How many Broadway shows has Ethel Merman been in? Ethel Merman has appeared on Broadway in 19 shows. How many West End shows has Ethel Merman been in? Ethel Merman has not appeared in the West End ...

A powerhouse stage voice and theatrical personality, McKenzie's 1988 off-Broadway one-woman show, Ethel Merman's Broadway, became the longest-running one- woman show in theatrical history.

In “Call Me Madam,” the 1953 movie version of Irving Berlin’s hit musical, it was no secret that Ethel Merman was channeling a real person – a wealthy widow by the name of Perle Mesta, who, in the ...