HAPPY 108th BIRTHDAY, ALAN JAY LERNER
Alan Jay Lerner (1918–1986).August 31, 2026: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler.One of the most colorful of men, Alan Jay Lerner was a librettist and lyricist from the golden age of the American musical (My Fair Lady and Camelot) with a penchant for theatricality that fit him like the white gloves he often wore to prevent him from chewing his cuticles until they bled. He was a mixture of many things: erud…