Productions4 on Broadway
| 1939 | 46th Street Theatre Original. December 6, 1939 · Edgar MacGregor | 408 performances |
| 1942 | Transfer Theatre not recorded. | |
| 1993 | Transfer Theatre not recorded. | |
| 2002 | Her Majesty's Theatre Transfer. |
Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. West End runs are not yet held.
Licensing 2 entries
| US | Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark | available |
| UK | Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark | available |
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In the literature13 passages
The show was Du Barry Was a Lady (12/6/39; 408 performances), and Herbert collaborated with producer B. G. De Sylva on the hilarious book. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p189
_Du Barry Was a Lady (12/6/39; 408 performances) was the singer’s next Broadway outing. Cole Porter supplied the lively score, and La Merm, as she was dubbed, was ably supported by co-stars Bert Lahr and the young Betty Grable. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p368
CoLe Porter returned to the 46th Street Theatre with a zany show, Du Barry Was a Lady (12/6/39; 408 performances). Du Barry, the story of a washroom attendant who falls asleep on the job and dreams he is Louis XV, starred Bert Lahr and ErHEL MERMAN and featured Betty Grable, Benny Baker, Ronald Graham, Adele Jergens, a… book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p454
Du Barry Was a Lady (1939). and Foxy (1964), you might chuckle once or twice. but in reality they were funny for the same reason that Sugar was—they were excellent vehicles for Bobby Clark, Eddie Cantor, and Bert Lahr, brilliant clowns all. book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p201
Friendship Cole Porter Cole Porter Du Barry Was a Lady 1939 book:encyclopedia-of-theatre-music-a-comprehensive-listing-of-lewine-richard-simon-al#p54
Lyric discontent prompted Lahr to rewrite several of Cole Porter's lines for "It Ain't Etiquette" in Du Barry Was a Lady (1939). book:showtime-a-history-of-the-broadway-musical-theatre-larry-stempel#p250
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