Call Me Madam

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Call Me Madam is a 1950 Broadway musical comedy, with music and lyrics by Irving Berlin, that satirizes American politics and diplomacy through the story of a brash Washington socialite-turned-ambassador.

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instanceOf Broadway musical
musical comedy
adaptedAs 1953 film Call Me Madam
award Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
awardRecipient Ethel Merman
basedOn Perle Mesta
bookBy Howard Lindsay
Russel Crouse
broadwayClosingYear 1952
broadwayOpeningTheatre Imperial Theatre
broadwayOpeningYear 1950
broadwayRunLength over 600 performances
centralTheme U.S. foreign aid
satire of political patronage
social climbing
character Sally Adams
composer Irving Berlin
countryOfOrigin United States
filmAdaptationReleaseYear 1953
filmAdaptationStar Ethel Merman
genre musical comedy
satire
hasAmbassadorProtagonist true
hasType political satire
inspiredBy Perle Mesta
language English
lyricist Irving Berlin
musicStyle Tin Pan Alley
notableRevival Encores! concert production at New York City Center
linked to: Encores!
notableSong Can You Use Any Money Today?
It’s a Lovely Day Today
The Hostess with the Mostes’ on the Ball
You’re Just in Love
orchestrator Don Walker
Robert Russell Bennett
originalBroadwayChoreographer Jerome Robbins
originalBroadwayDirector George Abbott
originalLeadActress Ethel Merman
period Golden Age of Broadway
placeOfPremiere Broadway
New York City
premiereDate 1950
producer Leland Hayward
setting Washington, D.C.
fictional European country
subjectMatter American politics
diplomacy

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Donald O'Connor notableWork Call Me Madam
Ethel Merman notableWork Call Me Madam
Ethel Merman awardReceivedFor Call Me Madam
Vera-Ellen notableWork Call Me Madam
Howard Lindsay notableWork Call Me Madam (book for the musical)
linked to: Call Me Madam
Howard Lindsay hasBroadwayCredit Call Me Madam (original Broadway production)
linked to: Call Me Madam
Israel Baline wroteForStage Call Me Madam
Howard Lindsay notableWork Call Me Madam
Dania Krupska notableWork Call Me Madam
Leland Hayward notableWork Call Me Madam
Chita Rivera notableWork Call Me Madam
George Abbott notableWork Call Me Madam
Russel Crouse notableWork Call Me Madam
Keith Andes theaterWork Call Me Madam
Ethel Agnes Zimmermann notableWork Call Me Madam
Sally Adams appearsIn Call Me Madam
subject linked to: Sally Adams in Call Me Madam
Sally Adams createdForWork Call Me Madam
subject linked to: Sally Adams in Call Me Madam
Elaine Stritch performedIn Call Me Madam
Vera-Ellen Westmeier Rohe notableWork Call Me Madam
Jerome Robbins' Broadway includesWork Call Me Madam
Xaviera Hollander columnTitle Call Me Madam