Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope

And from there on, I just kept auditioning for things.

And I worked with Vernette Carroll, who actually did Your Arms Too Short to Box with God, and Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope.

Uh, who else? Uh, did Cats, and then the big one was Dreamgirls.

It was the original company of Dreamgirls-

The plan was to open there in Florida on May 17th, 1972, then a tour to Sarasota, Fort Lauderdale, Palm Beach, then up to Bucks County Playhouse in Pennsylvania, and then to the Martin Beck for opening.

Now, had it gone to Broadway, it would have been playing alongside the musicals A Little Night Music, Pippin, Sugar, Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope, plus a revival of Irene with Debbie Reynolds.

That's some pretty stiff competition to be coming into that season.

Rehearsals began at the Martin Beck, and it was soon clear that there would be trouble on 45th Street.