Behold, a lady

In 1956, Broadway theatergoers were wowed by the delightful musical My Fair Lady, a satire on class and social perception. The musical was then adapted to the big screen in 1964 and has never left the public consciousness. The inspiration behind the musical was George Bernard Shaw's 1912 play, Pygmalion. In it, phoneticist Henry Higgins, on a bet, agrees to transform lowly flower girl Eliza Doolittle into a hotshot society lady. While Shaw's play was set in the early 1900s, and My Fair Lady in the '50s, the very basic idea of classism and sexism it discusses exists today—and the humor is just as pointed as during the productions' original runs. The nice thing about the play is that it delivers its cutting social commentary in a palatable way. Doolittle is a likeable character with her own ideas about what's going on, and how she'll respond. Pygmalion; 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 4 p.m. Sunday; $8-$16. Free Fall Stage at the Victory Life Church, 800 Reading Street in Folsom; www.freefallstage.com. Through March 1.