Don't Play Us Cheap! 1972

Opened: May 16, 1972
Closing: September 30, 1972

Don't Play Us Cheap! - 1972 - Broadway History , Info & More

Ethel Barrymore Theatre (Broadway)
243 West 47th St. New York, NY

Don't Play Us Cheap is a 1972 musical written, produced, and directed by Melvin Van Peebles, about an imp and a devil who take human form and try to break up a Harlem house party. A film version was produced in 1973.

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