About the Show

Shaw’s classic comedy where a flower girl transforms a professor—and herself—in unexpected ways.

George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion, the inspiration for My Fair Lady, is a witty and heart-filled comedy that explores identity, transformation, and the clash between intellect and emotion. When a renowned phonetics professor bets he can turn a rough-around-the-edges Cockney flower seller into a refined duchess through education, the experiment quickly evolves beyond language. As the lessons unfold, the student challenges the teacher, forcing him to confront his own emotional limitations. Both a sharp critique of Britain’s rigid class system and a powerful reflection on women’s independence, Pygmalion remains a timeless reminder to live fully—with both mind and heart engaged.

Critic Reviews (6)

"The additions largely fall flat and create a lumbering show that doesn’t satisfy comedically or otherwise."
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"Even with its oddities, this revival is good enough to exist without extra fussing."
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"David Staller’s amusingly tinkered with Pygmalion is as fair as can be. It’s a good guess Shaw would have benevolently smiled on it."
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"the interruptions by the gods and goddesses are mostly extraneous and break the tempo"
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David Staller alters Pygmalion but not its truth.
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"The humor falls flat, the acting is inconsistent, and the movement is too stagnant."
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