Du Barry Was a Lady

• Original Broadway Production (1939)
  New York, NY
• National Tour (1940)
• London Production (1942)
  London, England
• Film Version (1943)
• Goodspeed Production (1974)
  East Haddam, CT
• Grant Park Concert Revival (1990)
  Chicago, IL
• Lost Musicals Concert (1993)
  London, England
• Encores! Concert (1996)
  New York, NY
• Lost Musicals Concert (2001)
  London, England

Click on the title for info on the song.

Original score

• Where's Louie?
  • aka Opening (Where's Louie?) [no note]
• Ev'ry Day a Holiday
  • aka Every Day a Holiday [no note]
• It Ain't Etiquette
• When Love Beckoned
  • aka When Love Beckoned (in Fifty-Second Street) [no note]
• Come On In
• Dream Song
• Mesdames and Messieurs
  • aka Mesdames et Messieurs [no note]
• Gavotte
• But in the Morning, No!
  • aka But In the Morning, No [no note]
• Do I Love You
  • aka Do I Love You? [no note]
• Danse Victoire
• Danse Erotique
  • aka Rhythm Dance [no note]
• Du Barry Was a Lady
• Danse Tzigane
  • aka Dance Tzigane [no note]
• Give Him the Oo-la-la
• Well, Did You Evah!
  • aka Well Did You Evah? [no note]
  • aka Well, Did You Evah? [no note]
• It Was Written in the Stars
• L'Apres Midi D'un Boeuf
• Katie Went to Haiti
• Zombie Dance
• Friendship

Cut during rehearsals

• What Have I?

Unused

• In the Big Money

Added to 1943 film version

• Du Barry Was a Lady
• I Love an Esquire Girl
• Ladies of the Bath
• Madame, I Like Your Crepes Suzette
• Salome
  • aka Salome [no note]
• Rise! Rise!
• Thinking of You
• Cigarette, Sweet Music and You, A
• Sleepy Lagoon
• You Are My Sunshine
• I'm Getting Sentimental Over You
• We'll Get It

Nightclub washroom attendant Louis Blore is smitten with singer May Daly, who prefers dancer Alec Howe. After Louis accidentally drinks a drugged concoction, he dreams he is Louis XV and May is Madame du Barry, while Alec becomes a dashing rival at court. In the Versailles fantasy, jealous schemes, mistaken identities, and palace intrigues mirror their modern entanglements. When Louis awakens, the dream clarifies his real-world heartaches, paving the way for the couples to sort out their affections with wit, showbiz sparkle, and a final dose of common sense.

• DuBarry Was a Lady (alternate spelling)