My Fair Lady – A Musical Adaptation From Greek Myth to Hollywood Legend

My Fair Lady is truly a classic and is considered by many one of the great musicals of the 20th Century.  This simple story of a Professor who takes a cockney flower girl and turns her into a lady was originally based on a Greek Myth adapted by George Bernard Shaw into a very successful play and film called PYGMALION. After some trials and tribulation, Shaw’s play was eventually adapted by the team of Lerner and Lowe into a beloved Broadway and West End musical. Follow the circuitous and challenging path creative teams must follow to not only write an adaptation of an existing work or play, but explore the challenging legal negotiations to obtain rights to a project.  Trace the development of this great work in a collection of fun clips, behind the scenes details, and images.