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
The Great Songs from "My Fair Lady" and Other Broadway Hits spring of 1964, "The Academy Award-Winning "Call Me Irresponsible" and Other Hit Songs from the Movies". This same pairing was also released as two albums on one CD by Sony Music Distribution in 2000. The Collectables CD was included in a box set entitled "Classic Album Collection, Vol. 1", which contains 17 of his studio albums and three compilations and was released on June 26, 2001. "Billboard" magazine wrote, "A sure-fire winner results from the combination of Andy Williams and selections from "My Fair Lady" during the season when the Warner Bros. film treatment of the Broadway hit musical will