musical DuBarry Was a Lady

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DuBarry Was a Lady is a 1939 Broadway musical comedy with music and lyrics by Cole Porter, known for its zany plot involving a nightclub hat-check man who dreams he is King Louis XV and for introducing several classic Porter songs.

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DuBarry Was a Lady (score) 1
musical DuBarry Was a Lady canonical 1

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instanceOf Broadway musical ⓘ
musical comedy ⓘ
basedOn characters of Louis XV and Madame du Barry ⓘ
broadwayClosingDate 1941-12-12 ⓘ
broadwayOpeningDate 1939-12-06 ⓘ
broadwayOriginalOrchestraConductor Al Goodman ⓘ
broadwayTheatre 46th Street Theatre ⓘ
composer Cole Porter ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
filmAdaptationStudio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
filmAdaptationYear 1943 ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate 1939-12-06 ⓘ
genre Broadway musical ⓘ
musical comedy ⓘ
hasAdaptation Du Barry Was a Lady (1943 film) ⓘ
linked to: DuBarry Was a Lady
knownFor introducing several classic Cole Porter songs ⓘ
zany plot involving a nightclub hat-check man who dreams he is King Louis XV ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Cole Porter ⓘ
lyricsBy Cole Porter ⓘ
musicBy Cole Porter ⓘ
musicGenre show tunes ⓘ
notableSong Do I Love You? ⓘ
Friendship ⓘ
Katie Went to Haiti ⓘ
Well, Did You Evah! ⓘ
orchestrationBy Robert Russell Bennett ⓘ
Ted Royal ⓘ
originalBroadwayChoreographer Robert Alton ⓘ
originalBroadwayDirector Vincente Minnelli ⓘ
originalBroadwayProducer B. F. Keith – Albee Theatre Circuit ⓘ
linked to: B. F. Keith
originalBroadwayStar Bert Lahr ⓘ
Betty Grable ⓘ
Ethel Merman ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
placeOfPremiere 46th Street Theatre ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
plotSummary A nightclub hat-check man dreams he is King Louis XV at the French court with his friends in transformed roles. ⓘ
premiereYear 1939 ⓘ
setting New York nightclub ⓘ
court of Louis XV ⓘ
subjectMatter King Louis XV ⓘ
linked to: Louis XV of France

Madame du Barry ⓘ
time travel dream ⓘ
totalBroadwayPerformances 408 ⓘ

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Well, Did You Evah! → firstPerformanceContext → musical DuBarry Was a Lady ⓘ
Do I Love You? → partOf → DuBarry Was a Lady (score) ⓘ
linked to: musical DuBarry Was a Lady