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Don't Play Us Cheap is a musical play with music, lyrics, and a musical book by Melvin Van Peebles. The musical is based on Van Peebles' 1967 French-language novel La fête à Harlem (1967). Set in Harlem, the musical premiered in November 1970 at San Francisco State College.
Dec 11, 1972 · Don't Play Us Cheap: Directed by Melvin Van Peebles. With Thomas Anderson, Jay Van Leer, Robert Dunn, Mabel King. As an African American family and friends gather in an apartment for a house party, two imps take human form in order to break up the party.
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- Comedy, Musical, Romance
- Melvin Van Peebles
- 1972-12-11
Don’t Play Us Cheap. Melvin Van Peebles’s film version of his own Tony Award–nominated Broadway musical is a bold blend of theater and nervy, New Wave–inflected cinematic invention.
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Oct 6, 2008 · The official trailer for the film "Don't Play Us Cheap". Written and directed by Melvin Van Peebles. Buy the DVD on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000BT997K/?tag=xenonpictuinc-20 The...
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- 16.2K
- Xenon Pictures
Don’t Play Us Cheap. Directed by Melvin Van Peebles • 1972 • United States. Starring Joe Keyes Jr., Rhetta Hughes, Avon Long. Melvin Van Peebles’s film version of his own Tony Award–nominated Broadway musical is a bold blend of theater and nervy, New Wave–inflected cinematic invention.
Don't Play Us Cheap is just glorious, a celebration of undaunted joy, strength, and community. Living in a country that forces them to the margins, this multigenerational collection of Black friends pays that country no mind, learning from and supporting one another and moving ever-forward, confident in their power and ability to persevere ...
Don't Play Us Cheap. Watch Don't Play Us Cheap with a subscription on Max, rent on Fandango at Home, Prime Video, Apple TV, or buy on Fandango at Home, Prime Video, Apple TV....
- Musical, Comedy