My Fair Lady At the first preview Rex Harrison, who was unaccustomed to singing in front of a live orchestra, "announced that under no circumstances would he go on that night...with those thirty-two interlopers in the pit". He locked himself in his dressing room and came out little more than an hour before curtain time. The whole company had been dismissed but were recalled, and opening night was a success. "My Fair Lady" then played for four weeks at the Erlanger Theatre in Philadelphia, beginning on February 15, 1956. The musical premiered on Broadway March 15, 1956, at the Mark Hellinger Theatre in
Elvis Presley on film and television returns of those two films became the justification for ignoring Presley's wishes and limiting him to the more profitable musical format. Presley became bitter that his hopes for dramatic roles were not coming to fruition, stating that "Clambake" was his worst film. He began to complain about the deteriorating quality of the films and his belief that his manager's objectives were more monetary than anything else. At the expiration of all studio contracts, he returned to live entertaining. The two concert documentaries "" in 1970 and "Elvis on Tour" in 1972 were the final theatrical releases for Presley. Elvis Presley