Call Me Madam

Having originally opened in 1950 at the Imperial Theatre, Call Me Madam was denied by the authors and producers to have been loosely based on Mrs. Perle Mesta, whom President Truman had sent to Luxembourg as ambassador and had been known as one of Washington’s famous hostesses. With music and lyrics by Irving Berlin and book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse, this four-time Tony Award-winning musical sends Washington socialite Sally Adams abroad to try her hand at international affairs. James Brennan directs and choreographs this production.