'My Fair Lady' sparkles at Welk Resort

Elizabeth Youngman-Westphal

Special to the Village News

First introduced as a drama in 1912, George Bernard Shaw’s play “Pygmalion” exposes the class distinctions between the British aristocracy and everyone else at the turn of the century.

In 1956, the play was transformed into a musical by Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe when they created the magical theatrical experience we all know today as "My Fair Lady."

Joshua Carr is The Welk’s theatre manager and resident producer. Again he has garnered a first-class team of professionals that inspire the audience to weep for poor Freddie’s broken hear...