The classic musical “My Fair Lady” comes with baggage, and not just the oversized handbag and flower baskets you associate with the show’s street-peddler heroine Eliza Doolittle. The musical by ...

For Americans, British accents are a source of endless amusement. For Brits, they are a problem — because, for better or worse, the various dialects of the British Isles speak volumes about its ...

Given that Eliza requires a gleaming lyric soprano rather than serious dance chops, I was fascinated to learn that Smith originally had serious ballerina ambitions, going as far as studying at ...