Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope National Tour Schedule & Production History

Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope Show Information

Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope is a musical revue with music and lyrics 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.

Opening:	September 16, 1976
Closing:	December 12, 1976
Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope Theatre Schedule:	Keppel Auditorium (Salisbury, NC, ) 9/16/1976 - 9/16/1976
Production Type:	Original Production
Run Type:	Open Run
Market:	US Tour
Intermissions:	1
Show type	Musical

Other Productions of Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope

1972	Broadway	Original Broadway Production Broadway
1976	Boston	Boston Production Boston
1976		San Francisco Production
1976	US Tour	National Tour US Tour
2005	Washington, DC (Regional)	Reading Washington, DC (Regional)
2016	Off-Broadway	York Theatre Off-Broadway Revival Production Off-Broadway
2018	Off-Broadway	Encores! Off-Center Season Production Off-Broadway