Chrissy Amphlett "LET MY PEOPLE COME" Melbourne, Australia 1979 Matchbook

Description

This is a rare promotional matchbook advertising the Original Australian production of the
EARL WILSON, Jr. Adult Musical "LET MY PEOPLE COME" at the Total Theatre in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. (The Original Off-Broadway production opened January 8th, 1974 at the Village Gate Theatre in New York City and ran for 1327 performances while playing throughout the U.S. and abroad. The Australian production opened in Melbourne in 1979 and played nine months at the Total Theatre before transferring to the Bijou Theatre in Sydney for an additional three months.) .....
Let My People Come,
according to its creator, EARL WILSON, Jr., "is a musical revue about Sex, ... with some nudity and a lot of X-rated language." A review of the Original Off-Broadway production stated that the show "broke all barriers - simulated sex, orgies, Lesbianism, Homosexuality, simulated oral sex and Bisexuality, all celebrated, all hilariously carefree." The show enjoyed long runs in Philadelphia at Grendel's Lair Cabaret Theatre (10 years) and Toronto at the Basin Street Cabaret Theater (8 years) and productions were mounted in Los Angeles, San Francisco, New Orleans, Washington, D.C., Boston, Seattle and Chicago, and internationally in Madrid, London, Paris, Melbourne and Sydney. The Original Cast recording was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1974. The show featured songs with titles like "I'm Gay", "Come In My Mouth", "Fellatio 101", "Poontang" and "The Cunnilingus Champion of Company C", which was the subject of a copyright infringement lawsuit by MCA Music in 1976. MCA claimed wrongful appropriation of their copyrighted song, "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy". Earl Wilson, Jr. claimed that the song was a parody on "Bugle Boy" and that any similarity between the two songs was permissible fair use. The court ruled in MCA's favor and later productions and subsequent pressings of the cast album replaced the song with "Whatever Turns You On." (Reprinted in part from Wikipedia.) ..... The Original Australian Cast included twenty year-old
Chrissy Amphlett (the late lead singer of
the Australian rock band "Divinyls") in her stage debut. She
played the role of porn queen "Linda the Lips", playing one scene wearing only a corset and curlers in her pubic hair ..... CREDITS: Music and Lyrics by EARL WILSON, Jr.; Musical arrangements by BILLY CUNNINGHAM
..... DETAILS: This rare matchbook measures 2" X 2" inches and has the show's logo on the front and a cast photo on the backside ..... CONDITION: With the exception of the match heads having been neatly clipped, this matchbook is in excellent condition and will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any musical theatre aficionado or historian. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective, carded sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard.
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