Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope Revival 2016

Opened: February 28, 2016
Closing: March 06, 2016

Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope - 2016 - Off-Broadway History , Info & More

York Theatre Company
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A dynamic mixture of gospel, jazz, funk, soul, calypso, and soft rock, the show illuminates the African-American experience with vibrant song and dance. DON'T BOTHER ME, I CAN'T COPE was described as "a cultural pulse-taking of the challenges facing the black community in America" and is the first Broadway musical written entirely by a woman and the first Broadway production to be directed by a female African-American.

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Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What productions of Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope have there been?
Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope has had 8 productions including Broadway which opened in 1972, Broadway which opened in 1972, Boston which opened in 1976, which opened in 1976, US Tour which opened in 1976, Washington, DC (Regional) which opened in 2005, Off-Broadway which opened in 2016 and Off-Broadway which opened in 2018.
What are the songs in Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope and what's the order?
I Gotta Keep Movin'
Harlem Streets
Lookin' Over from Your Side
Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope
When I Feel Like Movin'
Help
Fighting for Pharoah
Good Vibrations
Love Power
You Think I Got Rhythm?
They Keep Coming
My Name Is Man
Questions
It Takes a Whole Lot of Human Feeling
Time Brings About a Change
So Little Time
Thank Heaven for You
So Long Sammy
All I Need

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