Du Barry Was a Lady

Du Barry Was a Lady
1939 original Broadway production playbill cover
MusicCole Porter
LyricsCole Porter
BookHerbert Fields and Buddy DeSylva
Productions1939 Broadway
1942 West End
1993 and 2001 London staged concert
1996 Encores!

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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