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There's Momma Lily who at the age of 55 still wants to be 25, and has turned her back on her church upbringing . There's Lily's family who loves her, even though she has turned on them, they refuse to give up on her, as they try to win her back for the Lord. And then there are her daughters who just want a man and find out that everything that glitters isn't gold. "Just cause he got on pants don't make him no man", states "Grandma". Through a series of mishaps and loss of control toward her daughter, tables turn on Mama Lily and she realizes the man she needs is the Lord. Nationwide statistics given by the world Almanac states that in 1990 more than 2,484,000 couples were married and 1,075,000 couples are divorced, making divorced the major cause of the breakup of the family unit in America. "I write about real things that people experience," said Matthews. "Real people want real answers," he declares. "I Need A Man" tells them to trust in the Lord and all good things come from above." "I Need A Man" follows Michael Matthews three previous hit musicals - "Momma Don't", "Wicked Ways", and "Come Out Of The Rain", which played to sell out audiences around the United States.
Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters.[Press release: Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters Presents the Hit Gospel Musical "I Need a Man"],
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December 12, 1992;
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