BLACK WORK BROADWAY
Put and Take (1921)
Simply Heavenly (1957)

Langston Hughes (Book, Lyrics)
20 August – 12 October, 1957
Set in Harlem of the ‘50s, Simply Heavenly follows Jess Simple as he tries to raise enough money for a divorce so he can marry his new love and eloquently captures the color, humor and poetry of that time and place. The musical is based on Hughes' novel Simple Takes A Wife and other Simple stories. (Source: Masterworks Broadway)