Biography: American pop lyricist and librettist from the 1940s through the 1960s, Alan Jay Lerner had many movie musical and Broadway successes with songwriting partner Frederick Loewe, including their first hit, Brigadoon, and their biggest hit, My Fair Lady. Lerner was born in N.Y.C. in 1918 into a wealthy family; ...Read full biography
Alan Jay Lerner's turn at the Lyrics and Lyricists series at the 92nd Street Y in New York in December 1971 was a musical theater insider's dream, as Lerner told stories about the development of songs ...Read full review