Shows · Du Barry Was a Lady
Du Barry Was a Lady
Opened 1939
408 performances
Musical, Early
Louis Blore, a washroom attendant at a swanky New York nightclub, is hopelessly in love with the club's star singer, May Daly. After winning the Irish Sweepstakes, Louis slips what he thinks is a Mickey Finn to his romantic rival but accidentally drinks it himself. He dreams he is King Louis XV at the court of Versailles, with May as his mistress Madame Du Barry, and the other nightclub characters as courtiers, but even in his fantasy, his love goes unrequited.
- Music
- Cole Porter
- Lyrics
- Cole Porter
- Book
- Herbert Fields, B.G. DeSylva
Productions4 productions: 1 on Broadway, 3 in the West End
Licensing 2 entries
| US | Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark | available |
| UK | Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark | available |
Du Barry Was a Lady is a Broadway musical, with music and lyrics by Cole Porter, and the book by Herbert Fields and Buddy DeSylva. The musical starred Bert Lahr, Ethel Merman and Betty Grable, and the song "Friendship" was one of the highlights. The musical was made into the 1943 Technicolor film Du Barry Was a Lady, starring Red Skelton, Lucille Ball, Gene Kelly, and Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra.
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