| Call Me Madam | |
|---|---|
 Original Broadway Playbill | |
| Music | Irving Berlin |
| Lyrics | Irving Berlin |
| Book | Howard Lindsay Russel Crouse |
| Productions | 1950 Broadway 1952 West End 1953 Australia |
| Awards | Tony Award for Best Original Score |
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.