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LyricistBook Writer 1902–1967

James Mercer Langston Hughes (February 1, 1901 – May 22, 1967) was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin, Missouri. An early innovator of jazz poetry, Hughes is best known as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance. Growing up in the Midwest, Hughes became a prolific writer at an early age. He moved to New York City as a young man, where he made his career. He studied at Columbia University in New York City. Although he dropped out, he gained notice from New York publishers, first in The Crisis magazine and then from book publishers, subsequently becoming known in the Harlem creative community. His first poetry collection, The Weary Blues, was publishe…

Also credited on2 works

Street Scene
Simply Heavenly

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  • In Langston Hughes’s and Kurt Weill’s Street Scene, Anna Maurrant spends almost as much time exploring her life and musing about why things never worked out for her and why she needed an extra-marital love affair to take away the ‘greyness’ from her existence. Her soliloquy is called ‘Somehow I Never Could Believe’, and it fills a void th…ebooks/Citron, Stephen/Musical From the Inside Out, The - Stephen Citron.txt
  • Langston Hughes’s drama Mulatto opened at the Vanderbilt Theatre on October 24, 1935; with a run of 375 performances, it became Broadway’s longest-running nonmusical by a black playwright.ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Based on the short stories “Simple Takes a Wife” and “Simple Speaks His Mind” by Langston Hughes (as well as other stories in his Simple series).ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • The song list is taken from the published score and the program of the original 1947 production; unless otherwise noted, all lyrics by Langston Hughes.ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Act Two: “Catch Me If You Can” (Children’s Game) (lyric by Langston Hughes and Elmer Rice) (Richard Clemence, Lynn Taussig, Michael Mann, Children); “There’ll Be Trouble” (Trio) (lyric by Langston Hughes and Elmer Rice) (William Chapman, Wilma Spence, Helena Scott); “A Boy Like You” (William Spence); “We’ll Go Away Together” (Duet) (David…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • That Anderson was initially involved in the adaptation of Elmer Rice’s play Street Scene before Rice and Langston Hughes replaced him on Weill’s creative team no doubt reflects the keen interest he and his good friend and neighbor shared in working together in the musical theater and tackling socially committed topics. For their next proj…ebooks/Hinton, Stephen/Weill's Musical Theater_ Stages of Reform - Stephen Hinton.txt

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