I finally finished my Alan Jay Lerner book, and boy was it a read. One of the most enjoyable books I’ve ever read, largely attributable to the sheer wit and eloquence of Mr Lerner. There were three main chapters in the book, and while the first one which chronicled the life and times of “My [...]
Archive for the ‘My Fair Lady’ Category
Alan Jay Lerner Book
Wednesday, 29 June, 2011
Musicals And Stuff
Saturday, 18 June, 2011
So many thoughts about musicals and songwriting these days, but because I’ve been busy with preparations for my church’s musical concert, I’ve not had any time to pen them down. I managed to get my Alan Jay Lerner book renewed recently, and I have been completely drawn into the book. I’m now at the part [...]
Alan Jay Lerner’s “The Street Where I Live”
Tuesday, 7 June, 2011
I was at the library recently and stumbled on this book called “The Street Where I Live”, which is a book written by Alan Jay Lerner chronicling his Broadway exploits, with specific regard to his experiences working on the shows “My Fair Lady”, “Camelot” and “Gigi”. And I then obviously borrowed it. Alan Jay Lerner [...]
“My Fair Lady” Was Not Written By Rodgers & Hammerstein!
Wednesday, 21 May, 2008
I think I might go crazy the next time I hear someone say that “My Fair Lady” was written by Rodgers & Hammerstein. It was not. The book and lyrics were written by Alan Jay Lerner, and the music was composed by Frederick Loewe. See (here). Now you know what NOT to say whenever you [...]
My Favourite Unfinished Song
Thursday, 13 March, 2008
Sure, we all have our favourite songs. But do you have a favourite “unfinished” song? To me, the most beautiful unfinished song I’ve ever heard is the one in “My Fair Lady” where Freddy Eynsford-Hill sings: “Speak, and the world is full of singing, and I am winging higher than the birds, touch and my [...]
The Library@Esplanade
Wednesday, 18 April, 2007
The Library@Esplanade, Singapore’s first library dedicated to the performing arts, is truly a wonderful library. I’ve only recently been discovering the wonders of this library, with its fantastic collection of music scores and arts-related books. (Okay, now for some free publicity for the library…) For a small fee of S$21 a year (which works out to less than [...]
No One Does Professor Higgins Better Than Rex Harrison
Saturday, 13 January, 2007
So I caught My Fair Lady the musical at the Esplanade Theatre last night. I couldn’t miss it for the world, since My Fair Lady is one of my top 3 favourite Broadway musicals of all-time (together with Oklahoma! and The Sound of Music). … Background My Fair Lady is a 1956 musical based on [...]
