Don't Bother Me, I Cant Cope (1972) | Original Broadway Soundtrack (Full)

top Sountrack LP of Broadway show directed by Vinnette Carrooll. Presented for Historical Reference.


A1 –Alex Bradford And Company* I Gotta Keep Movin'
A2 –Bobby Hill (2) And Company* Harlem Streets / Lookin' Over From Your Side
A3 –Entire Company* Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope
A4 –Alex Bradford, Bobby Hill (2), Alberta Bradford, Charles Campbell Fighting For Pharoah
A5 –Alex Bradford And Company* Good Vibrations
You Think I Got Rhythm / They Keep Coming / My Name Is Man
A6.1 –Entire Company* You Think I Got Rhythm
A6.2 –Entire Company* They Keep Coming
A6.3 –Arnold Wilkerson And Company* My Name Is Man
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B1 –Bobby Hill (2), Hope Clarke (2) And Company* Love Power
B2 –Micki Grant Questions
B3 –Micki Grant It Takes A Whole Lot Of Human Feeling
B4 –Arnold Wilkerson, Micki Grant And Company* You Think I Got Rhythm? / Time Brings About Change
B5 –Micki Grant So Little Time
B6 –Bobby Hill (2), Micki Grant Thank Heaven For You
All I Need / I Gotta Keep Movin' (Reprise)
B7.1 –Alberta Bradford And Company* All I Need
B7.2 –Micki Grant, Alex Bradford And Company* I Gotta Keep Movin' (Reprise)
Credits
Art Direction – Ron Nackman
Directed By – Vinnette Carroll
Liner Notes – Edward Padula
Photography By – Friedman-Abeles
Producer – Jerry Ragavoy*
Written-By – Micki Grant

From Wikipedia:

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

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. in 1971, with subsequent stagings at the Locust and Walnut Street Theatres in Philadelphia. The Broadway production, directed by Vinnette Carroll and choreographed by George Faison, opened 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. The cast included Grant, Alex Bradford, Hope Clarke, and Arnold Wilkerson. It was the first Broadway play to be directed by an African-American woman. Time Magazine theatre critic T. E. Kalem praised the show, writing: "This is the kind of show at which you want to blow kisses." The Los Angeles production featured Paula Kelly.

An original cast recording was released on the Polydor label, produced by Jerry Ragovoy.

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