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Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope

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Don't Bother Me,
I Can't Cope
Original cast recording
MusicMicki Grant
LyricsMicki Grant
BookRevue
Productions1971: Washington, D. C.
1972: Broadway
1972: Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles
Awards1972: Outer Critics Circle Award

Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope is a musical revue first staged in 1971 with music, lyrics and book by Micki Grant.[1] It was originally produced by Edward Padula.

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Background and productions

The all-singing, all-dancing show focuses on the African-American experience with songs on such topics as tenements, slumlords, ghetto life, student protests, black power, and feminism. The music is a mixture of gospel, jazz, funk, soul, calypso, and soft rock.

The show had its first staging at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. from September 15 to October 10, 1971,[2] with subsequent stagings at the Locust and Walnut Street Theatres in Philadelphia.

The restaged Broadway production, directed by Vinnette Carroll and choreographed by George Faison, opened to acclaim on April 19, 1972, at the Playhouse Theatre, where it ran for two months before transferring to the Edison. It had a total run of 1065 performances. In his review of the opening night, Clive Barnes of The New York Times described it as "a mixture of a block party and a revival meeting" and wrote: "It is the unexpected that is the most delightful. Last night at the Playhouse Theater a new musical came clapping, stomping and stamping in. It is fresh, fun and black ...Black heroes such as Flip Wilson and Godfrey Cambridge, and even Bella Abzug and Ralph Nader are mentioned and the show makes wry mockery of the changing times and celebrates the rise of black aspiration and achievements ... the show is full of talent working together with a cohesion rarely encountered outside the dance world."[3] Time magazine theater critic T.E. Kalem also praised the show, writing: "all heaven breaks loose on stage. This is the kind of show at which you want to blow kisses."[4]

The cast included Micki Grant, Alex Bradford, Hope Clarke, and Arnold Wilkerson. With Vinnette Carroll as director, Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope became the first Broadway play to be directed by an African-American woman, and Micki Grant was the first woman to write both the music and lyrics to a Broadway musical.[5]

The 1972 Los Angeles production featured Paula Kelly.

An original cast recording was released on the Polydor label in 1972, produced by Jerry Ragovoy.[6][7]

In 2016 the York Theatre Company staged a limited engagement of Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope with 10 performances between February 27 and March 6.[4]

In July 2018, the show was revived in the Encores! Off-Center season at New York City Center, choreographed and directed by Savion Glover.[8][9][10]

Song list

  • "I Gotta Keep Movin'" (reprised at play's end)
  • "Harlem Streets"
  • "Lookin' Over from Your Side"
  • "Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope"
  • "Fighting for Pharaoh"
  • "Good Vibrations"
  • "You Think I Got Rhythm?"
  • "They Keep Coming"
  • "My Name Is Man"
  • "Love Power"
  • "Questions"
  • "It Takes a Whole Lot of Human Feeling"
  • "Time Brings About a Change"
  • "So Little Time"
  • "Thank Heaven for You"
  • "All I Need"

Awards and nominations

References

  1. ^ Grode, Eric (July 20, 2018). "A Buoyant '70s Musical About Black Lives Lands in 2018". The New York Times.
  2. ^ Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope (World Premiere), Ford's Theatre
  3. ^ Barnes, Clive (April 20, 1972), "Stage: 'Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope'", The New York Times.
  4. ^ a b "Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cop [sic] (York Theatre Company at Saint Peter's)", OffBroadway.com, February 2016. Archived from the original October 18, 2018.
  5. ^ Grode, Eric (July 20, 2018), "A Buoyant '70s Musical About Black Lives Lands in 2018", The New York Times.
  6. ^ Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope, Micki Grant. Polydor PD 6013, 1972.
  7. ^ "Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope (1972) | Original Broadway Soundtrack". Reelback.
  8. ^ Gordon, David (July 26, 2018), "Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope Is a Summertime Celebration", TheaterMania.
  9. ^ Green, Jesse (July 26, 2018), "Review: With Only Song and Dance, 'Don't Bother Me' Tells a Huge Story", The New York Times.
  10. ^ Herman, Donna (July 26, 2018), "Don't Bother Me I Can't Cope" (review), The Front Row Center.
  11. ^ "Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope". Centertheatregroup.org. 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-12-14.

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