Along with drummer Shelley Manne and bass player Leroy Vinegar, he recorded the first jazz version of a Broadway score for My Fair Lady.

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LeKae, who was an understudy or swing in four other Broadway shows, is making her Broadway debut as a leading lady and said everything in her life has prepared her for the role.

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Garland worked with many stars of stage and film, including Rex Harrison on Broadway in a revival of My Fair Lady, about whom he also wrote a best-selling biography, The Incomparable Rex.

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Then starring in Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe's "My Fair Lady, " Ms. Andrews was the most thrilling new talent on Broadway.

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Clarke, a 25-year-old English beauty making her Broadway debut, says the costumes she wears are critical to get into the head of a young lady whose life is very much tied to her outward appearance.

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