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Trivia & History

Irving Berlin wrote additional songs for a television production in 1967 but it was never produced.

The Playbill distributed at each performance humorously noted that "neither the character of Mrs. Sally Adams nor Miss Ethel Merman resemble any person living or dead."

Merman had announced she was interested in playing a dramatic role in her next project.  As the work progressed, Merman conceded she would be willing to sing two or three songs, but eventually accepted the fact she was going to star in a full-scale musical comedy instead of the drama she preferred.

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