Few musicals have transcended time in the way of “My Fair Lady.” The show, originally based on the George Bernard Shaw play “Pygmalion,” has been adapted to film many times (most famously in 1964 with Audrey Hepburn as Eliza Doolittle) and began its run as a stage musical in 1956.
The world has changed a great deal since 1913, when Shaw’s (non-musical) play opened on stage in Vienna, but the present- day touring company of “My Fair Lady” has returned to what Shaw originally envisioned for his story.
“It’s really more of a return of what George Bernard Shaw had in mind with ‘Pygmalion,’” said John Adkison, who plays the courteous and distinguished Colonel Pickering in this tour. “He was outspoken about women’s rights, particularly the Suffrage Movement, which was going on in his country at the time.”
