
Simply Heaven (1957) - Langston Hughes musical - repro
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David Martin and Langston Hughes’s 'Simply Heavenly' exploded onto the Off-Broadway stage at the 85th Street Playhouse in 1957, transferring triumphantly to the Playhouse Theatre on Broadway for an accomplished commercial residency. Based on Hughes’s celebrated *Simple* literature stories, the folk-infused musical comedy unfolds inside a bustling Harlem bar neighborhood corridor, tracking Jesse B. Semple, an ordinary, pure-hearted Black citizen navigating street romance and structural biases. Directed by Joshua Shelley.

