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| First Preview: | May 12, 1972 |
Total Previews: | |
| Opening Date: | May 16, 1972 |
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| Closing Date: | Sep 30, 1972 |
Total Performances: | 164 |
| Standby: Jozella Reed (Earnestine, Miss Maybell, Mrs. Bowser, Mrs. Washington) |
| 1973 Tony Award® Best Book of a Musical |
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| | Book by Melvin Van Peebles [nominee] |
| 1973 Tony Award® Best Featured Actor in a Musical |
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| | Avon Long [nominee] |
| ACT 1 | Sung By |
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| Some Days It Seems That It Just Don't Even Pay to Get Out of Bed | Rat and Cockroach |
| Break That Party | David and Trinity |
| 8 Day Week | Mr. Percy and Company |
| Saturday Night | Company |
| I'm a Bad Character | Trinity and Company |
| You Cut Up the Clothes in the Closet of My Dreams | Mrs. Washington |
| It Makes No Difference | Miss Maybell and Company |
| Quittin Time | Mr. Washington and Company |
| ACT 2 | Sung By |
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| Ain't Love Grand | Earnestine and Company |
| The Book of Life | Mr. Bowser and Company |
| Ain't Love Grand (Reprise) | Earnestine |
| Know Your Business | Miss Maybell |
| Big Future | The Johnsons |
| Break That Party (Reprise) | David and Trinity |
| Feast on Me | Mrs. Bowser and Company |
| The Phoney Game | David and Company |
| Smash Him | Company |
