From the 1980 SHOWTIME T.V. presentation, featuring Tisha Campbell and Mervin Griffith

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THE ME NOBODY KNOWS opened off-Broadway at the Orpheum Theater in New York on May 18, 1970 and played 208 performances.
It won the 1970 Obie and Drama Desk Awards including Best Musical. It transferred to the Helen Hayes Theater on Broadway December 18, 1970, subsequently moving to the Longacre Theatre and played a total of 378 more performances.
It received Five 1971 Tony nominations and closed November 28, 1971.
The show spawned two hits with “This World”, and "Light Sings". The Sweet Inspirations recorded both songs, then "This World" became a Top 10 R&B single for The Staple Singers, and “Light Sings”, became a pop hit for The Fifth Dimension.
The original cast went on to become stars including Irene Cara, Beverly Bremers, Hattie Winston and Northern Calloway.
Also in the original cast was Jose Fernandez, who went on to write "Fame: The Musical".
The SHOWTIME Television production included an introduction by James Earl Jones, and actress Tisha Campbell was among the cast members.
Donna Summer was in the first production in Hamburg, Germany.
THE ME NOBODY KNOWS has been performed throughout the world in cities such as Tel Aviv, London, Paris, Hamburg and (the then Apartheid) Johannesburg, receiving steady praise for the triumph of the human spirit that the show inspires.
The show continues to be performed throughout the country, and the music was recently celebrated in concert at 54Below in NYC.
A Broadway revival has been in the works for some time, hopefully to be realized, soon!
Music by GARY WILLIAM FRIEDMAN
Lyrics by WILL HOLT
Adapted by ROBERT H. LIVINGSTON and HERB SCHAPIRO
Based on the book "The Me Nobody Knows", Edited by Stephen M. Joseph
Additional Lyrics: Herb Schapiro
Arrangements and Orchestrations: Gary William Friedman

Video courtesy of Harlan Kleiman Productions

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