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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. It centers on Sally Adams, a well-meaning but ill-informed socialite widow, who is appointed United States Ambassador to the fictional European country of "Lichtenburg". Signs in Lichtenburg are written in German, and inhabitants wear traditional Bavarian costume. While there, she charms the local gentry, especially Cosmo Constantine, while her press attaché Kenneth Gibson falls in love with Princess Maria of Lichtenburg.
1950 Broadway
Call Me Madam the Musical Songs with Lyrics
Act I
1. Mrs. Sally Adams
2. The Hostess With the Mostes' on the Ball
3. Washington Square Dance
4. Lichtenburg
5. Can You Use Any Money Today?
6. Marrying For Love
7. The Ocarina
8. It's a Lovely Day Today
9. The Best Thing for You (Would Be Me)
Act II
1. Lichtenburg (Reprise)
2. Something To Dance About
3. Once Upon a Time Today
4. They Like Ike
5. You're Just in Love
6. The Best Thing for You (Would Be Me) (Reprise)
7. It's a Lovely Day Today (Reprise)
8. Mrs. Sally Adams (Reprise)
9. Finale
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