Jubilation

By T.E. Kalem

DON'T BOTHER ME, I CAN'T COPE

Music and Lyrics by MICKI GRANT

Though blacks have immortalized the blues and keened their sorrows in spirituals, they have also been immersed in the spirit of evangelical joy. The American black is steeped in Christian fervor, and though he may profess secular aims and agnostic convictions he is also a creature of the Gospel. Part of his being "rocks church" at an invisible but perpetual revival meeting. Some of the songs and dances in Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope comment very seriously on the social injustices still visited on the heirs of slavery, but the inner jubilation that ignites the show is a love offering to the Creator and creation.

All heaven breaks loose on the stage. This cast is so agile that it defies the laws of gravity, and the singers have such richly resonant voices that they could bring down the walls of Jericho. Everyone is splendid, and Micki Grant may prove to be a major find for the musical theater. Her lyrics for this revue-styled musical are witty and intelligent, her tunes melodiously winning. She is also a marvelously gifted performer who can sing her own numbers as if they were intimate love letters addressed to each playgoer in the house. She helps to make this the kind of show at which you want to blow kisses. T.E.Kalem

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