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Call Me Madam is a Broadway musical written by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse, with music and lyrics by Irving Berlin. The musical is a satire on politics and foreign policy that spoofs postwar America's penchant for lending billions of dollars to needy countries.
Synopsis. Sally Adams is the “hostess with the mostest”! Her parties in Washington are legendary and her money is desired by everyone. When President Harry Truman appoints her as ambassador to the small, fictitious European nation of Lichtenburg, she takes everyone by surprise.
Sep 20, 2021 · Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ . Whereas the open air in Regent’s Park is reaching the final week of its resolutely modern reimagining of the classic musical Carousel, Upstairs at the Gatehouse is treating us to a most faithful revival of another Golden Age musical: Irving Berlin’s Call Me Madam.
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The action of this play, according to the authors, is laid in the two mythical countries of Lichtenburg and the United States of America, and tells the story of Sally Adams, an exuberant, wealthy widow appointed Madam Ambassador to the Grand Duchy. Her outrageous lack of knowledge of etiquette and tradition makes most amusing entertainment. Sally A...
Sally Adams, Washington's "hostess with the mostes'," is named Ambassador to the Grand Duchy of Lichtenburg - a tiny kingdom steeped in royal custom and rapidly changing coalition governments. Kenneth Gibson, an eager young diplomat, is assigned to be her aide. True to her almost total disrespect for protocol, Sally arrives late in Lichtenburg. The...
6 men, 3 women, (20 speaking parts, 8 principals), chorus Four principal dancers. Several ocarina players. Separate singing and dancing choruses. Total cast, 30-45.
2 acts, 13 scenes, 5 full stage sets, 3 drop sets, which are a series of painted cloth panels rather than 1-piece drops, and 1 partial stage set (Sally's sitting room in Lichtenburg). ACT I ACT II
The mid-1950's in two mythical countries; one is called Lichtenburg, the other the United States of America:
Feb 7, 2019 · This 1950 musical has some charming numbers, but without a monster personality at its center it seems like less of a comedy than a requiem.
- February 8, 2019
Feb 7, 2019 · The answer is: Kinda well. The new Call Me Madam satisfactorily delivers what they used to call a good old-fashioned musical, with sly cracks from the jokebook interrupted by a parade of brightly tuneful but not especially relevant songs.
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Call Me Madam follows the story of Sally Adams, a charismatic and eccentric socialite appointed as the U.S. ambassador to fictional Lichtenburg. As Sally navigates the diplomatic challenges of her new position, she brings her lively personality to the political scene.
