 "Lolita, My Love" was initiated by Lerner, the well-known lyricist of "My Fair Lady" and other major hits, who recruited Barry to write the score.Nabokov, who had several times refused to allow adaptations of his novel, stated that "Mr. Lerner is a most talented and excellent classicist.If you have to make a musical version of "Lolita", he is the one to do it."