Simply Heavenly

• Original Off-Broadway Production (1957)
  New York, NY
• Original Broadway Production (1957)
  New York, NY
• Off-Broadway Return Engagement (1957)
  New York, NY
• London Production (1958)
  London, England
• Play of the Week Production (1959)
• London Revival (2003)
  London, England

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Original score

• Love Is Simply Heavenly
  • aka Simply Heavenly [no note]
• Let Me Take You for a Ride
• Broken String Blues
• Flying Saucer Monologue
• Did You Ever Hear the Blues?
• I'm Gonna Be John Henry
  • aka John Henry [no note]
• When I'm in a Quiet Mood
• Look for the Morning Star
• Gatekeeper of My Castle
• Let's Ball Awhile
• Beat It Out, Mon
• The Men in My Life
• I'm a Good Old Girl
  • aka Good Old Girl [no note]
• Mississippi Monologue

Added to 1959 television production

• I've Got My Washing to Do

Cut after original Off-Broadway run

• Shade and Shadows

Added to licensed version

• Deep in Love With You
• I Want Somebody to Come Home To
• Watermelons

Unused

• The Hunter and the Hunted
• He's a Great Big Bundle of Joy
• A Sweet Worriation
• Yankee-Dixie March

Based on Langston Hughes's novel Simple Takes a Wife.

In a lively Harlem bar, a resilient everyman seeks enough funds for a divorce so he can marry his true love, while navigating the attentions of a flirtatious neighbor and the camaraderie of barroom regulars. The community’s stories unfold through blues-tinged songs, monologues, and heartfelt wit, painting a portrait of striving, humor, and dignity in mid-century urban life.