This is an update of George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion" that changes the genders of the main characters. Hannah Higgins attempts to turn blue-collar Boston beer vendor Elliot Doolittle into a viable candidate and inadvertently learns something of Elliot's side of life.
Acting
David Walton's working-class charm saves every predictable beat.
Writing
Shaw's bones still work, even in this fluffy adaptation.
Director
John Gray
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This gender-flipped Pygmalion arrived the same year as My Fair Lady's 50th anniversary, quietly asking why Higgins must always be male.
David Walton improvised several of Elliot's malapropisms; the 'irregardless' debate scene was entirely his.
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