Ain't Supposed to Die A Natural Death
Ethel Barrymore Theatre
October 20, 1971 - November 13, 1971
Ambassador Theatre
November 17, 1971 - July 30, 1972
Previews Began: October 8, 1971
Opening Night: October 20, 1971
Closing Night: July 30, 1972
Music: Melvin Van Peebles
Lyrics: Melvin Van Peebles
Book: Melvin Van Peebles
A series of vignettes of life in the black ghetto of the 1970s is presented as spoken-word poetry with musical accompaniment.
MUSICAL NUMBERS
Just Don’t Make No Sense
Coolest Place in Town
You Can Get Up Before Noon Without Being a Square
Mirror Mirror on the Wall
Come Raising Your Leg on Me
You Gotta Be Holdin Out Five Dollars on Me
Sera Sera Jim
Catch That on the Corner
The Dozens
Funky Girl on Motherless Broadway
Tenth and Greenwich
Heh Heh (Chuckle) Good Mornin’ Sunshine
You Ain’t No Astronaut
Three Boxes of Longs Please
Lily Done the Zampoughi Every Time I Pulled Her Coattail
I Got the Blood
Salamaggi’s Birthday
Come on Feet Do Your Thing
Put a Curse on You
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Barbara Alston Performer
Toney Brealond Performer
Marilyn Coleman Performer
Bill Duke Performer
Gloria Edwards Performer
Joe Fields Performer
Clebert Ford Performer
Arthur French Performer
Minnie Gentry Performer
Carl Gordon Performer
Albert Hall Performer
Jimmy Hayeson Performer
Sati Jamal Performer
Lauren Jones Performer
Garrett Morris Performer
Madge Wells Performer
Ralph Wilcox Performer
Dick Anthony Williams Performer
Beatrice Winde Performer
Standby: Phylicia Ayers-Allen (Performer), Ted Lange (Performer), Joan Pryor (Performer), Roger Robinson (Performer)
REPLACEMENTS
Charles Adu Performer
5/9/72 – 7/30/72
Cecelia Norfleet Performer
1/4/72 – 7/30/72