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Among criteria for selection were length of run (all book musicals remaining over 500 performances are here), seminal importance, people involved, uniqueness of approach or subject matter, quality of the score, and general acceptance as a significant work in the field. Broadway revivals were included if they ran longer… book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-seventh-edition-stanley-green-cary-ginell#p7
Bradford, Alex Don’t Bother Me, I Can’t Cope book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-seventh-edition-stanley-green-cary-ginell#p397
Additional credits include The Connection, Don’t Bother Me, I Can’t Cope and Step Lively, Boy. book:the-broadway-design-roster-designers-and-their-credits-owen-bobbi-bibliographies#p489
Don’t Bother Me, I Can’t Cope had a run of 1,065 performances. book:the-best-musicals-from-show-boat-to-a-chorus-line-by-arthur-jackson-foreword-by-#p13
Micki Grant’s 1972 Don’t Bother Me, I Can’t Cope was a revue exploring inner-city African-American life. Musical numbers about ghetto life, black power and women’s rights spoke to a newly emerging market of hip, young ticket buyers. book:a-history-of-the-american-musical-theatre-no-business-like-nathaniel-hurwitz-tay#p221
Bubbling Brown Sugar may not have won any big prizes, but they each lasted over a year. Black musical theater was here to stay, and Purlie was one of the reasons why. book:b007l4owcu-ebok-peter-filichia#p94
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