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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Ethel Merman → notableWork → Call Me Madam ⓘ
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Vera-Ellen → notableWork → Call Me Madam ⓘ
Howard Lindsay → notableWork → Call Me Madam (book for the musical) ⓘ
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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 ⓘ
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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 ⓘ
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