Off-Broadway and elsewhere Let My People Come opened
Off-Broadway on January 8, 1974, at
The Village Gate and closed on July 5, 1976. A second New York City production opened in 1985, produced by Martin Marlowe and Bernard Jay. A third New York City production opened in 2013 at The Underground in Manhattan, produced and directed by John Forslund, and featuring new and re-imagined numbers but “far less nudity than the original.” The show had a 10-year run at
Grendel's Lair Cabaret Theatre in Philadelphia, and an 8-year run at the Basin Street Cabaret Theater in Toronto. The show also had runs in Chicago and London.
Broadway Originally produced and directed by Phil Oesterman, with musical direction and vocal arrangements by Billy Cunningham, the show opened on Broadway in previews at the
Morosco Theater on July 7, 1976. The original cast included
Yvette Freeman. Wilson sought a close order but was denied, and removed his name from the production. According to
The New York Times, "Earl Wilson Jr. has asked to have his name removed from any credits for the Broadway production of
Let My People Come. "I feel that the show has become vulgar," he said." This production did not officially open, and closed on October 2, 1976. == Musical numbers ==