Waltz of the Stork

Waltz of the Stork is a semi-autobiographical play written and originally performed by Melvin Van Peebles.^[1] It also featured his son Mario Van Peebles. The play originally ran for four months in 1982.^[2] It ran from January 5, 1982 to May 23, 1982.^[3]

The song "The Apple Stretching", featured in this play, was later covered by Grace Jones, and released as a single. In 2008, a film based on the play, Confessionsofa Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha, was released, directed by Van Peebles.

Cast/Crew

Melvin Van Peebles - Edward Aloysius Younger
Bob Carten - Stillman^[4]
C.J.Critt - Phantoms, etc
Mario Van Peebles - Phantoms, etc

Songs

There
And I Love You
The Apple Stretching
Tender Understanding (written by Ted Hayes)
The Apple Stretching
My Love Belongs To You
Weddings And Funerals (written by Mark Barkan)
On 115
Play It As It Lays
Shoulders To Lean On

References

The works of Melvin Van Peebles

Full-length films	The Story of a Three-Day Pass (1968) Watermelon Man (1970) Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971) Don't Play Us Cheap (1973) Identity Crisis (1989) Gang in Blue (1996) Bellyful (2000) Confessionsofa Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha (2008)

Short films	Pickup Men for Herrick (1957) Sunlight (1957) Cinq cent balles (1963) Vroom Vroom Vroooom (1995)

Plays	Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death (1972) Don't Play Us Cheap (1972) Waltz of the Stork (1982)

Studio albums	Brer Soul (1969) Ain't Supposed To Die A Natural Death (1970) As Serious as a Heart-Attack (1974) What the....You Mean I Can't Sing?! (1974) Ghetto Gothic (1995) Nahh... Nahh Mofo (2012) The Last Transmission (2014)

Soundtrack albums	Watermelon Man (1970) Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971) Ain't Supposed To Die A Natural Death (1972) Don't Play Us Cheap (1973)

Books	The Big Heart (1957) Un Ours pour le F.B.I. (1964) Un Americain en enfer (1965) Le Chinois du XIV (1966) La Fete a Harlem (1967) La Permission (1967) Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971) Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death (1973) Don't Play Us Cheap: A Harlem Party (1973) Just an Old Sweet Song (1976) Bold Money: A New Way to Play the Options Market (1986) No Identity Crisis (1990, with Mario Van Peebles)

Related articles	"Lilly Done The Zampoughi Every Time I Pulled Her Coattail" "Love, that's America" "The Apple Stretching" BAADASSSSS! Mario Van Peebles

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