Alan Jay Lerner
Alan Jay Lerner wrote some of America's best loved and enduring stage and movie musicals with Frederick Loewe over a period of more than 25 years: Life of the Party, What's Up, The Day Before Spring, Brigadoon, Paint Your Wagon, My Fair Lady, Camelot and Gigi. He also wrote Love Life with Kurt Weill, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever and Carmelina with Burton Lane, Coco with Andre Previn, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue with Leonard Bernstein and Dance a Little Closer with Charles Strouse.
Date of Birth: August 31, 1918
Date of Death: June 14, 1986 (67)
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Alan Jay Lerner wrote some of America's best loved and enduring stage and movie musicals with Frederick Loewe over a period of more than 25 years: Life of the Party, What's Up, The Day Before Spring, Brigadoon, Paint Your Wagon, My Fair Lady, Camelot and Gigi. He also wrote Love Life with Kurt Weill, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever and Carmelina with Burton Lane, Coco with Andre Previn, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue with Leonard Bernstein and Dance a Little Closer with Charles Strouse. He wrote the libretto and/or lyrics for the following films: An American in Paris, Gigi, The Little Prince, Royal Wedding and film versions of his plays. He wrote two books: The Street Where I Live and The Musical Theatre: A Celebration. During his life he received multiple Tonys, Oscars, Grammys and Golden Globes and a Kennedy Center Honor. Mr. Lerner died in 1986.
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Making MY FAIR LADY @ NMSU THEATRE ARTS My Fair Lady - OPENS 4.26.19 Book and Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner Music by Frederick Loewe Directed by Larissa Lury Musical Direction by Christa Fredrickson
From: Photo Flash: The Making of MY FAIR LADY At NMSU Theatre Arts/American Southwest Theatre Company
Making MY FAIR LADY @ NMSU THEATRE ARTS My Fair Lady OPENS 4.26.19 @ NMSU Theatre Arts Department - NMSU Theatre Arts/American Southwest Theatre Company Book and Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner Music by
From: Photo Flash: The Making of MY FAIR LADY At NMSU Theatre Arts/American Southwest Theatre Company
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Videos
Video: Watch Kelli O'Hara, Adrienne Warren & More Perform at America 250 Special
by Josh Sharpe - 2026-07-06 11:02:34
Video: In Rehearsals for MY FAIR LADY at Chichester Festival Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - 2026-06-23 15:44:16
MY FAIR LADY Trailer Released for Hale Centre Theatre's New Production
by Robert Diamond - 2026-06-07 11:50:52
Video: Danielle Fiamanya and Louis Gaunt Sing 'Almost Like Being in Love' From BRIGADOON
by Chloe Rabinowitz - 2025-07-30 11:47:05
Video: Ali Ewoldt, Ken Wulf Clarke & Emmett O’Hanlon Rehearse for CAMELOT at Barrington Stage Company
by Nicole Rosky - 2025-06-24 12:41:52
Video: Watch John Edwards Sing 'Love Song' in Encores! LOVE LIFE at New York City Center
by Michael Major - 2025-03-31 11:01:44
Video: Watch Kate Baldwin Sing 'Mr. Right' from Encores! LOVE LIFE
by Team BWW - 2025-03-29 10:57:44
Video: Hear the Encores! Orchestra Rehearse LOVE LIFE at New York City Center
by Michael Major - 2025-03-04 15:59:12
VIDEO: First Look At Contemporary Production of MY FAIR LADY in Austria
by Joshua Wright - 2024-07-24 10:32:13
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by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 28, 2026
54 Below will host a lineup of performers including Britani Bateman with Lagoona Bloo, Claybourne Elder, Charles Busch, Ute Lemper, Linda Eder, Orfeh, and Jeanna de Waal, alongside a Frank Sinatra tribute concert and other cabaret acts.
by Marissa Faith Curley - Aug 25, 2026
54 BELOW, is set to presents a cast of Harvard and Yale grads and current students in The Eleventh Annual Harvard-Yale Cantata. This show is a competition of Harvard alumni vs. Yale alumni, as performers and writers.
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 24, 2026
Annika Low, Julian Mone, Olivia DeFilippo and more will star in Brigadoon on the River/In the Park, featuring free performances in Sutton Place Park and Central Park this September.
by Nicole Rosky - Aug 16, 2026
San Francisco’s acclaimed Merola Opera Program, one of the world’s most prestigious opera training programs, will close its 2026 Summer Festival with the annual Merola Grand Finale. This electrifying performance showcases tomorrow’s opera superstars in an evening of arias, ensembles, and scenes spanning both beloved classics and bold contemporary repertoire onstage at San Francisco’s glittering War Memorial Opera House.
by Joshua Wright - Jul 31, 2026
Chichester Festival Theatre shared a new trailer for its summer staging of My Fair Lady, currently running in the Festival Theatre for a limited engagement.
by Roy Berko - Aug 11, 2026
In order to create authentic dances for Pothouse’s BRIGADOON, if social media pictures can be trusted, during rehearsals Martin Céspedes, the shows choreographer, wore a kilt. The results are the captivating visual movements that light up the stage.
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 24, 2026
Claybourne Elder, currently starring in the Off-Broadway revival of LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, released his debut album 'If the Stars Were Mine' on vinyl via Center Stage Records, with upcoming concerts at 54 Below.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 23, 2026
The Museum of Broadway will extend the special exhibit Craft of Broadway Puppetry. The exhibit explores the making of beloved puppets such as the animals from Life of Pi, Pudgy from Boop! The Musical, and Olaf from Disney’s Frozen.
by Stephi Wild - Jul 16, 2026
San Francisco's Merola Opera Program, one of the world's most prestigious opera training programs, will close its 2026 Summer Festival with the annual Merola Grand Finale.
by Josh Sharpe - Jul 6, 2026
Tony winners Kelli O'Hara, Adrienne Warren, and Michael Feinstein all gathered to perform this past weekend in America Made in Virginia: 250 Years Together. Watch the full special now.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 23, 2026
Step into the rehearsal room and meet some of the cast for My Fair Lady, coming to the Festival Theatre for the very first time this summer! Tickets from just £15, playing for a strictly limited run.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 22, 2026
Jazz vocalist and songwriter Stevie Holland, who recently released her new album Talk to Your Tomatoes – will perform a celebratory New York summer concert at 54 Below.
by Nicole Rosky - Jul 4, 2026
Summer is here and there is no better time of year to soak up the sun and dive into a new book. You're in luck, because Broadway's best have put pen to paper to turn out theatre page-turners of every kind. From theatre biographies to theatre fiction; theatre books for kids to theatre history; check out our collection of 22 new Broadway books for every theatre lover's Summer 2026 reading list.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 11, 2026
Composer/lyricist Maury Yeston – who recently celebrated his landmark 80th birthday – will join author Joshua Rosenblum and theater journalist Peter Filichia at the Leonard Nimoy Thalia at Symphony Space.
by Robert Diamond - Jun 7, 2026
Hale Centre Theatre is staging MY FAIR LADY on its Centre Stage, featuring the Lerner and Loewe score and classic story of Eliza Doolittle. Tickets are selling fast for the limited run.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 29, 2026
The Tony Awards Administration Committee presented the 2026 Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre to four outstanding contributors to the Broadway industry - 1/52 Project, Jake Bell, Kenn Lubin, and Loren Plotkin. Watch their acceptance speeches here!
by Joshua Wright - May 26, 2026
John W. Engeman Theater has released first look footage of CAMELOT, Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe's beloved classic, now playing through June 28, 2026 at the theater's Main Stage in Northport, New York.
by Stephi Wild - May 26, 2026
Olivier Award winner Nathaniel Parker, known for Wolf Hall and The Inspector Lynley Mysteries, will star as Professor Henry Higgins in Opera Australia and John Frost's 70th Anniversary season of MY FAIR LADY, completing the musical's cast.
by Tyler Hinton - May 24, 2026
MY FAIR LADY on Hale Centre Theatre’s Centre Stage in Sandy is a pleasurably gratifying new exploration of a classic.
by Shari Barrett - May 16, 2026
I spoke with Chicago born, Brooklyn-based director/choreographer Katie Spelman about her focus on the unique blend of fantasy, Golden Age musical style, and deep romantic themes of Lerner & Loewe’s Brigadoon she is helming at the Pasadena Playhouse.
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Alan Jay Lerner has written 22 shows including What's Up (Bookwriter), The Day Before Spring (Bookwriter/Lyricist), Brigadoon (Bookwriter), Love Life (Bookwriter/Lyricist), Paint Your Wagon (Bookwriter/Lyricist), My Fair Lady (Bookwriter), Camelot (Bookwriter), On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (Bookwriter), Coco (Bookwriter/Lyricist), Lolita, My Love (Bookwriter/Lyricist), Berlin to Broadway with Kurt Weill (Lyricist), Gigi (Bookwriter), 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue (Bookwriter/Lyricist), Carmelina (Bookwriter), Lerner and Loewe: A Very Special Evening (Lyricist), Dance a Little Closer (Bookwriter/Lyricist), Barbara Cook's Broadway! (Lyricist), Here Lies Jenny (Lyricist), Here Lies Jenny (Lyricist), LoveMusik (Lyricist), Gigi (Lyricist), The Late Great Me: An Evening With Alan Jay Lerner (Lyricist).
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre (Tony Awards) for Carmelina , Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre (Tony Awards) for Gigi , Best Conductor and Musical Director (Tony Awards) for On a Clear Day You Can See Forever Best Musical (New York Drama Critics Circle Awards) for My Fair Lady and Best Musical (New York Drama Critics Circle Awards) for Brigadoon .
Alan Jay Lerner has won several awards throughout his career. He won the Tony Award for Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre for the musical "Gigi." Additionally, he received the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Musical for both "My Fair Lady" and "Brigadoon." These accolades recognize Lerner's talent and contributions to the Broadway industry.
