair Lady" and the film "My Fair Lady". The film "Lars and the Real Girl" tells the story of a man who designs a doll and treats her as a real person in order to reconnect with the rest of the world. Although she never comes to life, he believes she is real, and in doing so develops more connections to his community. When he no longer needs her, he lets her go. This is a reversal of the myth of Pygmalion. The story has been the subject of notable paintings by Agnolo Bronzino,

neg: Cecil Beaton of square format (6x6) images is similar to Beaton's own working patterns. After the war, Beaton tackled the Broadway stage, designing sets, costumes, and lighting for a 1946 revival of "Lady Windermere's Fan", in which he also acted. His costumes for Lerner and Loewe's "My Fair Lady" (1956) were highly praised. This led to two Lerner and Loewe film musicals, "Gigi" (1958) and "My Fair Lady" (1964), each of which earned Beaton the Academy Award for Best Costume Design. He also designed the period costumes for the 1970 film "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever". Additional Broadway credits

neg: FML (song) on the second round of Weeknd's hook. "FML" is titled to stand for both 'For my lady' and 'Fuck my life up', since West raps in the first verse: "I been waiting for a minute/For my, lady" and Weeknd sings on the chorus: "I wish I would go ahead and fuck my life up/Can't let them get to me/And even though I always fuck my life up/Only I can mention me". West mentions the antidepressant drug Lexapro in reference to his issues with mental health, a subject West mostly touched on in the song "I Feel Like That" from the

neg: Shakespeare's sonnets is muddy, her breath “reeks”, and she is ungainly when she walks. The relationship has a strong parallel with Touchstone’s pursuit of Audrey in "As You Like It". The Dark Lady presents an adequate receptor for male desire. She is celebrated in cocky terms that would be offensive to her, not that she would be able to read or understand what’s said. Soon the speaker rebukes her for enslaving his fair friend (sonnet 130). He can’t abide the triangular relationship, and it ends with him rejecting her. As with the Fair Youth, there have been many attempts to identify her

neg: Yvonne Fair Yvonne Fair Yvonne Fair (October 21, 1942 – March 6, 1994) was an American singer, best known for her 1975 recording of "It Should Have Been Me". Born as Flora Yvonne Coleman in Richmond, Virginia, Fair's early jobs included work with the Chantels and the James Brown Revue. While performing with Brown, she recorded the song "I Found You", which he later re-worked into his own signature hit "I Got You (I Feel Good)". She signed to Motown Records in the early 1970s and had a small part as a singer in the film "Lady Sings the Blues" (1972). Fair

neg: Take Me Home (Cher song) Bacon & Quarmby at the Strongroom studios. Being a cover of Cher's song, the song retains writing credits for Bob Esty and Michele Aller, while Ellis-Bextor included new lyrics written by herself. While both versions address sexual intercourse, the publication noted that in the original version, Cher "sings romantically about 'makin' love'" while Ellis-Bextor sings "more aggressive" lyrics such as "only fair I get my way". Even before Ellis-Bextor had released the cover, Cher's management deemed the rewritten lyrics overly sexual. To "NME", Ellis-Bextor stated: I was told by my publishers that Cher heard my version and she doesn't like

neg: David Niven 1919–1997), a divorced Swedish fashion model. He recounted their meeting:I had never seen anything so beautiful in my life—tall, slim, auburn hair, up-tilted nose, lovely mouth and the most enormous grey eyes I had ever seen. It really happened the way it does when written by the worst lady novelists ... I goggled. I had difficulty swallowing and had champagne in my knees. In New York, Niven and Hjördis were next-door neighbours with Audrey Hepburn, who made her début on Broadway that season. In 1960, while filming "Please Don't Eat the Daisies" with Doris Day, Niven and Hjördis separated for

neg: Audrey Walsingham Audrey Walsingham Lady Audrey Walsingham, née "Shelton" (1568-1624), was an English court office holder. She served as Lady of the Bedchamber to queen Elizabeth I of England, and then as Mistress of the Robes to Anne of Denmark from 1603 until 1619. She was born to Sir Ralph Shelton and married Sir Thomas Walsingham, cousin of Sir Francis Walsingham. She served as Lady of the Bedchamber to queen Elizabeth I. In 1603, she was selected to be in the English entourage who met the new queen at the Scottish border, and accompanied her to London. She was appointed Mistress of

neg: The Sorcerer so keen that you can laugh at that man? Four numbers were encored during the opening night: Aline's aria "Oh, happy young heart", "My name is John Wellington Wells", the Act II quintet "I rejoice that it's decided" and Sir Marmaduke's and Lady Sangazure's duet "Welcome joy, adieu to sadness". "The Observer" called this duet "a masterpiece of construction. ... The Baronet sings to the accompaniment of a gavotte, and suddenly bursts forth into a rapid semi-quaver passage, expressive of his admiration of the lady. She follows his example, and while one sings a slow movement the other sings the

neg: Bye Bye (Mariah Carey song) third-person point of view, for her fans: "This is for my peoples who just lost somebody / Your best friend, your baby, your man or your lady / Put your hand way up high / We will never say bye / Mamas, daddies, sisters, brothers, friends and cousins / This is for my peoples who lost their grandmothers / Lift your hands to the sky / Because we won't ever say bye bye". As Carey sings the second chorus, she reverts to the singular conversation with her deceased father, however now revisiting 2005, "And you never got a chance to

neg: Yoon Eun-hye "Coffee Prince" and "Goong", Yoon became one of the highest-paid actresses in the industry. In 2009, Yoon starred in KBS's romantic comedy "My Fair Lady", playing an arrogant, strong-headed heiress of a rich business family. Although "My Fair Lady" was a moderate success, Yoon was harshly criticized for her unnatural speech and accent as well as her regression in acting skills. Yoon returned to the big screen after 5 years with the coming-of-age film "My Black Mini Dress" (2010), based on the same titled chick lit novel by Kim Min-seo. She then starred in SBS's romantic comedy series "Lie to

neg: Anna O'Byrne for the Sydney Opera House, with more tickets sold than any other production in the Opera House’s 43 years. "My Fair Lady" also featured Alex Jennings as Henry Higgins, Robyn Nevin as Mrs Higgins and Reg Livermore as Alfred P. Doolittle. For this performance, Anna won the Colleen Clifford Memorial Award in The Glugs Theatrical Awards, and was also nominated for the Sydney Theatre Judith Johnson Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a musical. Anna was back in London for concerts in December 2016 and January 2017. Anna continued with "My Fair Lady" to Queensland Performing Arts Centre

neg: You Light Up My Life (film) then sings background vocals and directs the musicians during overdubs. From there, she goes to the wedding rehearsal where Si has arranged an elaborate setup with an old friend who owns the Wedding Palace. The next day, Laurie auditions for a film that needs a singing voice for the leading lady. The director, she discovers, is Chris, who is as surprised as she is. Chris asks to see the songs in her portfolio. Laurie's voice and the orchestra's performance of her song "You Light Up My Life" impresses everyone, and Chris asks her if she would be interested in auditioning

neg: Anthony Ward Best Set &Costume Design "My Fair Lady". (2003) OBIE Award Set Design "Uncle Vanya", (2003) What’s on Stage Theatregoers Choice Award for Set Design "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" (2001) Outer Critics Circle Award for Set Design "Oklahoma!", (1999) Olivier Award for Set Design "Oklahoma!" (1996) Olivier Award for Costume Design "Midsummer Night’s Dream", "La Grande Magia" & "The Way of the World" Nominations include: Olivier Award Nomination: (2006) for Best Costume Design "Mary Stuart" (2003) Best Set Design for "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" (2002) Best Set & Costume Design for "My Fair Lady" (1995) Best Set Design for "The Tempest"

neg: My Fair Lady Academy Award and the Golden Globe for Best Actress.) Lerner in particular disliked the film version of the musical, thinking it did not live up to the standards of Moss Hart's original direction. He was also unhappy with the casting of Hepburn as Eliza Doolittle and that the film was shot in its entirety at the Warner Bros. studio rather than, as he would have preferred, in London. Despite the controversy, "My Fair Lady" was considered a major critical and box office success, ultimately going on to win eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture of the Year, Best Actor for

neg: The Vipers Fat Lady Sings. Bernie Smirnoff went on to play for my eyes my eyes and now plays for Kingbathmat. The Vipers The Vipers were an Irish new wave group of the late 1970s. A live act fronted by Paul Boyle and virtuoso guitarist George Sweeney, they toured with The Clash and The Jam. Their debut single "I've Got You"/"No Such Thing" (Mulligan LUNS 718) was released in late 1978. This was heard by the BBC's John Peel who invited the band across the Irish Sea to do a session for his radio program, the Peel Sessions. A permanent move to

neg: Sid Caesar hit TV show, remembers winning tickets to see "My Fair Lady" on Broadway: "I gave the tickets to my roommate because I said, "Fair Lady's" gonna be running for a hundred years, but Sid Caesar is live and I'll never see "that" again." After nearly 10 years as a prime-time star of television comedy with "Your Show of Shows" followed by "Caesar's Hour", his stardom ended rapidly and he nearly disappeared from the spotlight. Nachman describes this period: Caesar himself felt, "It had all come too fast, was too easy, and he didn't deserve the acclaim." Writer Mel Brooks, who