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MELVIN VAN PEEBLES (1932 - ) |
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Nationality: African-American Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Van Peebles has worked as an actor, producer, writer and director over the course of his long and diverse career. He received Tony Nominations for book, music and lyrics of the 1972 musical Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death, and garnered another nod for best book of Don't Play Us Cheap in 1973
Plays by Melvin Van Peebles
Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death | ||
| 1st Produced: | Sacramento State Col-lege, Calif | 1970 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | New York: Bantam, 1973 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: A&M Records (SP-3510) 1971 | doollee no | #35417 | |||
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Genre: | Tunes from Blackness Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 12 BM, 7 BF | |||||
Notes: | Ambassador Theatre, New York, Oct. 1971. Book, Music and Lyrics by Melvin Van Peebles | |||||
| All music, song, and pantomime-no dialogue. A picture of prostitution, drugs, rats, gambling, police corruption, and despair as forced on the residents of the ghetto. | |||||
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Don't Play Us Cheap | ||
| 1st Produced: | Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York | 1972 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | : as La Fête a Harlem, Paris: Jerome Martineau, 1967; New York: Bantam, 1973, 1967 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: Stax (2SCD-88040-2) 1972 | doollee no | #39795 | |||
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Genre: | Musical Comedy Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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| Play is about two of the devil's imps who attempt to break up a Saturday night party Miss Maybelle is giving for her niece. Their efforts are doomed; the devil's scheming is too weak to go up against the love, laughter, and genuine warmth of the folks | |||||
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Unmitigated Truth: Life, a Lavatory, Loves and Ladies | ||
| 1st Produced: | Algonquin Theater, NY | 2009 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #99288 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | With his characteristic wit and sharp eye, Melvin Van Peebles's latest work candidly recounts the memories of a life well lived, . . .well almost, through song | |||||
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