Show Plot Call Me Madam

Author: Music and Lyrics: Irving Berlin, Book: Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse

Time Period: Postwar America, set specifically during the Truman administration (circa late 1940s to early 1950s).

Setting: The story switches between Washington D.C. and the fictional Grand Duchy of Lichtenburg (a mythical European country)

Summary: Call Me Madam is a hit 1950 Broadway musical and 1953 film that satirizes American foreign policy and postwar politics. It follows a boisterous Washington D.C. socialite appointed as ambassador to a fictional European country, where her undiplomatic charm leads to political mishaps and romantic complications.