My Fair Lady Review

My Fair Lady – Mill at Sonning

Book and Lyrics: Alan Jay Lerner Music: Frederick Loewe Director: Joseph Pitcher Most musicals are lucky if one or two of their songs seep into the public consciousness beyond their dramatic setting. For Lerner and Loewe’s majestic My Fair Lady, first staged in 1956 and adapted into an Academy Award-winning film in 1964, the hit [...] The post My Fair Lady – Mill at Sonning appeared first on The Reviews Hub.

My Fair Lady Review

The Mill, Sonning – until 17 January 2026 Reviewed by Marcia Spiers 4**** Pamela Raith Photography Fantastic Show – Great Entertainment the Festive season! Directed by Joseph Pitcher, adapted from George Bernard Shaw’s Play and Gabriel Pascal’s Film Pygmalion, written by Lerner & Loewe, the story of Eliza Doolittle’s transformation from flower seller to a polished lady at the Embassy Ball is a well-known one. Set at a time where women were begi…

MY FAIR LADY review by thespyinthestalls at The Mill at Sonning

MY FAIR LADY The Mill at Sonning ★★★★ “a wonderfully stylish presentation, and an absolute joy” Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe’s “My Fair Lady”, the musical based on George Bernard Shaw’s 1913 play “Pygmalion”, by sheer default, could run into problems with today’s audience. The overt misogyny, magnified by the class divide, cannot be avoided without tearing up the book and starting from scratch. Joseph Pitcher’s intimate staging at the Mi…