[4] Mary Martin made her Broadway debut in this musical,[5][6] which introduced the songs "Get Out of Town" and "My Heart Belongs to Daddy."

[7] The choreography was by Robert Alton, costumes by Raoul Pene du Bois, set by Albert Johnson, and Ernest K. Gann was the General Manager.

The cast featured William Gaxton, Victor Moore, Sophie Tucker, Mary Martin, Tamara Drasin, and Alexander Asro.

[8] The original production ended with the appearance of Joseph Stalin, who led a final dance to the Soviet anthem The Internationale.

The job was secured for him by his social-climbing wife, Leora, who helped to fund Franklin Roosevelt's re-election campaign.

Each time he ends up being hailed as a hero (in a parody of diplomatic speak, the British ambassador says "Britain views your deed [kicking the Nazi] with pride and alarm, congratulates and condemns you, and will now perform its breathtaking triple loop, suspended by a single wire, sitting in a tub of water.").

She slowly takes off her furs to admirers as she sings of her flirtations, but insists "My Heart Belongs to Daddy", referring to her "sweet millionaire" sugar-daddy.

The ambassador finally resolves to give up his tricks and tries to promote good relations between the United States and the Soviet Union; however his sincere attempts to improve matters now go disastrously wrong.

Appearing in a scene at a railway station, she did "a mock strip tease while removing her ermine wraps, and all the while chanting in a baby voice, 'My Heart Belongs to Daddy.'