The Grass Harp

• World Premiere (1966)
  Providence, RI
• Original Broadway Production (1971)
  New York, NY
• Regional Production (1972)
  Prestonsburg, KY
• Television Production (1977)
• New York Revival (1977)
  New York, NY
• Off-Off Broadway Revival (1979)
  New York, NY
• 42nd Street Moon Revival (1999)
  San Francisco, CA
• Musicals in Mufti Production (2003)
  New York, NY

Click on the title for info on the song.

Original score

• Dropsy Cure Weather
  • aka Dollyheart's Genuine Gypsy Dropsy Cure [no note]
• Floozies
• Think Big Rich
• If There's Love Enough
• Yellow Drum
• Marry With Me
• Chain of Love
  • aka I'll Always Be In Love [no note]
• This One Day
• Call Me Babylove
• Walk Into Heaven
• Hang a Little Moolah on the Washline
• Talkin' in Tongues
• Whooshin' Through My Flesh
  • aka The Babylove Miracle Show: I Believe in Babylove [no note]
• Something for Nothing
• Indian Blues
  • aka The Indian Blues [no note]
• Take a Little Sip
• What Do I Do Now?
  • aka What Do I Do Now [no note]
• Pick Yourself a Flower
• The Flower Fortune Dance
• Reach Out
• The Babylove Miracle Show

Cut prior to Broadway opening but restored in licensed versions

• The One Person in the World
  • aka The One and Only Person in the World [no note]

Cut prior to Broadway

• Takes All Kinds Parade
• The Babylove Miracle Show: Mama Death

Cut after World Premiere but restored in some later versions

• Brazil

Cut After World Premiere

• A Genteel Sufficiency of Abundance
• Spit 'n Whittle
• Miss Got Rocks
• Them As Has Gits
• Cool Cool Elbow
• One Thing in Particular
  • aka Pink [no note]
• The Babylove Gospel Show
• It Takes All Kinds
• I Trust the Wrong People
• Yoofry
• Where's My Sister
• I Want to Go Home

• Composer Demo [audio]

Based on the novel of the same title by Truman Capote. Capote had earlier adapted the novel as a play, maintaining the novel's title. The play was produced on Broadway on March 27, 1952, at the Martin Beck Theatre (now the Al Hirschfeld Theatre).

In a small Southern town, a free-spirited woman leaves her controlling family to live in a treehouse with her young relative and a loyal companion. Joined by a colorful evangelist and her troupe, they form a makeshift household. Rumors and conflicts arise when townsfolk seek their secret tonic recipe, drawing legal trouble and public spectacle. As tensions peak, unexpected alliances form, leading to reconciliation and a renewed sense of belonging for the mismatched group.

• The Yellow Drum (Title when Kermit Bloomgarden was to produce it on Broadway during the 1968-1969 season)